Honorary Guest #007: Bud Kraus

Meet Bud Kraus — a creative force in the WordPress space. He creates courses, videos, and articles tailored for WordPress businesses. While he may not be the oldest in WPland, he’s undoubtedly one of the most insightful voices around. Bud also hosts the podcast Seriously, BUD?, where WordPress meets real talk.

— Learn more: https://joyofwp.com
— Podcast: https://seriouslybud.com

Bud will be selecting the winner of our 7th lunch giveaway, which ends on Thursday, June 19, 2025.

Giveaway #007: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7340173933985370112

Freelancers will participate in the giveaway through a LinkedIn poll and our WhatsApp group, which has over 190 members.

Usually, our lunch sponsors and honorary guests are different people — but in Bud’s case, he’ll be both the sponsor and the honorary guest.

The result will be announced on Thursday, June 19, 2025. We’ll tag Bud on X.com/FromWPK and ask him to select the winner between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

Here are our last six winner announcements, selected by honorary guests:

• Winner #1 — Dastgir Sabri
• Winner #2 — Fiza Adil
• Winner #3 — Fazl Ullah
• Winner #4 — Mohammad Noman
• Winner #5 — Abdullah Adil
• Winner #6 — Raheel Arshad

👉 Cast your vote now, and you could be our next lunch winner!

Thanks to all who are participating in the giveaway!