Topher DeRosia is the senior developer advocate at BigCommerce, where he works to enhance communication between BigCommerce and developers. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a web developer, over a decade of which has been spent building out WordPress sites. In addition, Topher has extensive knowledge of WooCommerce development, helped make Easy Digital Downloads, and curates HeroPress.com. Fun fact: Topher is responsible for making the official International Space Station Windows95 desktop theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife Cate and two daughters, Ema and Sophia. You can find Topher on Twitter (@topher1kenobe) talking about ecommerce, web development, general technology, and culture. He\u2019s also a regular on the Make WordPress and Post Status Slack channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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