We’re huge fans of what Twitter is doing with communication and what WordPress is doing for the world of publishing. Let’s look at how the two overlap.
We’d love to list everyone but we’d be here forever :) So here’s our top 15 list of WordPress people on Twitter you should be following. We placed them in alphabetical order based on Twitter handle.
Andy Peatling – @apeatling
@apeatling: Challenging myself to build a #WordPress plugin that invisibly replaces local upload storage with a CDN. I hope it's possible.
Apr 19, 2010 @ 05:12 PM from Tweetie Powered by TweetedAndy is the lead developer of BuddyPress, a platform built to add social networking capabilities to WordPress.
Brian Gardner – @bgardner
Brian has been an active member and contributor to the WordPress community since 2006 where he first started using it for his personal blog. Since then, he has created a very successful company named StudioPress.
Jane Wells – @janeforshort
@janeforshort: Matt's State of the Word keynote from @wordcampsf is up. Theoretically with the right 3.0 kitten. http://bit.ly/ckyTEj
May 12, 2010 @ 11:36 PM from Brizzly Powered by TweetedJane is the ninja of all ninja’s! Interface and experience designer for WordPress, WordCamp traveler, cat lover, and much more. Catch up with Jane at jane.wordpress.com.
Lorelle VanFossen – @lorelleonwp
@lorelleonwp: WordCast Conversations on WordPress 3.0 - WOW! I'm so excited about this release. http://bit.ly/cZGPcw Going to be revolutionizing.
May 6, 2010 @ 04:29 PM from TweetDeck Powered by TweetedWhere to begin, Lorelle has become a staple resource in the WordPress community. She has been involved since the early days building out the Codex. Lorelle has spoken, written, and evangelized WordPress since the beginning. Go check out some amazing stuff over at Lorelle on WordPress.
Mark Jaquith – @markjaquith
@markjaquith: Hey Web Hosts: WordPress is here to stay. Time to adapt and offer smart services. http://wp.me/p56-6X
May 14, 2010 @ 01:49 PM from web Powered by TweetedA Lead Developer for WordPress and a freelance WordPress consultant, Mark is arguably one of the tallest developers in the galaxy! He is a WordPress master and recently became a father. Congrats Mark!
Andrew Nacin – @nacin
@nacin: Don't tell anyone, but we're aiming for an RC in 1 week. That means about 190 tickets to handle in the next 7 days.
May 13, 2010 @ 11:16 PM from web Powered by TweetedAndrew got involved with WordPress not too long ago, back in January 2008. His first exposure to WordPress was relaunching the blogs for his college newspaper using WordPress version 2.3.2. Andrew has turned into one of the premiere core developers and is one of the main developers of WordPress 3.0. I don’t think he sleeps anymore! You can read more from Andrew at andrewnacin.com.
Pete Mall – @petemall
@petemall: Upgrading WordPress MU 2.9.2 to WordPress 3.0 with MultiSite http://bit.ly/c3DWsj
May 12, 2010 @ 07:46 AM from TweetDeck Powered by TweetedPete is a WordPress ninja so he fits in well with us here at WPV :) He is the master of WordCamp’s and can PHP’ify anything! Most recently he put together a cool way to add a WordPress logo to your Twitter avatar, go check out TwitRbn. Read more from Pete at Developer’s Mind.
Matt Mullenweg – @photomatt
@photomatt: RT @vegasgeek: New tattoo, Las Vegas WordCamp / WordPress logo! http://bit.ly/93lApo
May 9, 2010 @ 10:30 PM from web Powered by TweetedWe can’t forget the co-founding father of WordPress. Matt’s involvement started before WordPress even existed. He then helped launch a company called Automattic, around August 2005. Matt is still the outward “face” of WordPress and we love him for it. Check him out at Ma.tt.
Matt Martz – @sivel
@sivel: Support we love wordpress, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/mY4Lh
May 11, 2010 @ 06:52 PM from Twibbon Powered by TweetedOne of the smartest guys I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with! He is passionate about WordPress and helped me learn quite a bit over the years. Matt is a core contributor and IRC master! Matt is the mastermind behind Free Your Feed. You can read and learn about what Matt does over at Sivel.net.
Aaron Brazell – @technosailor
@technosailor: Had to send tax docs to apartment leasing girl. She replies back to my email, "OMG! You wrote the WordPress Bible! I've seen that!" - rofl
May 15, 2010 @ 06:05 PM from UberTwitter Powered by TweetedAaron is as passionate about his sports teams as he is WordPress. He recently authored the WordPress Bible, and is a core contributor. Make sure to follow up and read more from Aaron on Technosailor.com.
Alex Mills – @viper007bond
@Viper007Bond: New On My Blog: Twitter Followers Count Snippet for WordPress http://v007.me/87b
May 15, 2010 @ 09:31 AM from API Powered by TweetedIf you’re here at WPV, you’re probably interacting with one of Alex’s plugins. He is a seasoned developer and has been a WordPress fanatic since somewhere around 2003. Alex works on WordPress.com for Automattic and has a great site of his own at Viper007Bond.com.
Fredrick Townes – @w3edge
@w3edge: RT @wpvibe Essential Plugins and Optimization Presentation http://bit.ly/ap3ahq
May 4, 2010 @ 08:49 PM from TweetMeme Powered by TweetedEver heard of Mashable? Their CTO Fredrick started using WordPress almost four years ago. Fredrick is also the CEO of W3Edge. He created and contributed W3 Total Cache, which we consider to be the best WordPress caching plugin.
Brad Williams – @williamsba
@williamsba: NJ WordPress Meetup went great! Had an awesome group tonight
May 12, 2010 @ 01:52 AM from TweetDeck Powered by TweetedBrad kicked off his WordPress habit over three years ago and hasn’t looked back. Not only is he a regular contributor, he’s also the co-author of Professional WordPress. He is the CEO of WebDevStudios and a seasoned WordCamp speaker!
Jeff Chandler – @WPTavern
@wptavern: WP Trivia: What is the Max number of WP sites a MySQL DB can handle?
May 11, 2010 @ 08:06 PM from Seesmic Powered by TweetedJeff stays pretty busy these days! He not only hosts and produces a live podcast – WordPress Weekly, he also has 17 different full time jobs and does an outstanding job running WPTavern, a great WordPress community.
Joost de Valk – @yoast
@yoast: RT @w3edge & @wpmuorg: Maximize #WordPress and #BuddyPress #Performance With W3 Total Cache http://bit.ly/9Cdu49
May 10, 2010 @ 04:26 PM from Tweetie Powered by TweetedJoost has created and or maintains some of the most popular WordPress plugins available today. He’s been creating WordPress everything since 2006, which is also when he started providing professional SEO services. You’ve probably been to Yoast.com in the past, go play around some more, you’re guaranteed to find new cool stuff!
Bonus Round :)
As I mentioned earlier, we could be here forever. Since we’ve made it this far, here’s a few more mentions we couldn’t leave out. Plus we couldn’t end the post without shamelessly plugging ourselves :)
Jonathan Dingman – @dingman
Jonathan and I have been collaborating since 2004 after some great conversations in the WordPress IRC channel. He’s been involved with WordPress since 2003 and is the co-founder of WPV. Dingman organized the first ever WordCamp NY in 2008.
Dre Armeda – @dremeda
@dremeda: WordCamp San Diego planning has commenced. Contact me for details! #wcsd #wordCamp
May 12, 2010 @ 08:26 PM from web Powered by TweetedHey wait, that’s me :) I co-found WPV with Dingman which has been a great time! I’m a WordPress contributor and love spreading WordPress Vibe. I’ve been involved with WordPress since early 2004 and rarely blog on Armeda.com. I’m heading up WordCamp San Diego 2011 and most recently I founded CubicTwo LLC, a web services firm focused on content management solutions.
WPVibe – @wpvibe
@wpvibe: Multiple #WordPress Loops in Action by @Dingman - http://bit.ly/a7bdTK
May 17, 2010 @ 02:39 PM from TweetDeck Powered by TweetedLast but not least….us! Make sure to connect, we love to help! Ask us WordPress questions anytime, we’ll make sure to help you out as soon as possible, that’s what it’s all about right?
And the list goes on…
Make sure to follow everyone on the list, you won’t regret it.
Who are some of your favorite WordPress people to follow? leave your thoughts in the comments!
Keep the vibe!
Actually don’t follow Jeffro, follow WPTavern. That’s where Jeff tweets about WP.
We had @WPTavern on there initially but we decided to include individuals in the top 15.
I changed the Twitter handle for Jeff.
Thanks Ozh.
Great list! I bet it was pretty difficult to narrow it down to 15 people only, when there are so many people involved in WordPress!
Thanks.
No doubt, we could be here for days listing out the 100’s of awesome WordPress folks!
Well, I’m only about 4/15 on these. I’ll have to check out the rest of them!
Try @kovshenin ;)
great list ..very thanks for these great people.
hope to benefit and learn from them..
my greating
Yeah..nice, most of these I know / follow, but a good summary. Matt M. / Brian G. / Brad W. are all great people. Definitely follow them. They are offering a lot to the community as a whole.
Oh, and I tweet about WP too… @joelmoney
These are definitely great people to follow on twitter. But you missed out some other great folks.
@nathanrice
@wpbeginner (thats us)
@rarst
@otto42
@andrea_r
All great people to add to the list! Thanks for coming by Syed :)
you guys are fired
Thanks for the exposure. :)
Added them to my tweetdeck group. Still prefer tweetdeck groups to twitter lists.
@justintadlock he does few but good ones :-)
Well I’m a little bit biased as I use their theme, but both @ClayGriffiths and @GrantGriffiths are pretty cool (Clay developed the Headway premium framework).
Cheers!
Great list, going to go follow them right now (=