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Jamie Marsland

Head of WordPress.org YouTube at Automattic

@jamesmarsland uk joined Oct 2008

www.pootlepress.co.uk slack: @jamie
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    Sponsored Automattic 40 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Head of WordPress (.org) YouTube

    My own YouTube channel now has 100,000+ subscribers.

    Business founder, educator and digital strategist.

    Visit https://www.youtube.com/@jamiewp

    Also, find me on Twitter @pootlepress

    I’ve spent my career building online businesses and have held board level technical and commercial roles at private and publicly listed companies. Prior to founding Pootlepress, I was Managing Director of Pavilion Publishing Ltd and before that Chief Technical Officer of Documedia PLC. I’ve trained over 5000 people on WordPress in the past 10 years, and Pootlepress WordPress plugins are used by thousands of customers worldwide. For the past 3 years I’ve grown my YouTube channel to over 100,000 subscribers and also offer YouTube consultancy for brands looking to level up their video content.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I started using WordPress 17 years ago when I ran a publishing company and we were looking to upgrade our CMS.

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    Head of WordPress.org YouTube
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    Automattic

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    Specializations

    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Marketing 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 27 Fri · 13:03
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2026
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 08:58
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2025
    December 2024
    Dec 12 Thu · 19:56
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WP Campus Connect Recap: A Journey of Empowering Students and Building Community, on the site WordCamp Central:
    What an incredible initiative - congrats!
    November 2024
    Nov 19 Tue · 05:49
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    Completed the course Basic principles of conflict resolution on learn.wordpress.org
    September 2024
    Sep 10 Tue · 08:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to background mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you want to change the background color of menu here's how https://cloudup.com/ce6qkB9M42a
    Sep 09 Mon · 14:21
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    Posted a reply to WordPress 6.6 – My pattern not found / unsuable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Can I check what theme you are using?
    Sep 09 Mon · 13:19
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    Posted a reply to No valid ISON reation/response, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here's a couple of things to try A) The error can sometimes be resolved by…
    Sep 09 Mon · 12:47
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    Posted a reply to Cron Job Not Being Triggered, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Strange - could you let me know what theme that is?
    Sep 09 Mon · 12:19
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    Posted a reply to Cron Job Not Being Triggered, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Could you ask your hosting provider to check if there are any server-level restrictions preventing…
    Sep 09 Mon · 10:12
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    Posted a reply to Cron Job Not Being Triggered, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    As a first step, could you try to checking WP-Cron functionality? You can use a…

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    Total completed courses: 3

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