The Origin of Tutorial Rocks: From a .tk Experiment to a Full Platform
Tutorial Green – 2021
Before Tutorial Rocks existed, I was running a small WordPress site called Tutorial Green. I was eleven, experimenting and learning how websites worked. The domain was a free Freenom .tk domain called schooling.tk, because that’s what everyone used when they were young and broke.
The site’s name came from me thinking about buying a .green domain. The logo was basically the modern TR logo but green. It posted basic tutorials with no AI, no backend logic and zero flexibility.
It was a sandbox. It got the idea started, but that was all it could be.
Freenom Shutdown and the Birth of TR – April 2022
Freenom got sued and stopped allowing renewals. schooling.tk became unusable. At the same time, WordPress had already hit its limit.
So in April 2022, I bought tutorial.rocks. That was the point where everything changed. TR went from a side experiment to something I wanted to actually build properly.
The Early TR WordPress Build – 2022
The very first public-facing version of TR
This was the first proper TR build after leaving the .tk domain. Still WordPress. Still limited. But it was the start. Basic tutorials. Template layouts. A simple structure. It wasn’t scalable, but it proved the idea had legs.
The 2023 Version
A more polished but still WordPress-restricted platform
By April 2023, the site looked cleaner. Subjects were structured. Content was more organised. It felt more like a real revision site, but underneath it was still the same CMS. I could publish tutorials but I couldn’t build the features I wanted.
This version showed me the idea was outgrowing WordPress fast.
The 2024 Version
The final stage of the WordPress era
By May 2024, the site reached its ceiling. It looked modern enough, but it was still stuck inside WordPress. I couldn’t build dynamic tools, Learning Paths, AI features, a proper database system or anything beyond static content.
At this point, it was clear the only way forward was to rewrite everything myself.
The First Custom Build – December 2024
Where Tutorial Rocks finally became a real platform
December 2024 was the real turning point. I built the first fully custom TR from scratch. No CMS. No plugins. No templates. Just proper backend logic, proper frontend control and actual platform-level features.
This version introduced:
• Dynamic tutorials
• Real routing
• Proper UI design
• Fast performance
• Flexible backend architecture
This is the moment TR stopped being “a WordPress site with dreams” and became actual software I could scale, improve and evolve.
Looking Back
From schooling.tk to tutorial.rocks, from Tutorial Green to the fully custom platform, the journey was messy, experimental and necessary. Every stage pushed the project forward. Every limitation forced a redesign. Every redesign forced growth.
The December 2024 rebuild is what made the modern TR possible. Everything since then has grown from the decision to stop depending on WordPress and build the platform properly.
This is where Tutorial Rocks came from. And it shows exactly how far it has evolved.