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Chuck Grimmett

Lead of Special Projects Engineering at Automattic

@cagrimmett Hudson Valley, New York joined Sep 2020

cagrimmett.com github.com/cagrimmett

    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.

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    Current Job

    Lead of Special Projects Engineering
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    Automattic

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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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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