Author: Brad Williams

Brad Williams is Partner and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios (WDS). Brad is responsible for defining the vision and direction of the overall company. He works closely with Marketing and Sales with a strong focus on Business Development. Brad has helped grow WDS from a coffee table startup to one of the oldest and most respected WordPress Agencies working with clients like Microsoft, Viacom, Campbell Soup Company, Starbucks, and the NBA. Since 2017, Brad has been a member of the Forbes Agency Council. Prior to WebDevStudios, Brad was the IT Director at a major eCommerce company based in Indiana, where he managed all online web properties, warehousing systems, and internal servers and networks. Brad is also a US Marine Corps veteran and graduated from Military Occupational Specialty School as a 4067 Computer Programmer. Brad served one tour in Kuwait/Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom where he learned to program with a gas mask on! Brad is a co-author of the Professional WordPress Book Series, which are some of the highest rated advanced WordPress Development books on the market. He is the co-organizer of WordCamp Philly 2010 – 2015 and the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup. Brad was also a co-organizer for the Inaugural WordCamp US in 2015 and again in 2016. He has been developing websites for over 25 years. In the last 20, Brad has specifically focused on open-source technologies like WordPress. Brad lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He’s obsessed with cheesesteaks, Raider’s football (it’s complicated), podcasting, Halloween, LED lights, and all things technology.

Deadliest Catch Cornelia Marie Relaunches with WordPress

F/V Cornelia Marie, one of the fishing vessels featured on Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, was relaunched on Tuesday with a brand new WordPress powered website built by WebDevStudios.com! We had a great time working with Morgan Howard to create the new CorneliaMarie.com website....

How To: Display Error Messages in WordPress

One question we get a lot at our WordPress agency, WebDevStudios, is what to do when you receive the dreaded WordPress White Screen of Death. WordPress by default hides all error messages from displaying. This is for security reasons as error messages...

New Jersey WordPress Meetup on April 1st

The next WordPress Meetup is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, April 1st at the WebDevStudios office in Belmar, New Jersey. Topics scheduled for the Meetup include: Using WordPress as a CMS Tips and tricks to help tranform WordPress into a CMS WordPress...

Top 10 WordPress Plugins You’ve Probably Never Heard of – 2009 Edition

We have a nice stockpile of lesser known plugins that we use on websites we build. I wanted to share that list with you in the hopes these plugins will help you as much as they have us! All of the below...

WebDevStudios is Attending DrupalCon 2009!

Drupal Con is a bi-annual mass gathering of Drupal developers and enthusiasts. This year the event will take place March 4-7th in Washington DC. The founders of WebDevStudios.com, Brad and Brian, will both be attending the developer conference this year. We are...

New Jersey WordPress Meetup Live Streaming Tonight

The second New Jersey WordPress Meetup is tonight at 7pm EST! We are going to cover the new version of Thesis, from install/configuration to discovering new features in version 1.4.x and also talk about any other WordPress topics that might come up....

Matt takes a Bite out of Thesis

Matt Armendariz, of MattBites.com, came to WebDevStudios with a problem. His blog had been on TypePad for many years and he wanted to move. He knew WordPress was where he needed to be to truly expand, but wasn’t sure on the proper...