この1年半の間、wp.orgというドメインを入力すると、WPBeginnerにリダイレクトされていた。これは、多くの人にとって予期せぬ不愉快な驚きでした。というのも、あなたは人気のコンテンツ管理システムの本拠地であるWordPress.orgに本当にアクセスしたかったからです。本日、このドメインをWordPress Foundationに寄付したことをお知らせします。
皆さんの大部分にとっては、これは何の意味もなく、いつも通りの生活が送れるでしょう。WordPressコミュニティにより深く関わっている人たちにとっては、これはとても大きなことで、私やWPBeginnerを罵ることなく、ツイートやSlackメッセージ、Facebookの状態などにwp.orgと入力できるようになったからだ。
このリダイレクトがイライラさせるものであったことは、多くの皆さんが私にツイートしたり、怒りのメールを送ってくれたからです。あなた方すべて、そして王道を歩んでくれた人たちにも、私の行動を謝罪したい。
さて、皆さんは何が変わったのか不思議に思っていることでしょう。
短い答えは「たくさん」だ。
妻と私は第1子を妊娠している。このことは私に人生全体に対する新たな視点を与えてくれた。
新たな遺言書の作成から生命保険の加入範囲の拡大まで、いろいろなことが起きている。人生で初めて、不測の事態について考えている。これを「大人になった」と言う人もいるだろう。
私にとって大切なものをすべて書き出してみたが、家族の次に多かったのがWordPressだった。WordPressは私の拡大家族であり、WordCampのどこかで私に会えば、そのことがわかります。WordPressを使い始めて10年、WPBeginnerは7年近くになります。
つまり、WordPressは私の人生の40％を占めているのです。
WordPressが私にしてくれたことをすべて考えると、wp.orgをWordPress Foundationに寄付することは、私にできる最低限のことです。
WordPressは一個人や一団体よりもはるかに大きな存在です。それがWordPress財団の存在理由です。今、私に何かあったとしても、少なくともこのドメインが最高入札者に競売にかけられることはない（むしろ自宅で安全に保管される）とわかっている。
私の唯一の後悔は、もっと早くこうしなかったことだ。でも、今はやってよかったと思っている。
人生は日々新しいことを教えてくれる。
私を支えてくれたすべての人に感謝し、WordPressコミュニティに貢献し続けることを楽しみにしています。
本当にありがとうございました、
Syed Balkhi
WPBeginner創設者
Syed Balkhi says
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Nina Montgomery says
Congratulations!!
Congratulations on your baby, as well as the generous gift. I can’t imagine what a domain name like that would be worth~ so the thought of “donating it” in todays corporate world of greed is quite humbling.
I do know too that regardless of donating the name or not~ your WP Beginner site has helped me on a weekly basis for the past two years as I stumble my way around building my brand.
With your generous attitude to help and serve others, along with a keen eye for business, your little one could not have chosen herself greater parents.
Wishing you all the best for you and your wife~ and God Bless the beautiful #balkhibaby
Nina
Sunith Babu L says
Hi Syed !
I’m a avid reader of WPBeginner, After reading this post, I must tell you one thing, your involvement with the baby will be more than the involvement you’ll have with the blog. Trust me, it was the same in my case, although, my daughter is 1 year and 2 months, I find time to blog only when she sleeps. But still, its worth it.
Blog like a Baby !
Sunith Babu L
Paul Douglas says
Just another reason why we count on WPBeginner, WPForms and Syed Balkhi –
You are Real
You are Dedicated
You are an Asset
to the WordPress Community, WordPress Developers and WordPress Site Development Businesses.
Congratulations on the baby, we have 5 children 3 – 17 and they are all the blessings I need but having You and Your staff to help building our WordPress business has also been a blessing.
Thank you.
Adrienne says
Well done on the WP.org.
Congrats on the new additional. Ahhh, get ready, you will not be sleeping for about a year! it’s called adulthood, they tell me.
Rajesh P says
This is such an awesome (and rare for these times!) gesture! The whole WP community, am sure, salutes you on this one.
As for the good news on the domestic front…good things happen to good folks! Hope this good karma rubs off on the exciting future that is in store for you and your wife. Wish you both and the baby all the very best!
Derek says
Congrats on the new addition and you my friend did the right thing and will always be remembered in the community by your action.
My family always comes first before the job and before I even turn on the laptop. As long as you pay your web hosting bill, you can login to your websites to do work on them in your spare time.
Tammi L. Coles says
Congratulations and thanks for your contribution and ALL of your great work here!
Matt says
Well played and congratulations!
deuts says
Wow, congrats and nice move!
Stephanie says
Congratulations on the baby news! It’s very exciting to have your first baby on its way. Second, thank you for donating the domain. I think it was a nice gesture and I am sorry for the angry emails you received from people (not us). The mob mentality on the web is unpleasant and, at times, excessive.
Gnanes says
Congrats and it was nice of you to donate the domain. Lets see if WordPress will do you a favor and reserve a .blog domain for you since they own it now.
Jermaine Valentine says
That’s a great gesture, one that the entire WordPress community will appreciate. Congrats on your new baby! If your ever in Jamaica let me know, the first round will be on me…cheers!
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Jermaine. Will definitely let you know when I visit Jamaica.
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Yuuichi "Webman" Ashikawa says
Congratulations!!! Please visit to Japan with Happy family!
Editorial Staff says
Thank you — definitely will
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Brad Miller says
Congrats, Syed!!! Also thank you for giving back to the best community ever.
LeBaux says
That is a very grand gesture from you! I hope karma will keep a note.
Pam Blizzard says
Many congratulations! Your first…how sweet. Yes, your brain gets re-wired in a very good way
Kerwin says
Syed, nothing happens before irs time my friend.
Atta says
It is an amazing gesture. I appreciate it. WP.ORG is a high value domain and it can easily sell in 6 figures.
Bimakuru says
Congratulations, May the force be with you…
Charlie Patel says
Kudos and Congrats on the new addition to your family. Truly an inspiration!! All the best.
Jason says
Kudos on the donation, Nothing wrong to me with a redirect on a domain you owned for a similar relevant site but I can see where some might view it as not wordpress and get angry. I was wondering why WP.org had Red in WebOfTrust browser tool with no reviews stating why it had a bad rating but this explains things. I followed you on fb and bookmarked your site so your donation gained me whatever that is worth. Regarding WebOfTrust, Any users that use it and read this should go rate the wp.org domain accurately so that visitors with the browser extension are not fooled into thinking wp.org is not trustworthy… I will! P.S. Also going to rate this domain and it already has a good score!
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Jason
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Amauri Champeaux says
Thanks for this donation It’s very nice for WP community but I guess hard to take..
Congrat’ for your baby!
Aravind Ajith says
Well done Syed, really appreciate your gesture! That’s a brave move.
And congrats on the baby! I know that feeling. I became a ‘grown up’ a year back.
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Aravind
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Bernhard Kau says
This is really a great step. But somehow I am not redirected to wordpress.org – has someone hijacked the domain?
Editorial Staff says
No they’re probably switching the DNS.
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Blair2004 says
Happy to hear that, and this is so kindly. i which the best for your familly and for WPBeginner, my favorite wp tuts source.
Can we have yet the surname of the babie ?
Thank you.
Golam Samdani says
Congrats to new father
And thanks for the donation (y)
Nayan Kariya says
I must say this is a great move for you. Its but Obvious that you are getting a huge traffic because of that domain. Great domination for WordPress. I really like this contribution. and Congrats for new baby.
naveen says
you are osm bro
Vinodh David says
Congrats Syed on the new family member. Becoming a parent changes a lot of perspective for sure. And a great selfless move towards the donation. You will be a great dad I am sure
Gaurav Tiwari says
That’s great work. But to be honest wp.org should go to wikipedia.org instead of wordpress.org. The later needs less of it.
Bradley Will says
Much love, admiration and respect.
Husain says
Respect. You are awesome
Japh says
Fantastic news on your growing family, Syed! Super happy for you, there sure is a lot to learn, but it’s all very worthwhile too, eh.
Also, kudos on donating the domain name. I really appreciate this
Pad says
Very nice of you. Maybe WordPress should donate thesis.com to the people at Thesis…
Fernando Morais says
Congratulations for the new baby.
We’re also expecting to be parents (again) in November 2016 so maybe yours will meet mine in a few years in some WordCamp around the World.
Vitor Madeira says
Those are the kind of stories that will be turned into history.
I use to say that, to accept some people on some specific jobs in society, one should not be required to have superior education, rather it should be required to be a father / mother in the first place.
We would definetly have a better world.
Congratulations.
George Bikas says
Kudos for the domain !!
I Wish you the best for your growing family!!!
Regards from Greece.
Robby says
Alright! Congrats on the baby. What wonderful news. Very happy for you both.
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Robby
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Ed says
Well said and I would like to thank WordPress and WPbeginner for being a major portion of my career! Heart WP!
Elvis says
Well, thanks for your commitment to WordPress! Another reason to love this site, along with the helpful tips…
Juwel Khan says
I appreciate your donation. You donated best thing that one could do and ofcourse we didn’t forget the contribution of wpbeginner to the community !
Best wishes for you, your family and specially for your baby !!
Barış Ünver says
Nice! It was frustrating to see wpbeginner.com every time I typed wp.org, even though I’m (always) a huge fan of WPBeginner.
Dark Matter says
Kudos! Well done.
Chandan says
Great to read this , you did well Syed.
Congo for your baby.
Thanks for your donation.
Regards,
Chandan Dubey
Francesco Carlucci says
This means a lot for the whole community!
A HUGE thank you!
Phil Johnston says
So good. Maybe a good time for wordpress.com to follow suit?
Ged Ward says
Well done dude thats a good thing to do and all the best for your family and the new baby to come.
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Ged
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Suresh Patel says
This is a very brave move I must say. I am sure you are generating a huge amount of traffic because of that domain. I know donating this domain is a big think. Hats of to you man and congratulation for upcoming baby
Editorial Staff says
Thanks Suresh
-Syed
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