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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
    11contributions
    high11
    medium0
    score33
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high11
    medium1
    score34
    Last 12 months
    77contributions
    high14
    medium63
    score105

    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
    August 2026
    Aug 21 Fri · 13:46
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.1 yn’t Frysk, on the site Frysk:
    WordPress is einlik wer folslein yn it Frysk te krijen! 🎉 Mei de komst fan…
    Aug 21 Fri · 10:03
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.1 yn’t Frysk, on the site Frysk:
    WordPress is einlik wer folslein yn it Frysk te krijen! 🎉 Mei de komst fan…
    Aug 21 Fri · 08:40
    Polyglots high
    Translated 17 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 21 Fri · 08:37
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 41 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 20 Thu · 08:59
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” beschikbaar, on the site Nederlands:
    WordPress 7.1 maakt stylen en samenwerken eenvoudiger. Bepaal hoe alle blokken eruitzien op verschillende schermformaten…
    Aug 20 Thu · 08:54
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” beschikbaar, on the site Nederlands:
    WordPress 7.0 introduceert de basis voor AI in het hele platform, zodat je je voorkeursprovider…
    Aug 20 Thu · 08:50
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.9 “Gene” beschikbaar, on the site Nederlands:
    WordPress 6.9 introduceert een intuïtievere manier om samen content te maken. Elk detail is ontworpen…
    Aug 20 Thu · 08:39
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” beschikbaar, on the site Nederlands:
    WordPress 6.8 polijst en verfijnt het gereedschap die je elke dag gebruikt, waardoor je site…
    Aug 12 Wed · 10:24
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Belgrade 2026
    Aug 12 Wed · 10:23
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Belgrade 2026

    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 with AI 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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    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    fy Frysk (Frisian) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 17 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-Five Twenty Twenty-One Twenty Twenty-Three Twenty Twenty-Two WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 7.1.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 7.1.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