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Bio

I work on the Special Projects Team at Automattic. When I’m not online, I prefer to be hiking, reading, or woodworking.

WordPress Origin Story

I used the famous 5-minute install to set up a blog in 2008 when I was stuck in a hotel one weekend. Haven’t looked back since.

Badges

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Core Contributor '26 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
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Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '22

Current Job

Lead of Special Projects Engineering
Present
Automattic

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
5contributions
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Last 12 months
9contributions
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Contributions

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May 2026
May 28 Thu · 14:01
Forums med
Posted a reply to Plugin doesn’t respect excludes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @gamingrant, it looks like you've found a bug. Thanks for the report, we will…
March 2026
Mar 16 Mon · 19:57
Forums med
Posted a reply to How to stop the action scheduler?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @anarchoi, here are the docs for the Action Scheduler: https://actionscheduler.org/faq/#i-dont-want-to-use-wp-cron-ever-does-action-scheduler-replace-wp-cron You may want to…
Mar 13 Fri · 15:02
Forums med
Posted a reply to Making it Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The "Routinely Archive" setting will archive your site's posts automatically behind the scenes once a…
Mar 13 Fri · 14:46
Forums med
Posted a reply to Making it Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @cogdog! Thanks for the kind note and the blog post. I love how you…
Mar 02 Mon · 12:48
Forums med
Posted a reply to Very Bad Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @savannah65, I'm sorry you ran into problems with the plugin. Would you be able…
February 2026
Feb 25 Wed · 04:13
Forums med
Created a topic, Does what it says on the label, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin solves a core frustration in the fediverse…
Feb 24 Tue · 16:46
Forums med
Posted a reply to What happens when a direct link becomes available again, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @dutchintouch! Yes, the plugin continues to check links and will restore the original link…
January 2026
Jan 28 Wed · 20:07
Forums med
Created a topic, Makes my WP posts look great in the fediverse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great plugin with regular updates. Does what it says o…
November 2025
Nov 26 Wed · 01:22
Forums med
Posted a reply to Runaway Action Scheduler logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jgclarke, I'll ping you in Slack. I think this is a bug from a…
June 2024
Jun 20 Thu · 15:20
Meta med
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