LeifQ (@quitevisible) – WordPress user profile

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve been around computers since the mid 80s, but began honing my skills and knowledge as an architectural drafter while attending college in the early 90s. The transition to CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) was in its infancy, but I was all in. I would later embrace the next transition in architecture, from vector-based CAD, to the database driven production of BIM (Building Information Modeling).

In 2007, during a slow period of work, I was asked to ‘do something’ with the company website, which a former employee had registered, but never completed. Using the hosting company’s built-in web tools, I managed to create a very simple static website.

But that site led to requests for company websites from other small businesses in the area.

Soon thereafter, requests for projects increased, resulting in the opportunity to run my own freelance business in 2009. Looking for a more efficient, streamlined, and inexpensive way to create websites, I discovered the open-source world of Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal.

The aesthetics and intuitive UI of WordPress were some important factors that led to WordPress becoming my CMS of choice. But it was the support and community that sealed the deal. And that’s still true to this day.

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May 2026

May 08 Fri · 00:01

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Created a topic, Pretty Robust, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You get quite a bit packed in for a free version. I al…

May 02 Sat · 20:01

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Completed the course WordPress meetup organizer training on learn.wordpress.org

April 2026

Apr 18 Sat · 17:26

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Created a topic, Genesis Replacement, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I was a longtime Genesis customer and in search of a s…

Apr 18 Sat · 17:11

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Created a topic, Looks Great!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
First implementation was a bit challenging and it took…

July 2024

Jul 23 Tue · 16:19

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Created issue #2743 in the WordPress/Learn repository:
Feedback - Incorrect video for Managing a WordPress Multisite Network lesson

April 2024

Apr 19 Fri · 21:47

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Posted a reply to Account closed-no notice and can’t recover, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
thx for escalating @shameemreza - I was able to favorably resolve the issue with Drew…

Apr 18 Thu · 04:04

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Posted a reply to Account closed-no notice and can’t recover, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thx for the response. The closed acct is for WPcom user leifssc If you’re able…

Apr 17 Wed · 14:35

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Created a topic, Account closed-no notice and can’t recover, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello - I’m having a hard time getting a response rega…

July 2023

Jul 25 Tue · 04:43

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Completed the course Basic Principles of Conflict Resolution on learn.wordpress.org

Jul 25 Tue · 04:25

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Completed the course Writing in the WordPress Voice on learn.wordpress.org