Joan Boluda – @boluda | WordPress.org

Member Since: February 6th, 2011
Location: Mataró
Website: boluda.com
Job Title: CEO
Employer: boluda.com
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Bio

WordPress evangelist, you can find me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress 10 years ago, on december 2004! Back then I used to code all my websites from scratch. The problem was that when my clients wanted to change something, they had to ask me. And it was a pain.

Content Management System

So I started looking for those called CMSs. The beauty of them was that theoretically they offered a user interface where my clients could make some changes on the site without knowing any coding at all.

I tried them all. PHP Nuke, Joomla (formerly Mambo), Drupal… but Oh, man! WordPress was head and shoulders above the rest. It was so easy to set up a site, compared to the others. But more than that, the best part was the user admin interface. So clean, so easy to understand for everybody. It offered the minimum options, and the usability was great. And it was open source!

WordPress

So I started to migrate all my clients’ websites to WordPress. I didn’t get paid for that. It was on the house. But it was a win-win situation. My clients got the best CMS on earth for free, and I freed up plenty of support time. They didn’t depend on me to change a typo on a page anymore.

Since then, I’ve been working with WordPress on a daily basis. I developed websites, Intranets, e-commerces, apps, social networks… even blogs 😉 The limit is your imagination (and your server, of course).

I like to think of WordPress as a framework I use to develop websites. It’s like PHP on steroids. It has its own CMS related functions library, which is great and useful, and it provides a useful admin interface for my clients to login and change everything. What else can I ask for? Oh, well… the community.

The community

That’s maybe the most important part of WordPress. The community behind it. Thousands of people developing plugins to extend the WordPress functionality out-of-the-box, and giving them away for free! Thousands of people answering questions on the forums, writing documentation in the wiki, developing awesome free themes, translating it, or even contributing to the core.

Even I developed some lazy plugins! How cool is that?

The future of WordPress

WordPress was born in 2003, so it’s eleven years old. Now it powers more than 20% of the websites that use a CMS. In that lifespan it changed so much that now it has nothing to do with those first releases.

Now it’s heading towards a PHP framework more than a blogging platform. As its creator Matt Mullenweg said, I see the future of WordPress as a web operating system. Long life to WordPress! 🙂

My future

I work as a freelancer. I’m a WordPress specialist (and evangelist, so to speak). I make my life developing websites with WordPress, offering SEO services to raise my clients’ ranks and fixing WordPress emergencies and problems. I also develop my own projects that help to make some extra money.

I work from home, so I don’t have to drive to an office. I don’t have to pay gas, public transport or to have lunch away from home. I can eat at home, with my family, and I have a great flexible work schedule. And I hope to keep doing it for a long time.

Of course it’s not all peaches and cream, but I’m happy!

So… thanks, WordPress!

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Theme Review Team
Theme Review Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Activate for certain forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome!!! Thanks Nate!! :D

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hehe! Super plugin, super usuarios, super soporte! ¡Abrazo, Javi! :)

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, it works again. Thanks Frank, great support!

4 months ago
Created a topic, Not working with Genesis 3.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin doesn't work with Genesis 3.0. The modal bo…

4 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Madrid 2019 coming up on April 6th

4 months ago
Created a topic, Activate for certain forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great plugin!! Is it possible to activate the voting f…

7 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Irun, Gipuzkoa, Spain 2019 coming up on May 31st

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks again, Angelo! BTW, I'm a PowerPress podcast listener! Kudos to MacKenzie, good work!

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again! Yeah, I followed that documentation, but still the authentication is not working. I'll…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Hi Angelo! Nice to talk to you, big fan of your plugin! They told me…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Premium content refuses password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same thing here. My hosting uses FPM and can't get that authentication working. Any workaround?

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, WiFi y hashtags oficiales, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
¡Ya está todo a punto para empezar las ponencias del segundo día de WordCamp Barcelona…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¿Todavía no conoces Barcelona?, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Situada a orillas del Mediterráneo, Barcelona es una ciudad cosmopolita con una gran importancia tanto cultural…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Convence a tu jefe para que te deje venir, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
¿Cómo? ¿Que en tu empresa no te dejan el día libre para venir a la…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el Contributor Day, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
El día del contribuidor es el momento de una WordCamp en el que se pasa…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Compra tu entrada antes del 11 de setiembre para asegurar la talla de tu camiseta, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
¡Hola a todos! La WordCamp se acerca cosa mala, y seguramente todos querréis lucir vuestra…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Damos las gracias a nuestros patrocinadores plata!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Queremos dar las gracias a nuestros patrocinadores plata, estas fantásticas empresas que han decidido apostar…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Gracias, Movistar Centre!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Desde el equipo de organizadores y voluntarios de de la WordCamp Barcelona 2018, queremos dar…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Gracias, Dinahosting!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Desde el equipo de organizadores y voluntarios de de la WordCamp Barcelona 2018, queremos dar…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Gracias, Jetpack!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Desde el equipo de organizadores y voluntarios de de la WordCamp Barcelona 2018, queremos dar…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Gracias, WooCommerce!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Desde el equipo de organizadores y voluntarios de de la WordCamp Barcelona 2018, queremos dar…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, ¡Gracias, SiteGround!, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2018:
Desde el equipo de organizadores y voluntarios de de la WordCamp Barcelona 2018, queremos dar…

1 year ago
Created a topic, No support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I found a bug, I let them to know about it, and they a…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PowerPress compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're welcome!

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PowerPress compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After last updates of both plugins, now works great!! :)

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PowerPress compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure! Is the media player showing on those posts with a podcast episode? I tried…

2 years ago
Created a topic, PowerPress comatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again! So, the thing is that is not PowerPress com…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Non PowerPress compatible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, sure! This is the site -> https://asilohacemos.com/ If I activate the plugin, the player…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Non PowerPress compatible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nice plugin, love it! But when activated in my PowerP…

2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Barcelona 2018 coming up on October 5th

2 years ago
Committed [1635395] to Plugins Trac:
adding contributors

3 years ago
Created a topic, Ole!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Genial, impecable. Buen trabajo, Oscar!

3 years ago
Created a topic, ¡Genial!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
¡Genial plugin, Oscar! Nos ahorrarás mucho tiempo, h…

3 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Barcelona 2016 coming up on December 2nd

3 years ago
Wrote a new post, Llamada a ponentes / Call for sponsors, on the site WordCamp Barcelona 2016:
Cada vez falta menos para el gran evento de WordPress en Barcelona. Y como cada…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Shortcode or link to activate panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Frank!! Another great plugin, thanks man! Can I ac…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Frank!! Great plugin! Can I somehow activate the o…

3 years ago
Created a new ticket, #37475, in Core Trac:
Typo in module.audio-video.asf.php

3 years ago
Created a new ticket, #37474, in Core Trac:
Typo in plugin.js

3 years ago
Created a new ticket, #37473, in Core Trac:
Typo in class-wp-upgrader.php

3 years ago
Created a new ticket, #37468, in Core Trac:
Typo in ajax-actions.php

3 years ago
Committed [1415526] to Plugins Trac:
Adding contributors

3 years ago
Committed [1415525] to Plugins Trac:
Adding Català languaje

3 years ago
Committed [1415524] to Plugins Trac:
Updating last release

3 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Bilbao 2016 coming up on June 11th

3 years ago
Committed [1334838] to Plugins Trac:
updating title

4 years ago
Committed [1334836] to Plugins Trac:
updating title

4 years ago
Released a new plugin, Hide products count

4 years ago
Committed [1333663] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

4 years ago
Committed [1333662] to Plugins Trac:
Adding assets

4 years ago