{"id":1051,"date":"2015-10-07T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2015-10-06T09:25:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:25:27","slug":"speaker-interview-tim-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-interview-tim-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Interview: Tim Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim: What&#8217;s your WordPress &#8220;origin&#8221; story?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nI found WordPress is 2005. At first, I was not overly impressed. I kind of saw it as another blogging platform among a sea of many others that were popping up. But as an open source enthusiast I continued to watch and even play around with WordPress. In late 2005 I started my first blog using WP. By 2007 my blog was long gone, but WP had begun to grow on me. It was maturing at a rapid pace and even in the early days I could see that WordPress would soon stand out above the crowd.<br \/>\nBy 2010 I had started working as a freelance web developer, developing primarily small html\/css based websites. But my passion for WordPress was growing quickly. By 2012 I was convinced that WordPress was the key to my future success. I just didn&#8217;t know how at the time. So I stopped working on other platforms and began to focus solely on WordPress. In late 2013 I began the early planning stages for WP Master Design, and the end of my current business Linux PC+. In February 2014 I became a Certified WordPress Developer through National WordPress Certification Council. Though I knew they were not recognized, endorsed, or authorized by the WordPress foundation, it gave me a sense of accomplishment and I hoped it would add to my credibility with my customers. WP Master Design opened it virtual doors in mid 2014 and today I make a living on WordPress both in my business and in my job at InMotion Hosting.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim: Whats your top 3 WordPress plugins? Why?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<strong><\/p>\n<li>IThemes Security: While I prefer securing my sites without plugins, this plugin is easy for my customers to use and frankly, save me a lot of time when setting it up for my customers.<\/li>\n<li>UPDraft Plus: It is relatively light weight in terms of backup plugins, ad integrates easily with my DropBox account <\/li>\n<li>CMS Commander: This plugin lets me manage all of my customers websites in a single dashboard. I can instantly or automatically update my clients sites, themes, and plugins. I can instantly do a Sucuri security scan on all of clients sites.&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><\/strong><\/ol>\n<p>Tim: Whats your most proud achievement around WordPress?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe day I officially launched my business.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim: What do you want our readers to know about you?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOne thing I have learned is to do what you love. I love my job at InMotion, and I love my business. I talk a lot and when I a passionate about something, I will rattle on happily about it!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim: Define yourself with one word.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDriven<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim is talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/session\/wordpress-security-101\/\">Website Security<\/a>, so you won&#8217;t want to miss it.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim: What&#8217;s your WordPress &#8220;origin&#8221; story? I found WordPress is 2005. 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