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Brian Alexander

Hacker at #OpenToWork

@ironprogrammer Portland, Oregon, USA joined May 2011

brianalexander.com github.com/ironprogrammer

    Bio

    ** I’m currently open to new work opportunities. **

    I’m a husband, father, and hacker living in Portland, Oregon, where I primarily contribute to WordPress Core and Gutenberg, garden Trac and GitHub tickets, and help contributors get involved in WordPress testing and development. In my free time, I play drums and pickleball, make cold process soap, and tend my flock of chickens.

    I’ve had the opportunity to serve as:
    – Test Co-Lead for WordPress 6.0, 6.1, and 6.3
    – Test Team Rep for 2022-2023
    – Contributor Day Test Lead/Co-Lead for WCEU 2022, WCUS 2022 (Slack), and WCUS 2023/2024
    – Mentor to other test leads

    You can usually find me lurking in the WordPress #core and #core-test Slack channels.

    Interests

    wordpress, drums, pickleball, table tennis, cycling, swimming, soap making, urban farming, reading, coffee, food, beer, cider

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’ve been hacking on WordPress since version 2.3. I started with personal blogging for a few things I wanted to share online (like making your own yogurt). Turns out that while I love writing, I’m a horrible blogger, so I eventually found a place helping other folks build and maintain their own WordPress sites.

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    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
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    Test Contributor '22 Test Team '22

    Current Job

    Hacker
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    #OpenToWork

    Recent impact

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

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    Contributions

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    December 2024
    Dec 10 Tue · 19:57
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    As noted (1) above (2), the API itself doesn't attempt to dictate legal details nor…
    Dec 10 Tue · 01:55
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @dd32 :hero: for https://wordpress.slack.com/files/U02QCT4MY/F084CT9LDFU/screen_recording_2024-12-10_at_11.38.01___am.compressed.mov, and @peterwilsoncc for helping confirm the update.
    Dec 06 Fri · 16:39
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Classic Editor adds extra classes to tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Building on @psykro's response, if the text was pasted in from another app, then this…
    Dec 05 Thu · 00:47
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Hi, Ben 👋🏻 The WP Consent API doesn't impose limitations on how categories and services…
    Dec 04 Wed · 20:54
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    This post is a follow up to Feature Plugin Proposal: WP Consent API from 2020,…
    Dec 04 Wed · 19:35
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to No se ve el titulo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    When you open your browser's web inspector tools, are there any errors appearing in the…
    Dec 04 Wed · 02:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to remove default font-weight, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, @briantoronto -- I don't have Word, but suspect that the app has applied the…
    Dec 04 Wed · 01:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to No se ve el titulo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, @fabianmoreno -- I can't reproduce this issue with WP 6.6.2 + CE 1.6.7 (test…
    Dec 04 Wed · 01:35
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    Posted a reply to Inline translation doesn’t work properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey, @krstarica -- The fix noted by @psykro shipped today in Classic Editor 1.6.7. Please install…
    Dec 04 Wed · 00:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Help pls ASAP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In addition to the WP 6.7.1 release, Classic Editor 1.6.7 was just released, which further refines…