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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
    11contributions
    high7
    medium4
    score25
    Last 90 days
    34contributions
    high23
    medium11
    score80
    Last 12 months
    113contributions
    high72
    medium41
    score257

    Team focus

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

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Time commitment

    2 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 11 Fri · 02:18
    GitHub med
    Created issue #16 in the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    [Task]: Lint/QA Cleanup
    Sep 11 Fri · 01:06
    GitHub med
    Created issue #15 in the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    [Task]: Refine Pull Request and Issue Templates
    Sep 10 Thu · 19:59
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #13 on the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    [Bug]: package-lock.json modified after running npm install
    Sep 10 Thu · 19:59
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #14 into WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Fix package-lock.json churn on npm install. Regenerated with the .nvmrc toolchain (Node…
    Sep 10 Thu · 11:34
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #14 to WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Fix package-lock.json churn on npm install. Regenerated with the .nvmrc toolchain (Node…
    Sep 04 Fri · 16:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Almost There! Meet the Second Round of Speakers for WordCamp Canada 2026, on the site WordCamp Canada 2026:
    Six more speakers, five new sessions, and one fireside chat still to come — the…
    August 2026
    Aug 28 Fri · 16:23
    Plugins high
    Committed [3670672] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 4.2.2 release
    Aug 28 Fri · 15:26
    Plugins high
    Committed [3670621] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 4.2.1 release
    Aug 28 Fri · 12:14
    Plugins high
    Committed [3670314] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 4.2.0 release
    Aug 22 Sat · 21:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3661224] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 4.1.0 release