7 WordPress Influencers You Should Follow In 2016

We all know that WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world and last year it achieved the impressive mark of running a quarter of the web. As a WordPress forms plugin, we think that it’s inspiring that WordPress started out as a platform exclusively for blogging and became this monetizable digital ecosystem.  It has been supporting an increasingly number of innovative and profitable businesses all over the world.

With millions of people using it everyday, WordPress has also an amazing community dedicated and passionated to contribute to its success. Today, we are here to tell you about some outstanding individuals that are working to improve the WordPress community or are contributing to it with their incredible products and services.

Below you will find a list with some of the best people that you can follow to get great information about everything related to WordPress.

Take a look at our top 7 WordPress influencers that you should definitely follow in 2016:

1. Matt Mullenweg (Founder and CEO at Automattic)

Most WordPress users know Automattic as the company behind WordPress.com and Matt is the founding developer of WordPress and currently the CEO at Automattic. Therefore, there was no way of not having him at the top of our list.

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/photomatt

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.mullenweg

Website: http://ma.tt/

2. Joost De Valk (CEO of Yoast)

The WordPress SEO plugin developed by his company became synonymous of SEO and website optimization in WordPress. Moreover, Joost is a regular speaker at WordPress events around the world and creates great posts on the company’s blog.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdevalk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jdevalk

Website: https://yoast.com/

3. Mark Forrester (Co-Founder of WooThemes)

Mark is one of the founders of WooThemes, a company that has been growing strong since 2008 and is responsible for the most popular eCommerce plugin on WordPress: WooCommerce. His company was acquired by Automattic last year, continuing to have an active participation and an influential presence within the community.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_forrester

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/woothemes/

Website: http://www.markforrester.co.za/

4. Jason Cohen (Founder of WPEngine)

Jason is the founder of four companies, notably including Smart Bear and WP Engine. WPEngine is successfully climbing its way to become a market leader in the managed WordPress hosting space. In addition to writing a top-notch blog, Jason is also the author of “Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review” and is a regular and very entertaining online speaker.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/asmartbear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wpengine

Website: http://blog.asmartbear.com/

5. Oliver Dale (Founder of WPLift)

Oliver is a web designer that turned into an entrepreneur, with 15 years of online experience. He is the founder of Kooc Media – a web company specialized in building online communities, web applications & WordPress themes/plugins and WPLift.com, a website that helps people interested in WordPress by providing tutorials, theme roundups, plugin guides and general WordPress news.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/olidale

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WPlift/

Website: http://wplift.com/

6. Syed Balkhi (Founder and CEO of WPBeginner)

Syed is a 25 year old award-winning entrepreneur with several 7-figure online businesses. He was recognized as the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by the United Nations. He is the founder of  WPBeginner, the largest free WordPress resource site. He also has a personal blog that is focused on “building businesses online” and the place where he shares his journey and experiences.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/syedbalkhi?_rdr=p

Website: https://syedbalkhi.com

7. Dan Norris (Co-Founder of WPCurve)

Dan is a content marketer, international speaker, bestseller Amazon business book author and co-founder of WP Curve, The 7 Day Startup and Black Hops Brewing. WP Curve is a worldwide team of wordpress developers, that provides unlimited small fixes and support, 24/7 for a low monthly fee. Dan also took the lessons that he learned during the creation of his business and turned them into a compelling book – The 7 Day Startup – that helps other entrepreneurs to launch their entrepreneurial projects.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedannorris

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WPCurve

Website: http://wpcurve.com/

Who else do you think should be included on this list?

Of course it’s not an easy job to pick 7 people from a community powered by so many impressive influencers, so this list could go on and on. That is why we’d love to know your thoughts on these seven selections and who you’d have picked as your favourite WordPress influencers. Let us know in the comments section below!