Mike Little
English web developer (born 1962)
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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]
Mike Little | |
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Mike Little at Young Rewired State 2012 | |
| Born | 12 May 1962 |
| Alma mater | Stockport School |
| Occupation | Web developer |
| Known for | WordPress |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | mikelittle |
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
