Remkus de Vries (@defries) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: August 28th, 2006
Location: Netherlands
Website: remkus.devries.frl
GitHub: remkus
Job Title: WordPress Performance Specialist
Employer: Truer than North
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Bio

WordPress veteran and performance specialist. I’ll help you grow your WordPress + WooCommerce sites & scale your business

Co-Founder and Organizer of WordCamp Netherlands and WordCamp Europe.

Also Team-lead for WordPress Netherlands. Learn more about me via my site or find me on Twitter.

Interests

I enjoy lifting lots of iron and am an aspiring #strongman, but the rest of my interests are too far and wide to mention here. Find me at a WordCamp and strike up a conversation or find me on Twitter or Instagram.

WordPress Origin Story

Wanted to have a blog back in end of 2004 to play with, and found WordPress. Played around with it for about two years and then turned a hobby into work early 2006. Started getting involved with the Community in 2007 and was entrusted with the admin side of things for everything WordPress in the Netherlands (forum, translations, releases etc).

Co-founded WordCamp Netherlands in 2009, and repeated that on a larger scale with WordCamp Europe in 2013.

Came for the software, ended up with a family™.

Contributions

Remkus de Vries contributes 10 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Polyglots, and Support.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
Support Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WordPress.tv Team

Activity
Plugins
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Translations

Reviewed 68 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Translated 41 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Translated 4690 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Reviewed 5065 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2023
4 weeks ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Reviewed 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.1 “Misha” is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Afgelopen nacht is WordPress 6.1 vrijgegeven. Hier lichten we enkele van de belangrijkste wijzigingen in…
3 months ago
Translated 13 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Reviewed 311 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Distribution for bol.com for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done.
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post I would like to become…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done.
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de zevende set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
Zevende set van vier sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de zesde set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
De zesde set van sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de vijfde set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
Vijfde set van 4 sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de vierde set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
Vierde set van 4 sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de derde set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
Derde set sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en 16 september…
5 months ago
Reviewed 9 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I'm very much in favor of these main navigation items and the items they show…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de tweede set van 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
De tweede groep sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en 16…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress Nederland presenteert met trots de eerste 4 sprekers!, on the site WordCamp Nederland 2022:
Eerste groep sprekers Het aftellen naar WordCamp Nederland is begonnen. Op 15 en 16 september…
5 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Welcome to "Arturo" Verwelkom "Arturo", oftewel WordPress 6.0, dat is geinspireerd op de met een…
8 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2022
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Taxonomy performance improvements in WordPress 6.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I had read that previously, thanks! :)
9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Taxonomy performance improvements in WordPress 6.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for this excellent write-up, @spacedmonkey . These kinds of performance improvements are what we…
9 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Netherlands 2022
10 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.9 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Bouw de site, die je altijd al wilde hebben, met blokken. Full Site Editing is…
12 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.8 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Vandaag is WordPress 5.8 Tatum vrijgegeven. Deze versie zit wederom boordevol nieuwe elementen en verbeteringen.…
1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Why hosters should install the PHP-intl extension, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
Sounds good!
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Why hosters should install the PHP-intl extension, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
Great initiative and I'm happy to say all Servebolt servers already have this extension installed.…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: adding vaccination status to the in-person meetup safety checklist, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Not all European countries will have this. This is in many countries still very much…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: adding vaccination status to the in-person meetup safety checklist, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
As @fernandot indicated right above me, your proposal is entirely illegal in the vast majority…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Absolutely agree. Privacy is the sort of thing we should take a lead in.
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Review of WordCamp sites without a tracker item – removal of some old WordCamp sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think I've done this already years back anticipating this point, but if there's indeed…
2 years ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.7 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Fleur je verhalen op in een editor die schoner en scherper is en meer uit…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to winkelpagina blijft ‘privé’ toch zichtbaar, on the site Support forums:
Normaliter is een privé pagina enkel beschikbaar voor ingelogden. WooCommerce wijzigt dit gedrag. Geen idee…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to winkelpagina blijft ‘privé’ toch zichtbaar, on the site Support forums:
WooCommerce gaat iets anders met redirects van WooCommerce pagina's om. Je zult iets anders moeten…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.6 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Dat probleem wat je beschrijft heeft helemaal niets met de Gutenberg editor te maken. Dit…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Overlijden David de Boer, on the site Nederlands:
Dit is een hele rare vraag. Natuurlijk weten we dit zeker.
2 years ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.6 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Het delen van je verhalen is nog nooit zo eenvoudig geweest. WordPress 5.6 biedt je…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Site Reviews, on the site Translate WordPress:
Most translations were good enough to be validated though. I've approved the vast majority and…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Overlijden David de Boer, on the site Nederlands:
Wat een verlies voor jullie gezin, Femke, en wat een verlies voor de WordPress Community.…
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5 is vrijgegeven, on the site Nederlands:
Als je zeker weet dat je WordPress 5.5.1 gebruikt nu dan is de kans groot…
2 years ago
Committed [2239550] to Plugins SVN:
Version 3.2.2, because why not?
3 years ago
Committed [2232870] to Plugins SVN:
3.2.1 Release, here we go.
3 years ago
Committed [2232869] to Plugins SVN:
3.2.1 Release, here we go.
3 years ago
Committed [2232865] to Plugins SVN:
Release 3.2.1
3 years ago