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Paul Biron

Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant at Sparrow Hawk Computing

@pbiron Gardner, CO joined Feb 2012

sparrowhawkcomputing.com github.com/pbiron

    Bio

    In addition to being an XML, database and web-design consultant (my resume can be found at: https://www.sparrowhawkcomputing.com/resume.xml), I am also professional nature photographer.

    Interests

    Wildlife and Landscape photography

    Badges

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    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '17 Plugin Developer WP-CLI Contributor '22
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    Documentation Contributor '17
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '22

    Current Job

    Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant
    Present
    Sparrow Hawk Computing

    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
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    Last 12 months
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    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 00:33
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
    March 2026
    Mar 28 Sat · 16:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Wordfence – Plugin may be abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just came to report the same thing as @chrismaclean.Been using PLT on every WP 6.4.8+…
    Mar 24 Tue · 20:01
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @ozgursar @wplmillet @fandevelop @369work @kausaralm @shailu25 @sumitbagthariya16 @matteoenna @pbiron @mosescursor @r1k0 @abduremon @sonaliprajapati…
    January 2026
    Jan 11 Sun · 17:31
    Forums med
    Created a topic, trying to save settings results in PHP fatal, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The issue reported at https://wordpress.org/support/to…
    June 2025
    Jun 23 Mon · 08:35
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Introducing a new SQLite driver for WordPress, on the site WordPress Playground:
    thanx for this work! Just noticed a typo in this post. in the sentence: The…
    December 2024
    Dec 04 Wed · 22:31
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    In theory, I big +1 from me. I say "in theory" because I haven't looked…
    October 2024
    Oct 18 Fri · 15:07
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    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share #66 (Oct 7-Oct18), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    thanx!!! I appreciate that.
    Oct 18 Fri · 14:39
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    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share #66 (Oct 7-Oct18), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    agree completely. I have several plugins that monitor sever state and add admin bar nodes…
    September 2024
    Sep 11 Wed · 02:42
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Progress Report: HTML API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    @dmsnell There's another typo in the Reading and modifying inner HTML section. The 3rd markup…
    Sep 09 Mon · 18:23
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    Wrote a comment on the post Automatic conversion of HEIC images to JPEG in WordPress 6.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    As a site owner/administrator, I've never had a "need" (or even a "want") to upload…