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Remkus de Vries

WordPress Content Creator & Performance Specialist at Within WordPress

@defries Netherlands joined Aug 2006

remkusdevries.com github.com/remkus Slack: @Remkus
    Teams Community Polyglots Support
    Languages fy nl_NL

    Bio

    WordPress veteran. Content Creator and WordPress Performance Specialist.

    I help WordPress sites run faster, safer, and at scale. Co-founded Scanfully, advises WordPress companies, and runs Within WordPress, offering courses, a newsletter, and a podcast, plus sharing insights on YouTube.

    Co-Founder and Organizer of WordCamp Netherlands and WordCamp Europe.

    Interests

    I enjoy lifting lots of iron and am an aspiring #strongman, but the rest of my interests are too far and wide to mention here. Find me at a WordCamp and strike up a conversation or find me on Twitter or Instagram.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Wanted to have a blog back in end of 2004 to play with, and found WordPress. Played around with it for about two years and then turned a hobby into work early 2006. Started getting involved with the Community in 2007 and was entrusted with the admin side of things for everything WordPress in the Netherlands (forum, translations, releases etc).

    Co-founded WordCamp Netherlands in 2009, and repeated that on a larger scale with WordCamp Europe in 2013.

    Came for the software, ended up with a family™.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '18 WordPress.tv Team '18
    COMMUNITY
    4 badges
    Community Contributor '24 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '18 Support Team '18
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    WordPress Content Creator & Performance Specialist
    Present
    Within WordPress

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high0
    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    17contributions
    high2
    medium15
    score21
    Last 12 months
    66contributions
    high3
    medium63
    score72

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.6
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    5 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 26 Tue · 13:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to APO Not Working on WP Engine Legacy Network (origin,no-cache / MISS), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @gunadurai, Sorry to hear about your troubles. APO needs nothing more than installing and…
    May 20 Wed · 18:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Cannot Set Up with API Token, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @toad78, I'm not sure I follow exactly what you mean with "no way to…
    May 05 Tue · 18:36
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Domain is not provisioned with Cloudflare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @emserra, This support forum is for the Cloudflare WordPress plugin that enables the APO…
    May 05 Tue · 13:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to AJAX Stops working while using APO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You're welcome.
    May 05 Tue · 11:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Token did not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @patrickhaond, this will be fixed in the next release which is slated for next…
    May 05 Tue · 11:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to AJAX Stops working while using APO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @couponzania, APO works by caching the HTML of your site to Cloudflare's edge. It…
    May 05 Tue · 09:27
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to API Authorisation Issue:, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @matteocuellar This will be fixed in the next release which is slated for next week.
    April 2026
    Apr 09 Thu · 14:41
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Slovenia 2026
    March 2026
    Mar 30 Mon · 11:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to ERROR: [CLIENT API] Array – Took Our Site Down, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @wesb2023, While it's technically possible the outage in MLP and your error are related,…
    Mar 29 Sun · 14:32
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Photos

    5 contributions

    View all 5 photos in the Photo Directory

    Completed courses

    1 completed
    • WordPress Community Team Program Supporter Training*
      Completed July 24, 2017

    *Course is no longer available.

    Browse courses on Learn WordPress

    Plugins

    41 favorites

    Translations

    5 locales
    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 143 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums o2 P2 "Breathe" WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Redirectioner AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Antispam Bee bbPress BP Profile Search Bravo WP security Plugin BuddyPress WP Classified CloudSearch Contact Form 7 SEO Control Center Shiftee Basic – Employee and Staff Scheduling Events Maker by dFactory Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! Events Manager for WordPress Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder Osom Author Pro Genesis Translations GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory Gutenberg Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Weather Station Loco Translate MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies MediaHub by Forsite Media MediaPress Medium Min and Max Quantity for WooCommerce Mooberry Book Manager Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

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    fy Frysk (Frisian) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 16 projects.

    Pattern Directory WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordPress.org ActivityPub Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Mazeld Seismic Slate Twenty Eleven Twenty Ten Twenty Twenty-One Twenty Twenty-Three Twenty Twenty-Two WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    nl_NL / formal Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 11 projects.

    WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    sr_RS Српски језик (Serbian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Genesis Translations

    View all on translate.wordpress.org