Ari Stathopoulos (@aristath) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org

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Member Since: December 6th, 2009
Location: Greece
Website: aristath.github.io
GitHub: aristath
Job Title: WordPress Core Contributor
Employer: Yoast
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Bio

I am a WordPress Core Contributor at Yoast, where we believe SEO is for everyone, and a team representative for the WordPress Themes Team.

Before devoting most of my contributing time to Core, I was active in the global WordPress Community Team, as a volunteer.

Interests

Web Sustainability, Accessibility, Programming, Arduinos, Carpentry, Gardening

WordPress Origin Story

Started in 2005 while building small client sites.

Contributions Sponsored

Yoast sponsors Ari Stathopoulos to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core and Themes.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Core Team
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

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Plugins
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Translations

Mentioned in [55851] on Core SVN:
General: Improve performance of the `_wp_array_get()` function.
5 days ago
Submitted pull request #4490 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
WIP 🚧 🚧 🚧
6 days ago
Created ticket #58376 on Core Trac:
Improve performance of the `_wp_array_get` function
6 days ago
Closed issue #50161 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Fix accessibility of the Classic Edit modal dialog
6 days ago
Merged pull request #50384 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix accessibility of the Classic block modal dialog
6 days ago
Merged pull request #50768 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Custom CSS: Force display of in custom css input boxes to LTR
1 week ago
Closed pull request #50657 on WordPress/gutenberg:
🚧 WIP - Add `slevomat/coding-standard` checks
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #4471 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Try to optimize the _wp_array_get function
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #50632 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Use `bdo` element when defining the language of some text
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #50656 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix coding-standards issues
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50657 to WordPress/gutenberg:
🚧 WIP - Add `slevomat/coding-standard` checks
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50656 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix coding-standards issues
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #50441 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Site editor: convert device type margin styles into non-shorthand syntax
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50632 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Use `bdo` element when defining the language of some text
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #49985 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add `lang` and `dir` attributes to text-formatting tools
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55738] on Core SVN:
Editor: Update block editor packages to the latest patch releases.
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55737] on Core SVN:
Editor: Update block editor packages to the latest patch releases.
3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
export-ignore the PHPUnit config file
3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
Use the $wp_filesystem
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to install it?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there! My apologies for the extremely late reply here... To install the plugin you…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Possibly worst UX trap I have ever seen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for reporting this bug. v2.1.1 was just released a few minutes ago and…
3 weeks ago
Committed [2909453] to Plugins SVN:
v2.1.1
3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
v2.1.1 - Check that `pdo_sqlite` is loaded
3 weeks ago
Committed [2909440] to Plugins SVN:
v2.1.0
3 weeks ago
Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
v2.1.0
3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
Move the PL admin_notices removal to admin-notices.php
3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
Wrap wp_install function in a function_exists() condition
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55720] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Create a temporary backup of plugins and themes before updating.
4 weeks ago
Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
Handle upgrading from the PL plugin
4 weeks ago
Pull request #30 merged into WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
Allow directly copying the db.php file
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50087 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Inline block styles for classic themes to avoid layout shifts
1 month ago
Closed pull request #677 on WordPress/performance:
Backport the SQLite rewrite from the standalone plugin
1 month ago
Closed issue #661 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Migrate SQLite integration plugin back into monorepo for development
1 month ago
Mentioned in [55678] on Core SVN:
Coding Standards: Use strict comparison in `wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-icon.php`.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [55677] on Core SVN:
Coding Standards: Use strict comparison where `strtolower()` is involved.
1 month ago
Merged pull request #49701 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Small grammar fixes for block-context.md
1 month ago
Closed issue #49587 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
"Link to […]" should not lowercase post type label
1 month ago
Merged pull request #49591 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Don't programmatically lowercase post type label
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #49985 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add `lang` and `dir` attributes to text-formatting tools
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A database abstraction layer would need to consist of the following: * Database Abstraction layer…
1 month ago
Closed issue #46645 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post date block: to display post date and modified date side by...
1 month ago
Merged pull request #46839 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Only display the modified post date if the post has been modified
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don't currently have solid numbers and stats to share, that will need to come…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Another big concern imho is compatibility with existing plugins that add their own tables or…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Talk of merging to core feels incredibly premature It is premature. However, looking at the…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I have a question around this. Can you elaborate a bit on “adapted for WordPress”?…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No official documentation, but with a quick search for "convert MySQL to SQLite" I see…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's possible to convert a MySQL database to SQLite using the CLI, and if SQLite…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes, there are definitely plans to run benchmarks and compare MySQL vs SQLite, though tbh…
1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This post is an update to the proposal for officially support SQLite in WordPress. The…
1 month ago

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