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Scott Taylor

Software Engineer at The New York Times

@wonderboymusic Brooklyn, NY joined Nov 2010

scotty-t.com github.com/staylor Slack: @wonderboymusic

    Bio

    Staff Engineer, Shopify. Formerly: Lead Software Engineer, The New York Times.

    Interests

    Music

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '14 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    The New York Times

    Recent impact

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 26 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.7
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.3

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2025
    Jun 27 Fri · 15:07
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60358] on WordPress SVN:
    Networks and Sites: Correct and improve terminology relating to deactivated, deleted, and archived sites on a Multisite installation.
    October 2024
    Oct 15 Tue · 23:39
    Core high
    Mentioned in [59242] on WordPress SVN:
    Networks and Sites: Relocate defintion of `absint()`.
    February 2024
    Feb 21 Wed · 18:13
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57681] on WordPress SVN:
    Export: Include featured image for posts or pages.
    Feb 15 Thu · 23:47
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57638] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Replace media icon images with SVG.
    Feb 12 Mon · 22:15
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57603] on WordPress SVN:
    REST API: Add `featured_media` field to attachments endpoint.
    September 2023
    Sep 26 Tue · 15:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [56714] on WordPress SVN:
    Revisions: framework for storing post meta revisions.
    Sep 20 Wed · 17:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [56635] on WordPress SVN:
    Themes: Deprecate usage of `TEMPLATEPATH` and `STYLESHEETPATH` constants.
    Sep 18 Mon · 13:17
    Core high
    Mentioned in [56611] on WordPress SVN:
    Quick Edit: Allow Quick Edit to be disabled for custom post types or taxonomies.
    May 2023
    May 10 Wed · 09:09
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55741] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Call `wp_cache_flush_runtime` in WP_UnitTestCase.
    October 2022
    Oct 04 Tue · 03:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [54378] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Remove private delegation from list tables.

    Developer

    10 plugins