Introducing Scott DeLuzio

Calling Surprise, Arizona home, Scott DeLuzio is a WordPress developer with a number of business-focused plugins to his credit. Working from his home, Scott is building his business around the sale and support of suite of WordPress plugins.

https://scottdeluzio.com

@scottdeluzio

Show Notes

WordPress profile: https://profiles.wordpress.org/scottdeluzio#content-plugins

Plugins:

Conditional Checkout Fields: https://conditionalcheckoutfields.com/

WP In Post Ads: https://wpinpostads.com/

WP-CRM System: https://www.wp-crm.com/

(Coming Soon) WP1099: https://wp1099.com/

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Episode Transcript

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Tara: And now, the conversation begins. This is episode 4.

Tara: Hi! Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Tara Claeys.

Liam: I’m Liam Dempsey. Welcome everybody. We’re here today with Scott Deluzio. Scott? Welcome. Thanks for joining us today.

Scott: Thanks for having me.

Tara: Hi Scott! So you are a plugin developer from Surprise Arizona?

Scott: Yes I am.

Tara: What else can you tell us about yourself? What do you do with plugins and how long have you been doing it?

Scott: Sure. I’ve been developing plugins since 2013. I’ve been working on a number different ones. I think I have 13 plugins on the WordPress.org plugin directory. I have a number of other premium paid plugins that I work on. I have Conditional Check Out Fields, which is a plugin for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads that basically allows for different checkout fields based on the input in the customer’s cart. I have a WP In post ads which allows bloggers to easily monetize their site by placing ads in the body of their post and WP CRM system is a CRM built into WordPress. It’s a free plugin but has a number of paid add-ons that I sell. I am working on another plugin as well to help affiliate marketing folks and other agencies to be able to easily file a tax return in terms of 1099s for their vendors, contractors and things like that. That’s something else that I’ve been working on. Nothing is out officially yet but that’s something that’s been in the works for me.

Tara: That’s a pretty wide range. So tell us a little about how you started working with WordPress. It sounds like you must know a good amount of code and PHP. How did you get started with that?

Scott: Sure. So when I first started working on websites (this was in in the early 2000s – 2001 maybe) my father was starting a consulting business.