Speaker Interview: Topher DeRosia

Tim: What’s your WordPress “orgin” story?

I first tried WordPress when it was released and didn’t really like it. Fast forward to 2010 and I had to work on some WordPress sites. Right in the middle of that WordPress 3.0 came out with Custom Post Types and everything changed. It was finally a true CMS. I haven’t built a site with anything else since.

Tim: Whats your top 3 WordPress plugins? Why?

  1. WP Rocket: for caching because it’s the best caching plugin and it makes my site so much faster.
  2. Widget Logic: because of the flexibility it provides
  3. Posts 2 Posts: because it’s just awesome

Tim: Whats your most proud achievement around WordPress?

HeroPress

Tim: What do you want our readers to know about you?

I’d love to talk to you. Find me and say hi.

Tim: Define yourself with one word.

Gregarious

Tim: If you haven’t checked out Topher’s HeroPress website, you should. You’re missing out on the very reason that makes the WordPress community special. Also, check out Topher’s talk on Getting Loopy at 11am.