Mark Gleason is a web developer, programmer, and business owner with more than 14 years of hands-on experience building, managing, and improving websites for businesses of all sizes. His background includes serving as Director of Web Development for a marketing company in Peoria, Illinois, where he worked with clients, led development projects, and helped businesses strengthen their online presence. With a technical background in Computer Science, Web Development, and Computer Programming, Mark has extensive experience working with WordPress themes, plugins, website security, performance, and custom development. Through the Rooted Dev Guides series, he shares practical lessons from his career in a clear, real-world way designed to help business owners, developers, and aspiring programmers build better, safer, and more effective websites.
Why I Write These Guides
I write these guides because I believe technical knowledge should be practical, understandable, and useful in the real world. After more than 14 years working in web development, WordPress, themes, plugins, security, and custom coding, I have seen both what works and what can make technology unnecessarily difficult. The Rooted Dev Guides give me a way to share those lessons with developers, business owners, and anyone who wants to strengthen their skills. My goal is to take complex subjects, explain them clearly, and give readers knowledge they can actually use to build better websites, create stronger products, solve problems with confidence, and continue growing as technology evolves.