Biography:Mike Little
Mike Little | |
|---|---|
 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Learn about WordPress origins and version history". 16 November 2018. https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/learn-about-wordpress-and-version-history/. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Simpson, Mollie (5 August 2021). "The Stockport man who powered half the internet". https://manchestermill.co.uk/p/the-stockport-man-who-powered-half.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Interview with Mike Little". 17 April 2013. https://archive.wordpress.org/interviews/2013_04_17_Little.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "How a Stockport developer helped create the world's biggest online publishing phenomenon – for free". Prolific North. 4 February 2013. http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2013/02/how-a-stockport-developer-helped-create-the-worlds-biggest-online-publishing-phenomenon-for-free/.
- ↑ "Unsung Internet Visionary to be Honoured at SASCON". SAScon. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140816214421/http://www.sascon.co.uk/unsung-internet-visionary-to-be-honoured-at-sascon/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Internet Visionary Honoured". Cheshire Border Independent Newspaper. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203180653/http://www.independentnewspapers.co.uk/cheshireborders/story.php?id=1061.
- ↑ Little, Mike. "About Mike Little". https://mikelittle.com/about-mike-little/. "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. https://humanists.uk/2021/06/11/humanists-uk-delighted-to-announce-two-new-patrons-felicity-hannah-and-mike-little/.
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