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Troy Chaplin

Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations at Carleton University

@areziaal Ottawa, ON, Canada joined Jul 2009

troychaplin.ca github.com/troychaplin Slack: @troychaplin
    Teams Documentation Themes

    Bio

    WordPress Developer passionate about standards and inclusivity. My primary focus is on block editor validations and building a Validation API as part of my Block Accessibility Checker plugin to help do my part in creating a more inclusive web. I also build practical block utilities like Priority Plus, write for the WordPress Developer Blog, and manage a team of engineers responsible for an enterprise WordPress system powering over 700 sites.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Discovered WordPress sometime in 2006/2007. Ran a few blogs for international students at a not-for-profit organization. Left my decade long graphic design career and started a full-time WordPress developer position at Carleton University in 2009. Still passionate about building with WordPress nearly 20 years later.

    In addition to my sponsored time with Kinsta, I aim to contribute up to an additional 10-15 hours per week in various areas.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations
    Present
    Carleton University

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    8contributions
    high7
    medium1
    score22
    Last 90 days
    18contributions
    high16
    medium2
    score50
    Last 12 months
    119contributions
    high75
    medium44
    score269

    Team focus

    Across 2 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Time commitment

    2 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 04:11
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Good News: You’ve Got More Time to Submit a Talk for WordCamp Canada 2026, on the site WordCamp Canada 2026:
    WordCamp Canada 2026 extends its speaker deadline to July 10 and asks for talks on…
    June 2026
    Jun 20 Sat · 19:20
    Plugins high
    Committed [3580104] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.0.0
    Jun 15 Mon · 16:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Tickets Are Live for WordCamp Canada 2026!, on the site WordCamp Canada 2026:
    We’re excited to announce that tickets are now available for WordCamp Canada 2026, taking place…
    Jun 15 Mon · 15:43
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Tickets Are Live for WordCamp Canada 2026!, on the site WordCamp Canada 2026:
    We’re excited to announce that tickets are now available for WordCamp Canada 2026, taking place…
    Jun 14 Sun · 01:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3571433] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump to WP 7.0
    Jun 14 Sun · 01:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3571430] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.3.0
    Jun 14 Sun · 00:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to The plugin cannot be fully translated., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @jdy68, Apologies for not getting this fixed up sooner. I just pushed v1.1.1 which…
    Jun 14 Sun · 00:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3571422] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.1.1
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 00:33
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
    May 16 Sat · 12:22
    Plugins high
    Committed [3533774] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.1.0