Mike Little
Mike Little | |
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 Mike Little at Young Rewired State 2012 | |
| Born | 12 May 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Stockport School |
| Occupation | Web developer |
| Known for | WordPress |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | mikelittle |
Mike Little (born 12 May 1962) is an English web developer and writer. He is the co-founder of the free and open source web publishing software WordPress.[1]
Biography
Mike Little was born in Manchester, England in 1962 to a Nigerian father, who was a mathematics lecturer and musician, and an English mother who worked as a primary school teacher.[2][3] Little was placed into foster care when he was four months of age, and was later adopted by the same family.[3] He grew up on a council estate in Brinnington, Stockport, and was educated at Stockport School.[2][3]
In 2003, Little and Matt Mullenweg started working on a project in which they built on b2/cafelog and later named it WordPress, releasing the first version on 27 May 2003.[1][4]
Little states that, despite not being invited to join his co-founder's for-profit business Automattic, he and Mullenweg remain on good terms. He clarified: "I don’t want it to sound like he cheated me out of something or ripped me off in some way. He didn’t."[2]
In June 2013, Little was awarded the SAScon's "Outstanding Contribution to Digital" award for his part in co-founding and developing WordPress.[5][6]
Little has been described as "modest" and living in "virtual anonymity".[6][4] He has one daughter.[3] He identifies as a follower of Stoicism and a humanist,[7] and in 2021, he became a patron of charity Humanists UK.[8]
Bibliography
- Douglass, Robert T.; Little, Mike; Smith, Jared W. (2006). Building Online Communities With Drupal, PhpBB, and WordPress
References
- ^ a b "Learn about WordPress origins and version history". WordPress. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Simpson, Mollie (5 August 2021). "The Stockport man who powered half the internet". The Mill. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Mike Little". WordPress. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b "How a Stockport developer helped create the world's biggest online publishing phenomenon – for free". Prolific North. 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Unsung Internet Visionary to be Honoured at SASCON". SAScon. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Internet Visionary Honoured". Cheshire Border Independent Newspaper. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ Little, Mike. "About Mike Little". Retrieved 29 September 2024.
I am a follower of Stoicism, embracing the philosophy of inner peace, resilience, and virtue by focusing on what I can control and accepting what I cannot. As a humanist, I value reason, empathy, and the potential for human progress, I believe in compassion for everyone and strive to improve the well-being of all people through ethical and rational means.
- ^ "Humanists UK delighted to announce two new patrons: Felicity Hannah and Mike Little". Humanists UK. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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- Living people
- 21st-century Black British people
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Social entrepreneurs
- Web development
- Computer programmers
- Web developers
- 1962 births
- WordPress
- Free software programmers
- People from Stockport
- British computer programmers
- English humanists
- 21st-century English male writers
- Computer specialist stubs
- English adoptees