About Jos

Jos Velasco is a DreamHost consultant who assists with complex WordPress cases and actively contributes to the WordPress community. He is a WP Credits mentor who promotes testing and using the native WordPress Site Editor, and produces events and videos for WP Latam.

He builds websites with WordPress. He has worked in web design for over fifteen years, spanning front-end, back-end, and extensive configuration work. He studied Computer Systems Engineering in México and enjoys solving problems.

He maintains the under-construction plugin, Almost Ready Temporary Page.

Jos in the WordCamp San José Contributor Day.

More about Jos

Jos likes to eat, travel, and watch well-written movies and series. He enjoys climbing mountains.

Jos runs a movie database website called These Quotes.

He is married to Diana Martin, a renowned drawing artist. His dogs, Mose and Tota, are part of his family.

Recent talks and interviews

Panel in Spanish about outdated WordPress practices

Are you still using invasive sliders or popups on your WordPress sites? This panel discussion brings together community professionals to explore practices and technologies that are now unnecessary, obsolete, or counterproductive when developing with WordPress. Watch it here.

Talk at WordCamp San José: Build Your Career with the WordPress Site Editor

The WordPress Site Editor is not only used to build websites but also to meet and work with one of the most interesting communities you can find. You can learn a little about the teams that make up the WordPress community after reviewing the work and business opportunities that can arise from creating sites with this platform. Watch it here.

Talk at Meetup Bogotá: Create your website without plugins with the Twenty Twenty-Three theme

With a real website reconstruction case, you will learn what is new in the Native Site Editor included with WordPress and learn how to take advantage of the variations and design patterns created by the WordPress community. Watch it here. (English Subtitles available.)

Interview by DreamHost: To Guadalajara Web Developer and WordPress Fan, the Simple Life is Everything

This interview was a critical factor in my decision to apply to work as a consultant at DreamHost. Read it here.

Essay at HeroPress: Being a freelancer can be the most stable thing in Taco land

I am very grateful for this interview because it made me realize the path I have traveled. Read it here.

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