About Us

What WordPress for Newbies is… what we do, who we do it for, why we do it, and how we make money. Transparency, Integrity, Community.

This website started out as a book idea: WordPress for Newbies. Substantial work was made on the book: I outlined it and wrote several multi-part chapters, I designed the cover, and purchased a domain name: this domain name. The feedback I kept getting, however, was, “Why a book? Doesn’t a website make more sense given the subject matter?” Those suggestions finally took root, and here we are today.

“Our site isn’t about, ‘just follow these steps.’ We want users to understand how and why something works in WordPress.”

There are many other WordPress learning websites with a huge head start over us. We’re not trying to be everything to everyone. We explain things in a unique way compared to the other guys, that’s all. We describe how WordPress works, in plain English, with not a lot of technical jargon.

Our goal is that a visitor who uses our site to solve their WordPress problem leaves with more comprehension than if they used another site, and their problem solved as well, of course.

Paul Goddin

Founder

Who we are

We want to be a WordPress resource for new users that educates users as much as it solves their problems, operating in a manner consistent with open-source ideals.

Those two things will make up light-years ahead of the competition.

It is amazing that an open-source product like WordPress has encouraged so much activity and interest from people and entities whose values are antithetical to the open-source ethos. Without naming names, there are a lot of people from the apex of the WordPress business structure on down whose actions and spirit not only fail to exemplify the ideals of the community that has embraced WordPress, but actively mock those ideals.

How are we different? As the founder of WP4Newbies, I’ll be honest that I didn’t embrace the open-source movement at first. When I first started writing WordPress for Newbies, the book that evolved into this website, I struggled to really understand that mindset. It felt un-American to me. But it was clear to me from the beginning that the people at the top were not only taking advantage of those ideals, they were actively harming the community just to make a fast buck.

Community.

We donate a portion of all profits to organizations combatting homelessness in the United States and in Europe.

Transparency.

Nothing is proprietary in our organization. What we make from the website and how we make it won’t be hidden from our visitors.

Integrity.

Our recommendations aren’t based on affiliate fees. If it’s a best-in-class product, that’s the answer, full stop. What we lose in commissions, we will make up for by gaining readers’ trust.

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