{"id":1245,"date":"2017-07-06T07:27:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T02:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2017-07-17T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T04:16:40","slug":"jesse-petersen-a-great-wp-community-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/jesse-petersen-a-great-wp-community-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Petersen \u2014 A Great WP Community \u2014 Has Passed Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a sad day for the WordPress community. I write this with a heavy heart, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newlungsfor.me\/2017\/jesse-petersen-has-passed-away\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Petersen<\/a> \u2014 \u00a0a Genesis Preferred Developer, theme and plugin developer, and so much more \u2014 lost his fight with Cystic Fibrosis today.<\/p>\n<p>[ecko_fullpage_image]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2435\" src=\"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Jesse.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse.jpg\" width=\"1320\" height=\"880\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/ecko_fullpage_image]<\/p>\n<p>He was a WordPress user since 2005, a developer since 2008 and a friend to many.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you look over your life and say you\u2019d be leaving those connected to you better off having known you? If not, start today.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse \u24cc Petersen (@jpetersen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpetersen\/status\/881975614974119936\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m pretty sure; I was better off knowing him! Many would agree!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Jesse Petersen<\/h2>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t personally, know Jesse \u2014 but he was a great member of our community. I am not sure what to say. I got to know him better only after he went public with his Cystic Fibrosis genetic disease. I feel like telling you all about him in a few points below.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my way to remember him! <em>Jesse<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was a family man \u2014 a husband and a father to two adorable boys<\/li>\n<li>Most known for being a <a href=\"http:\/\/studiopress.com\/developer\/jesse-petersen\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Preferred Developer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A WordPress user since 2005, a developer since 2008 and a friend to many<\/li>\n<li>A plugin developer. His latest plugin was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.genesisthe.me\/plugins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GenesisThe.me After Entry Widget Pro<\/a>\u00a0that added a widget after a post.<\/li>\n<li>He also has five plugins in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/peterdog\/#content-plugins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress repository<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/genesis-latest-tweets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Latest Tweets<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/stealth-login-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stealth Login Page<\/a>. His last commit was only five days ago. \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<li>A proud WordCamp Speaker, you can find him talking at <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/?s=Jesse+Petersen\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A member of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewpcrowd.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0The WP Crowd<\/a>\u00a0and was on many of our podcasts.<\/li>\n<li>He was also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teamtreehouse.com\/jessepetersen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Treehouse instructor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>More about him at <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.us.wordcamp.org\/2017\/07\/05\/the-loss-of-one-of-our-own\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">this WCUS blog post<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeff wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/jesse-petersen-founder-of-genesis-the-me-passes-away\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse on WPTavern<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Can We Do?<\/h2>\n<p>I wish if the WordPress foundation \u2014 or a non-profit fund could be set up for folks like him. The awesome WordPress community could be more awesome that way!<\/p>\n<h3>Support His Family<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Jesse leaves behind a wife and two precious boys who will be going through a lot in the upcoming days. They also could use all the help they can get for last expenses and going forward. Ben Meredith has setup a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newlungsfor.me\/2017\/jesse-petersen-has-passed-away\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Give fundraiser<\/a>\u00a0to help with the last expenses and for the family going forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[ecko_alert color=&#8221;green&#8221;]Prayers for him and his family.\u00a0I hope I can urge you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newlungsfor.me\/2017\/jesse-petersen-has-passed-away\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support Jesse&#8217;s family\u00a0\u2192<\/a>[\/ecko_alert]<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the least we can do, for all his contribution towards our lives and the WordPress community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a sad day for the WordPress community. I write this with a heavy heart, that Jesse Petersen \u2014 \u00a0a Genesis Preferred Developer, theme and plugin developer, and so much more \u2014 lost his fight with Cystic Fibrosis today. 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