Highlights
- The most experienced team of WordPress experts and educators.
- Over 16+ years of WordPress and web development experience.
- The team that advises some of the largest WordPress plugins in the industry used by over 25 million websites.
- Led by WPBeginner founder, Syed Balkhi, a well-respected WordPress expert.
Experience
Our editorial staff includes a dedicated team of programmers, writers, video creators, and editors with over 16 years of experience in WordPress, web hosting, eCommerce, SEO, and online marketing.


Our editorial team manages every piece of content we publish at WPBeginner. Unlike other copycat tutorial websites, every person in our team is a true WordPress practitioner. You can learn more about our Editorial Process here.
The team is led by the most well-known and well-respected WordPress expert in the world, Syed Balkhi. He graduated from University of Florida and have been building WordPress websites since 2006.
Syed is also the founder of some of the most popular WordPress plugins in the market.
About WPBeginner
WPBeginner is the largest free WordPress resource for beginners to learn WordPress. We are part of the Awesome Motive family and reach over 100 million visitors every year. Our content is fact checked and reviewed by our Editorial team for accuracy and integrity. You can learn more about us and our editorial process.


You can manage a WordPress site with ChatGPT or Claude using WPVibe. It’s a free plugin that connects both AI tools directly to your site. We tested it by connecting Claude to our demo travel site and giving it real tasks. Within a few minutes,… Read More »


WordPress 7.1 is finally here 🥳, and we have been closely following its development. The new version launched on August 19, 2026, timed with WordCamp US. Its focus is on how you collaborate, style, and manage media on your WordPress website, and it fixes a… Read More »


The main theme of this month’s WordPress news is measurement. Most of what shipped in July shows you something that your site was already doing without telling you. WPForms can now show which form field people abandon, and AIOSEO can tell you the day a… Read More »


WordPress 7.1 beta is now available for testing, and we have been running it on our test sites for the past week. The official release is scheduled for August 19, 2026, timed with WordCamp US. While WordPress 7.0 rebuilt the admin and introduced the AI… Read More »


If you run a WordPress site, then you know that spam is a real annoying problem whether it comes to contact forms, WordPress comments, or user registrations. The good news is that stopping spam in WordPress is a lot easier than you probably think, and… Read More »


Welcome to the June edition of WPBeginner Spotlight! If there is one story this month, it’s AI becoming more integrated into WordPress. With the new WordPress Abilities API catching on fast, your favorite plugins are letting assistants like Claude and ChatGPT actually do the work… Read More »


If you love WordPress and rely on WPBeginner for tutorials, tips, and guides, then we want to show you an easy way to make sure you can easily find WPBeginner tutorials when you search on Google. Google search offers a feature called ‘Preferred Sources.’ This… Read More »


Welcome to this month’s WPBeginner Spotlight! May has been a big month for the WordPress ecosystem. The headline is the long-awaited release of WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong,” but it’s far from the only news. This issue is also packed with a fresh wave of AI-powered tools… Read More »


WordPress 7.0 is finally here 🥳, and we’ve been testing it since the early beta. It’s the first major release of 2026, and it’s a big one, with a brand-new AI Connectors screen, responsive block controls, and a refreshed admin experience that makes the dashboard… Read More »


If you woke up to news that StellarWP is being dissolved as a brand, you probably have questions. Back in 2021, hosting company Liquid Web (the same parent that owns Nexcess) launched StellarWP as an umbrella brand to bring together a growing portfolio of WordPress… Read More »