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Telling the stories of WordPress. What's your story?

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"I have a new job, new friends, and I could almost say a new family, and it’s all thanks to WordPress." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Thanks to WordPress & its community, I grew as a person & as a professional in a new discipline as competitive as it is exciting and alive. They supported me through the hardest moments & helped me rise again, like a phoenix from the ashes." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"There were twenty-six months of rehabilitation, relapses, and searching for an effective treatment. Yet, amid all that chaos, I managed to step back and turn my skills into a new opportunity." — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"I come from a family that has worked with wood lovingly for three generations. Carpentry was always our trade, our way of understanding life and making a living. " — Josep Morán #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last day of WordCampUS! We’ve been over run by giant yellow monsters! You should come here and help us! Also, Wordpress.com is cool and you should try it. #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Kicking off Day 3 of WordCamp US! Many thanks to Wordpress.Com for getting me here, especially THESE people specifically! #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Showcase Day at WordCamp US starts off for me today with a meeting of the Photography team. This is my first year on the team, and I'm excited to take LOTS of photos! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the opportunity! #WordPress #WordCamp #WordCampUS #wcus #wcus2025
August 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week's HeroPress contributor, Mainul Kabir Aion, is here at WordCampUS with me! If you're here, be sure to greet him! #WordCamp #WordCampUS #wcus #wucs2025 heropress.com/essays/learn-connect-contribute-my-wordpress-story/
August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
WordCampUS contributor day is in full swing! Come say hi at the Photos table. Many thanks to WordPress.com for helping me get here. #WordPress #WordCamp #wcus #wcus2025
August 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hello WordCampUS! I am MINUTES away. #WordCamp #WCUS #WCUS2025
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Phase two of my journey to WordCamp US, thanks to WordPress.com ! #WordCampUS #WCUS #WCUS2025
August 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Phase one of my trip to WordCamp US! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the help getting there! #WordPress #wcus #wcus2025
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When I first heard about WordPress, people talked about it like it was a joke — the cheap shortcut for people who couldn’t “do real coding.” — Moses Cursor Ssebunya #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-s...
August 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“I didn’t take big leaps. I took small steps. But I took them every day. That’s how I got here.” — Monika Rao #WordPress heropress.com/essays/a-dec...
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"Ten years. A full decade of working in tech, without pause. Of growing, stumbling, learning, and showing up — with WordPress at the center of it all."

— Monika Rao #WordPress heropress.com/essays/a-dec...
July 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"At the age of 3.5 years, I underwent open-heart surgery — a life-saving procedure that left its mark not only on my chest but on my soul." — Pratik Bhatt #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-j...
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"In 2004, I was at home with one baby, having just left a career that I loved. Being at home with a baby full-time was shriveling up my brain." — Cathy Mitchell #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-r...
July 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This week's HeroPress essay is also in audio! Cathy reads it aloud herself, check it out. #Wordpress heropress.com/essays/the-r...
July 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"All I had with me was my laptop and some food packed in a WordPress tote bag I’d gotten from WCEU 2023" — Abdalsalaam Halawa #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"I got married just one month before the war started. My wife and I were full of hope, planning a simple future together in Gaza, despite all the challenges. But soon after, everything collapsed." — Abdalsalaam Halawa #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
July 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"I didn’t go to fancy schools or work in glass buildings — I learned by doing, failing, repeating, and staying curious." — Abdalsalaam Halawa #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
July 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"I quickly learned that what I had considered “normal” was not as universal as I had thought." — Stefan Kremer #WordPress heropress.com/essays/value...
April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"I have been living in Kenya for seven years now... The cultural differences are not just fascinating, they are also deeply educational." — Stefan Kremer #WordPress heropress.com/essays/value...
April 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"I started researching more seriously and quickly realized WordPress was far more powerful than any tool I had used before." — Caio Ferreira #WordPress heropress.com/essays/how-w...
April 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
HeroPress has a swag store! Many thanks to Marcus Burnette for setting it up. $5 of every sale goes to support HeroPress, so thank you for your support. #WordPress #HeroPress
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April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM