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.

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Andy Peatling – @apeatling

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/apeatling/status/12466183628[/tweeted]

Andy is the lead developer of BuddyPress, a platform built to add social networking capabilities to WordPress.

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Brian Gardner – @bgardner

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/bgardner/status/13985904226[/tweeted]

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.

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Jane Wells – @janeforshort

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/janeforshort/status/13879037397[/tweeted]

Jane 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.

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Lorelle VanFossen – @lorelleonwp

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/lorelleonwp/status/13496110440[/tweeted]

Where 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.

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Mark Jaquith – @markjaquith

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/markjaquith/status/13977338952[/tweeted]

A 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!

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Andrew Nacin – @nacin

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/nacin/status/13940559705[/tweeted]

Andrew 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.

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Pete Mall – @petemall

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/petemall/status/13838403759[/tweeted]

Pete 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.

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Matt Mullenweg – @photomatt

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/photomatt/statuses/13691346008[/tweeted]

We 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.

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Matt Martz – @sivel

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/sivel/status/13803567854[/tweeted]

One 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.

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Aaron Brazell – @technosailor

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/technosailor/status/14051094736[/tweeted]

Aaron 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.

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Alex Mills – @viper007bond

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/Viper007Bond/status/14028683843[/tweeted]

If 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.

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Fredrick Townes – @w3edge

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/w3edge/status/13383635124[/tweeted]

Ever 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.

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Brad Williams – @williamsba

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/williamsba/status/13823610839[/tweeted]

Brad 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!

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Jeff Chandler – @WPTavern

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/wptavern/status/13806750636[/tweeted]

Jeff 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.

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Joost de Valk – @yoast

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/yoast/status/13734949438[/tweeted]

Joost 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!

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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

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Jonathan Dingman – @dingman

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/Dingman/status/13328274854[/tweeted]

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.

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Dre Armeda – @dremeda

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/dremeda/status/13870141161[/tweeted]

Hey 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.

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WPVibe – @wpvibe

[tweeted]http://twitter.com/wpvibe/status/14164866470[/tweeted]

Last 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?

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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!