{"id":771,"date":"2015-09-24T07:22:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/?p=771"},"modified":"2015-09-24T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:29:13","slug":"speaker-interview-topher-derosia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-interview-topher-derosia\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Interview: Topher DeRosia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim: What’s your WordPress “orgin” story?<\/p>\n

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim: Whats your top 3 WordPress plugins? Why?
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  1. WP Rocket: for caching because it’s the best caching plugin and it makes my site so much faster. <\/li>\n
  2. Widget Logic: because of the flexibility it provides<\/li>\n
  3. Posts 2 Posts: because it’s just awesome<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: Whats your most proud achievement around WordPress?<\/p>\n

    HeroPress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: What do you want our readers to know about you?<\/p>\n

    I’d love to talk to you. Find me and say hi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: Define yourself with one word.<\/p>\n

    Gregarious<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: If you haven’t checked out Topher’s HeroPress<\/a> 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<\/a> at 11am. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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