jeffpaul (@jeffpaul) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
Location: Chicagoland
Website: jeffpaul.com
GitHub: jeffpaul
Job Title: Director of Open Source
Employer: 10up
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Bio

Open Source Practice Manager at 10up. WordPress 4.7 release deputy, 4.8 release co-lead, 4.9 release deputy, 5.8 release coordinator. Tide product maintainer. Founder of Race For Vets. Formerly @jbpaul17 and member since April 10th, 2007. Migrated to @jeffpaul on May 10, 2018.

Interests

beer, bourbon, triathlons, veterans, technology, digital media, agile, WordPress, product management, RaceForVets.com, GotYour6.org, TeamRWB.org

WordPress Origin Story

Many moons ago I ran my personal site off Geeklog when one day host, CMS, and data all went… kaboom! I took a look at the ecosystem and on March 9th, 2007 I went with WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.

Contributions Sponsored

10up sponsors jeffpaul to contribute 25 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Tide.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
Security Team
Test Contributor
Tide Contributor
Tide Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker

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Posted a reply to New version requiring PHP 7.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@webteambd note that WordPress itself recommends PHP version 7.4 or greater and that PHP 7.3…
1 day ago
Received props from @priethor in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for helping coordinate the Beta1 release and facilitating the release parties :community:…
1 week ago
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
1 week ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @desrosj @davidbaumwald @dansoschin @audrasjb @ironprogrammer @SergeyBiryukov @antpb @hellofromTonya @Bernhard Reiter @webcommsat @courane01 @fabiankaegy…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat agenda, September 21, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes, I can speak on it as I should be in attendance... thanks!
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat agenda, September 21, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Adding that we want to ensure that https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56400 (and the related https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19898) gets attention during…
1 week ago
Created issue #461 in the WordPress/two-factor repository:
Consider bumping minimum WordPress and PHP versions supported
1 week ago
Closed ticket #56041 on Core Trac:
Port Audit Full Page Cache from performance plugin to core
1 week ago
Closed ticket #30130 on Core Trac:
Normalize characters with combining marks to precomposed characters
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp US Contributor Day 2022 Recap, on the site Team Updates:
I suspect the Core item "revisited economical plugins" was more likely "revisited canonical plugins" perhaps?
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 delayed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 release delayed until Wednesday, September 21st at 16:00 UTC.
1 week ago
Created ticket #6492 on Meta Trac:
Add org SVN secrets to two-factor repo
1 week ago
Created issue #459 in the WordPress/two-factor repository:
Log or alert on failed 2FA codes
1 week ago
Posted a reply to great plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@maoflager thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
2 weeks ago
Created issue #456 in the WordPress/two-factor repository:
Add ability to re-encrypt secrets
3 weeks ago
Created issue #455 in the WordPress/two-factor repository:
Add support for encrypting TOTP secrets
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54109] on Core SVN:
Twenty Fifteen: Increase the font size used for `h5` headings.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note the updated v2 post here: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Really just awesome plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@asifulmamun thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Nice work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@conschneider thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hansashift thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Help accessing images in Media Library via Tainacan plug-in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Aloha folks, checking in here on behalf of the 10up team working on ClassifAI and…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Greek characters display as “?”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Noto: https://fonts.google.com/noto
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Greek characters display as “?”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@macadk see: https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-special-characters/#how%20come%20i%20do%20not%20see%20all%20the%20special%20characters%3F
2 months ago
Mentioned in [53751] on Core SVN:
Media: enable generating multiple mime types for image uploads; specifically WebP versions for JPEG images by default.
2 months ago
Created a topic, Read this *BEFORE* you post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! Before you create your own thread on these …
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.0 Retrospective Recap, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Always great to gather this feedback and continue to iterate on our processes, thanks for…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Centralized global do_action charity hackathons, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
FWIW whenever (if?) this proposal gets resuscitated I will be interested in contributing from a…
3 months ago
Merged pull request #39 into WordPress/gutenberg-license:
Updates from running script
3 months ago
Closed ticket #50810 on Core Trac:
Social block issues with Twenty Twenty
3 months ago
Closed ticket #46183 on Core Trac:
5.0.3 - Sticky Posts
3 months ago
Closed ticket #50937 on Core Trac:
Auto-backup in core
3 months ago
Closed ticket #50424 on Core Trac:
Privacy Page navigation link
3 months ago
Closed ticket #40698 on Core Trac:
The function wp.emoji.parse is available only after another function is run
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Solves real-world user profile issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bikerbudmatt thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
3 months ago
Closed ticket #55318 on Core Trac:
Do Something of site hack..
3 months ago
Closed ticket #40979 on Core Trac:
add_rewrite_endpoint() doesn't work when applied to unattached media
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Making the Tech Editor Release Lead Role More Creative and Less Repetitive, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is (1) fantastic work done within the 6.0 cycle and (2) fantastic thought, care,…
3 months ago
Merged pull request #38 into WordPress/gutenberg-license:
Updates from script
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
So I think what you're describing is how things used to work before the introduction…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Some of the stress originates in the difficulty to decide whether some fixes qualify as…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Happy to help co-lead on any of these as well, but also happy to help…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Amplifying David's note above, I'll note that I checked releases going back to 5.0 and…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to At first shot, looks good !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@astr0wp thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda, June 8, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I likely won't be able to make devchat, but with 6.0 behind us and 6.1…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Defining Five for the Future Pledges & Contributions, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Admitting my personal bias here in that I personally view the building and supporting of…
4 months ago
Merged pull request #37 into WordPress/gutenberg-license:
Updates from running script
4 months ago
Mentioned in [11893] on Meta SVN:
WordPress.org Main Theme: Update Roadmap page content for 2022.
4 months ago
Mentioned in [53440] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Update `$_old_files` for 6.0.
4 months ago
Mentioned in [53439] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Update `$_old_files` for 6.0.
4 months ago