20 WordPress influencers that you must follow on Twitter

Some people you just have to follow if you want to delve deeper into WordPress and below are 20 influencers that need to be on your Twitter follow list. This is by no means an exhaustive list and this could easily have been a top 100, such is the wealth of WordPress experts out there.

Do you follow these 20?

Matt Mullenweg @photomatt
You have to follow Matt don’t you?

Chris lema @chrislema
We are big fans of Chris Lema and his style of blogging and business tips.

Norcross @norcross
Andrew Norcross is the lead dev at Reaktiv Studios and tweets a lot!

Andrew Nacin @nacin
WordPress lead developer and works for the U.S. Digital Service at the White House.

Jeff Chandler @jeffr0
We visit WP Tavern a lot so following Jeff is a must.

Mark Jaquith @markjaquith
Another WordPress lead developer who is a serial WordPress committer and blogger.

Chris Coyier @chriscoyier
Founder of CSS Tricks amongst other things. Chris is a long-term expert in WordPress.

Syed Balkhi @syedbalkhi
You have to follow Syed, just for his brilliant, inspiring one-liners. Syed is the man behind Optin Monster, Soliloquy and Envira Gallery amongst other things.

Justin Tadlock @justintadlock
Author of Professional WordPress Plugin Development and WordPress theme reviewer.

Ipstenu @Ipstenu
Ariela Epstein is better known as Ipstenu is another prolific tweeter about WordPress.

Sarah Gooding @pollyplummer
Another contributor to WP Tavern and definitely worth following for the latest WordPress news.

Tom McFarlin @tommcfarlin
Tom is a very regular WordPress blogger and teacher at Tuts+. We read his blog every week without fail.

Brian Krogsgard @Krogsgard
As we are big fans of Post Status, following Brian is a must for us. Always up to date with the latest in WordPress and beyond.

Helen Hou-Sandi @helenhousandi
Helen was the lead for several WordPress releases and is the director of platform experience at 10up.

WP Engine @wpengine
Our favourite WordPress hosts, WPEngine tweet about what is best practice from a hosting point of view.

Pippin Williamson @pippinsplugins
WordPress plugin Developer and founder of numerous plugins, including Restrict Content Pro and Easy Digital Downloads.

Carrie Dils @cdils
Host of the Office Hours FM podcast and is a WordPress developer and teacher.

Lisa Sabin Wilson @LisaSabinWilson
Lisa is the author of WordPress For Dummies and co-owner of WebDevStudios.

Matt Medeiros @mattmedeiros
Creator of the Matt report where he interviews people who work with WordPress.

Ryan McCue @rmccue
Ryan is the co-lead developer for the WordPress REST API and is a senior engineer at Human Made.

Bonus
WP Agency @wpagencyuk
We don’t tweet as much as these people but we are well worth a follow.

We hope you liked this list and make sure you follow these twitter accounts!