Brian Alexander (@ironprogrammer) – WordPress user profile

Bio

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, study Spanish, run and bike, make soap, and tend my flock of chickens.

I’ve also 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
– Mentor to other test leads

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

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.

Contributions Sponsored

Automattic sponsors Brian Alexander to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core and Test.

Member Since: May 19th, 2011
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Website: brianalexander.com
GitHub: ironprogrammer
Job Title: Code Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Test Team

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Closed ticket #59911 on Core Trac:
WordPress 6.4 changes the font-face generation using wrong fontFamily ...
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #215 to WordPress/classic-editor:
Copy assets from svn
1 week ago
Mentioned in [13475] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Readme Validator: Fix an off-by-one in the readme validator for number of ignored tags.
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #21 to WordPress/classic-widgets:
Add admin notice for live preview blueprint
2 weeks ago
Created ticket #7559 on Meta Trac:
Inconsistent warning message when there are ignored header tags
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #214 to WordPress/classic-editor:
Add admin notice for live preview blueprint
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [57943] on Core SVN:
Script Loader: Improve asset concatenation Etags.
2 weeks ago
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @sumitsingh, @zunaid321, @iamasadpolash, @enwikuna, @wplmillet, @colorful tones, @nahidkhanseo, @boogah, @pratiklondhe, @voboghure, @pooja9712, @beryldlg,…
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #204 on WordPress/classic-editor:
Update readme.txt
2 weeks ago
Committed [3065779] to Plugins SVN:
classic-editor bump tested-up-to and add preview blueprint
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #212 on the WordPress/classic-editor repository:
Update "Tested up to" for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #213 into WordPress/classic-editor:
Updates for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props @macmanx for helping resolve a warning related to an old community plugin header :tada:
2 weeks ago
Committed [3065098] to Plugins SVN:
classic-widgets update required php version
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #20 into WordPress/classic-widgets:
Remove non-numeric text from PHP version
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #20 to WordPress/classic-widgets:
Remove non-numeric text from PHP version
2 weeks ago
Committed [3065065] to Plugins SVN:
classic-widgets update tested-up-to and add blueprint.json
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #19 on the WordPress/classic-widgets repository:
Update "Tested up to" for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #18 into WordPress/classic-widgets:
Updates for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #213 to WordPress/classic-editor:
Updates for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Created issue #212 in the WordPress/classic-editor repository:
Update "Tested up to" for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #17 on WordPress/classic-widgets:
Update 6.3
2 weeks ago
Created issue #19 in the WordPress/classic-widgets repository:
Update "Tested up to" for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #18 to WordPress/classic-widgets:
Updates for 6.5
2 weeks ago
Committed [3064998] to Plugins SVN:
what-template bump tested-up-to version to 6.5
2 weeks ago
Committed [3064993] to Plugins SVN:
what-template bump tested-up-to version to 6.5
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #54511 on WordPress/gutenberg:
DO NOT MERGE - `trunk` Testing Workaround for Playground
1 month ago
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @wplmillet, @huzaifaalmesbah, @beryldlg, @devmuhib, @Benjamin_Zekavica, @voboghure, @ant1busted, @matteoenna, @shailu25, @webcommsat, @akmelias, @lumiblog, @freewebmentor,…
1 month ago
Mentioned in [57808] on Core SVN:
Toolbar: Fix dropdown admin menu styles on front-end.
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Test Team Profile Badge – Your Feedback Needed!, on the site Make WordPress Test:
Thank you for putting this together, @ankit-k-gupta and @webtechpooja! Submitted a test report comprising at…
1 month ago
Mentioned in [57792] on Core SVN:
Toolbar: Fix dropdown admin menu styles on front-end.
1 month ago
Created issue #21 in the WordPress/test-handbook repository:
Revise references to the FSE Outreach Program
1 month ago
Mentioned in [57750] on Core SVN:
Query: Remove leading whitespace from certain database queries.
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.5 adds AVIF support , on the site Make WordPress Core:
In response to @nicohood: ...no jpg is ever saved on the server... WordPress will always…
2 months ago
Created issue #22 in the WordPress/google-fonts-to-wordpress-collection repository:
Provide alternate preview text string for font faces with poor preview results
2 months ago
Mentioned in [57740] on Core SVN:
Editor: Prevent infinite loops when filtering the font library folder.
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: What’s next for the Outreach program, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm excited to see how the outreach program evolves! As the next phase unfolds, it…
2 months ago
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @wplmillet, @pbiron, @fabiankaegy, @courane01, @huzaifaalmesbah, @audrasjb, @afragen, @poena, @zunaid321, @estelaris, @sirajummahdi, @hellofromTonya, @devmuhib,…
2 months ago
Mentioned in [57720] on Core SVN:
Font face resolver: print font faces from font families defined in all theme.json origins.
2 months ago
Closed issue #5 on the WordPress/test-handbook repository:
Add page describing Test Team contributor badging process
2 months ago
Mentioned in [57640] on Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Ignore `src/wp-content/fonts` from version control.
2 months ago
Pull request #58584 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Font Library: Change referenced tab name on Google Fonts confirmation dialog
2 months ago
Created issue #58586 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Font Library: Last font in default collection is obscured by dialog footer
3 months ago
Created issue #18 in the WordPress/google-fonts-to-wordpress-collection repository:
Some SVG image previews are clipped or not rendered legibly in GB...
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #58584 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Font Library: Change referenced tab name on Google Fonts confirmation dialog
3 months ago
Created issue #58582 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Styles panel content shift from "Browse styles" link
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Summary, January 31, 2024, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of meeting on Slack This Dev Chat continues the experiment to focus chat time…
3 months ago
Received props from @czapla in Slack:
Props to @ironprogrammer for helping me troubleshoot php unit tests set up! :clap:
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Summary, January 24, 2024, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of meeting on Slack This DevChat starts with an experiment to shift the chat…
3 months ago
Mentioned in [57307] on Core SVN:
Twenty Twenty-Four: Add missing textdomain in pattern category description.
3 months ago