Hi, I’m Andrei Chira

I’m an online entrepreneur in the WordPress ecosystem, living in the beautiful city of Oradea, Romania.

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Kiravo Hosting, theme author, translation contributor, WordCamp speaker, and WP Foundation donor.

Projects

Hiperstore (2007) – online shop selling computers and computer parts. Failed.

Le Createur (2008) – graphic t-shirts shop. Never profitable. Failed.

Mujo (2009) – directory of online stores with reviews and ratings, turned into a content website (cool hunter) monetised via affiliate links. Moderately profitable, closed it to focus on Simplenet.

Simplenet (2012) – easy way for small businesses to get a brochure-style website powered by WordPress.

This project turned into our WordPress hosting business, the main thing we are known for.

FasterWP (2015) – tutorials and courses on how to make WordPress faster. Didn’t had time to properly take care of it. Closed.

Fusioncurl – child themes for the Genesis Framework. Closed.

Kiravo – premium WordPress hosting for growing businesses.

It’s basically like Simplenet, but while Simplenet is focused more on our local market with cheaper hosting plans, the Kiravo brand is focused on the global market with managed WordPress plans for growing businesses.

Speaking

WordCamp Romania 2014 – How WordPress changed my life.

SEO PPC World 2014 – Handling Black Friday traffic

WordCamp Romania 2024 – Mastering website performance, a deep dive into WordPress optimization.

Themes

The Simplenet theme is available in the WordPress.org repository.