Lesley Sim was a authorities worker, advert company swimsuit, freediving teacher… After which she discovered WordPress. She constructed websites on WordPress as a part of her digital advertising company and moved to constructing plugins final yr. Now, she concentrate on E-newsletter Glue, a plugin that connects your electronic mail service supplier to WordPress and turns the block editor right into a e-newsletter builder with the intention to construct and ship newsletters instantly from WordPress.
What do you take pleasure in most about working in WordPress?
I began constructing E-newsletter Glue simply because the pandemic hit and it has stored me sane. The group I discovered on-line and in particular person has been great, inclusive and well-intentioned.
I’ve additionally been significantly impressed with the willingness to take a long run view. Making lots of of 1000’s (possibly even thousands and thousands?) of individuals actively indignant for 5-10 years in order that WordPress might be rebuilt with trendy frameworks and programming languages with the intention to keep related and aggressive for years to come back is an insanely daring transfer.
I love that deeply and hope to guide my very own life in comparable trend.
What do you like most about your Submit Standing membership?
The candor and helpfulness of the group. My plugin is younger and I am comparatively new to the WordPress group, however have been embraced with open arms within the Slack group.
It has been simple to speak with and get recommendation from all kinds of plugin founders. From those that are beginning out, similar to me… To these with thousands and thousands of customers.
What enterprise/net/WordPress recommendation do you’ve got for others in our trade?
Preserve placing your work on the market, contributing, serving to others, asking for assist.
There is a tremendous enjoyable occasion occurring and folks cannot wait to ask you in. All it’s essential do is *not* present up empty handed.
We’re completely happy to have Lesley as a Submit Standing member!
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