Matt
Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder, meets Filipino developers, designers and
enthusiasts of the world’s most popular web publishing platform in the WordPress Community Meet-Up in Manila.
Globe Telecom and the Philippine WordPress community led by entrepreneur and president of the Davao Bloggers Society Andrew dela Serna organized and hosted Mullenweg’s third visit to the country. At The Globe Tower in Bonifacio Global City, the official meet-up venue, over 120 members of the local WordPress community gathered to learn more about Mullenweg’s expertise on web technology and online publishing, including his philosophy of giving more people access to publishing and blogging through the use of an open-source software.
Mullenweg
first visited the country in 2008 for the same speaking engagement, and has
since seen the growth of the local WordPress community. His recent visit is his
third trip to the Philippines, which was one of the first countries to adopt
WordPress. To date, WordPress is powering 22% of websites all over the world.
Asked
about his partnership with Globe Telecom, Mullenweg shares, “Globe saw an
opportunity as they’re bringing lots of people online, and which is very
complimentary with WordPress’ mission, which is to democratize publishing.
Globe is doing some amazing things locally by bringing more people on data
plans and connecting them to the Internet.”
Globe
Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto adds, “With
our participation to the WordPress Community Meet-up, we gain deeper
understanding about online platforms and best ways to interact with our digital
consumers, as we commit to providing them offers that cater to their digital
and fast-paced lifestyle.”
Matt
Mullenweg is also the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind
WordPress.com and Jetpack.