Arnan de Gans (@adegans) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Making plugins is my thing. Seeing them work is my pleasure!

WordPress Origin Story

When I started with WordPress 1.5.2 was just released.
2 Months later I made my first plugin. And have been at it ever since.
I’ve been a full time plugin developer since 2012.

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Support Contributor '26

Current Job

Freelance Developer

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Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

4contributions

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medium4

score4

Last 90 days

15contributions

high3

medium12

score21

Last 12 months

128contributions

high29

medium99

score186

Contributions

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October 2026

Oct 05 Mon · 17:18

Forums med

Posted a reply to Database issues related to wp_adrotate_tracker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
AdRotate uses the WP functions for transients, so if even that highly optimized system causes…

Oct 05 Mon · 17:13

Forums med

Posted a reply to Banner images alt tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ads generally do not need alt tags. But you can simply add the alt tag…

Oct 02 Fri · 21:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to Database issues related to wp_adrotate_tracker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't see how that'd be related, the original problem you reported was a missing…

September 2026

Sep 08 Tue · 22:55

Forums med

Posted a reply to Should Not Have To Use This, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok. I don't know about those captcha plugins, they involved 3rd parties I don't want…

August 2026

Aug 25 Tue · 02:48

Plugins high

Committed [3664484] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.19.2 from GitHub

Aug 17 Mon · 15:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to Not recommended for websites using caching, based on my experience, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for trying AdRotate Banner Manager and AdRotate Pro. Both plugins work fine with several…

July 2026

Jul 25 Sat · 05:25

Plugins high

Committed [3622105] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.19.1 from GitHub

Jul 23 Thu · 03:27

Plugins high

Committed [3619365] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 5.19 from GitHub

Jul 15 Wed · 03:42

Forums med

Posted a reply to Using Ad Rotate within lists, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If events manager has a hook to go between events then that's absolutely possible. If…

Jul 15 Wed · 03:42

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Posted a reply to Database issues related to wp_adrotate_tracker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Woohoo! 😅