Mike Little (born 12 May 1962) is an English web developer and writer. He is the co-founder of the free and open source web software WordPress along with Matt Mullenweg. Biography Mike Little was born in 1962 to a Nigerian father who was a musician and an English mother in England. He was educated at Stockport School. In 2003, Little and Matt Mullenweg started working on a project in which they built on b2/cafelog and later named it WordPress, releasing the first version on 27 May 2003. In June 2013, Little was awarded the SAScon's "Outstanding Contribution to Digital" award for his part in co-founding and developing WordPress. Bibliography Douglass, Robert T.; Little, Mike; Smith, Jared W. (2006).Building Online Communities With Drupal, PhpBB, and WordPress References External links Personal site Living people Black British people English people of Nigerian descent Social entrepreneurs Web development Computer programmers Web developers 1962 births WordPress Free software programmers