Under det senaste ett och ett halvt året, om du skrev in domänen wp.org, så blev du redirectad till WPBeginner. Detta var en oväntad och obehaglig överraskning för många eftersom you verkligen ville besöka WordPress.org, hemsidan för det populära content management-systemet. Idag är jag vänlig att meddela att vi har donerat domänen till WordPress Foundation.
För de flesta av er betyder det här ingenting och livet fortsätter som vanligt. För de som är mer involverade i WordPress-communityn är detta en stor sak eftersom du nu kan skriva wp.org i dina Tweets, Slack-meddelanden, Facebook status etc. utan att svära åt mig eller WPBeginner.
Jag vet att denna redirect var frustrerande eftersom många av er tweetade på mig eller skickade arga email till oss. Till all you och även de som tog den höga vägen, vill jag be om ursäkt för mina actions.
Nu undrar du förmodligen vad som har Changed?
Det korta svaret är MYCKET.
Min fru och jag är gravida med vårt första barn. Detta har gett mig ett new perspektiv på livet som helhet.
Det är mycket som händer, allt från att skriva ett new testamente till att förstora min livförsäkring. För första gången i mitt liv tänker jag på oförutsedda omständigheter. Några av er som är äldre och mycket klokare anropar detta ”att växa upp”.
Jag skrev ner allt som är mycket viktigt för mig, och högst upp efter min familj står WordPress. Det är min utökade familj, och det märker du om du träffar mig på något av alla WordCamps. Jag har använt WordPress under de senaste 10 åren och WPBeginner har funnits i nästan 7 år.
Med andra ord har WordPress varit en del av mig under 40% av mitt liv.
När jag tänker på allt WordPress har gjort för mig, är donationen av wp.org till WordPress Foundation det minsta jag kan göra.
WordPress är mycket större än en person eller en organisation. Det är anledningen till att WordPress Foundation finns. Om något nu skulle hända mig, vet jag åtminstone att domänen inte kommer att auktioneras ut till högstbjudande (den kommer snarare att vara säker hemma) hos stiftelsen.
Det enda jag ångrar är att jag inte gjorde det här tidigare. Men jag är glad att jag gjorde det nu.
Livet lär oss nya läxor varje dag, och jag är säker på att jag kommer att lära mig mycket med den nya bebisen.
Jag vill tacka alla som har stöttat mig, och jag ser fram emot att fortsätta tjäna WordPress-communityn.
Yours Truly,
Syed Balkhi
Grundare av WPBeginner
Jiří Vaněk
It’s heartwarming to see that even in today’s money-driven world, there are people who can perform a good deed selflessly, based on their own conviction that they are doing the right thing. Bravo. You have my respect. And I wish you all the best in raising an even greater successor. Family is the most valuable thing one can have. Best of luck to all of you.
Nina Montgomery
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
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
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
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
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
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
Congratulations and thanks for your contribution and ALL of your great work here!
Matt
Well played and congratulations!
deuts
Wow, congrats and nice move!
Stephanie
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
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
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
Thanks Jermaine. Will definitely let you know when I visit Jamaica.
Administratör
Yuuichi "Webman" Ashikawa
Congratulations!!! Please visit to Japan with Happy family!
Editorial Staff
Thank you — definitely will
Administratör
Brad Miller
Congrats, Syed!!! Also thank you for giving back to the best community ever.
LeBaux
That is a very grand gesture from you! I hope karma will keep a note.
Pam Blizzard
Many congratulations! Your first…how sweet. Yes, your brain gets re-wired in a very good way
Kerwin
Syed, nothing happens before irs time my friend.
Atta
It is an amazing gesture. I appreciate it. WP.ORG is a high value domain and it can easily sell in 6 figures.
Bimakuru
Congratulations, May the force be with you…
Charlie Patel
Kudos and Congrats on the new addition to your family. Truly an inspiration!! All the best.
Jason
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
Thanks Jason
Administratör
Amauri Champeaux
Thanks for this donation It’s very nice for WP community but I guess hard to take..
Congrat’ for your baby!
Aravind Ajith
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
Thanks Aravind
Administratör
Bernhard Kau
This is really a great step. But somehow I am not redirected to wordpress.org – has someone hijacked the domain?
Editorial Staff
No they’re probably switching the DNS.
Administratör
Blair2004
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
Congrats to new father
And thanks for the donation (y)
Nayan Kariya
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
you are osm bro
Vinodh David
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
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
Much love, admiration and respect.
Husain
Respect. You are awesome
Japh
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
Very nice of you. Maybe WordPress should donate thesis.com to the people at Thesis…
Fernando Morais
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
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
Kudos for the domain !!
I Wish you the best for your growing family!!!
Regards from Greece.
Robby
Alright! Congrats on the baby. What wonderful news. Very happy for you both.
Editorial Staff
Thanks Robby
Administratör
Ed
Well said and I would like to thank WordPress and WPbeginner for being a major portion of my career! Heart WP!
Elvis
Well, thanks for your commitment to WordPress! Another reason to love this site, along with the helpful tips…
Juwel Khan
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
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
Kudos! Well done.
Chandan
Great to read this , you did well Syed.
Congo for your baby.
Thanks for your donation.
Regards,
Chandan Dubey
Francesco Carlucci
This means a lot for the whole community!
A HUGE thank you!
Phil Johnston
So good. Maybe a good time for wordpress.com to follow suit?
Ged Ward
Well done dude thats a good thing to do and all the best for your family and the new baby to come.
Editorial Staff
Thanks Ged
Administratör
Suresh Patel
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
Thanks Suresh
-Syed
Administratör