Appendix D. WordPress Vendors and Professional Services
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Top consultants in the WordPress community
Directory of Automattic-recommended consultants
The beauty of free open source software is that it creates an entire ecosystem of jobs and business around it. In a typical open source community, the software is free, but the services often are not. WordPress is no different. There are literally hundreds of providers that perform professional services around WordPress. Many of these services are highly specialized.
Most of the time, WordPress professional services involve things like writing or modifying a plugin, creating a theme, or migrating a blog onto WordPress. It's the everyday things in life that people need the most help with. Other times, professional services might include building out a WordPress/BuddyPress social network or tying WordPress into enterprise systems.
For all of these jobs and more, individuals and businesses have recognized WordPress as a quality platform and want to use it for projects. However, sometimes the expertise or time is lacking and paying professionals to get the job done is more effective.
Top Consultants in the WordPress Community
It's important to note at this time, as a reiterative measure, that there is not enough room to list the hundreds of developers around the world. There are likely consultants that deserve to be in this book who are not listed. Developers that are listed are developers that I have had dealings with and trust. ...
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