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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.

Previously worked at ThemeFusion as a Senior Developer.

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

Ari Stathopoulos contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Themes.

Contribution History

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

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Plugins
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Translations

Created a new ticket, #53180, in Core Trac:
Regression: Error

4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 28 April 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To answer my own question, it looks like @sarayourfriend is currently going through all instances…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 28 April 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd like to know what the status of g2 is... From random PRs I get…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Full Site Editing Scope for WP5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
that in no any conditions it breaks some code/sites made in the past and that’s…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Themes Team Meeting Notes – March 23, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
You can find the full meeting transcript on Slack (login required) Meeting coordinator: @kaflegNotes kept…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Font preview in dropdown?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Possible? Yes. Wise? Not so much. You'd still have to download a few gigabytes of…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Native TypeScript support in Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As a sponsored contributor I have the time and energy to learn and use something…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Font preview in dropdown?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no preview in the dropdown. In order to have a preview in the…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Also worth noting that the usage stats for IE11 are always a bit skewed... When…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’m still a little confused about what happens to the styles that aren’t inlined. Nothing…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There were a lot of different implementations and concepts before we ended up with this…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Would Stats Dashboards Help Your Team?, on the site Team Updates:
Yeah, the stats we currently look at are opened tickets on trac, closed tickets and…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've actually been discussing the emojis thing with @jonoaldersonwp and the main difficulty there is…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm all for dropping IE support... There's lots of things we can't use right now…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Would Stats Dashboards Help Your Team?, on the site Team Updates:
Theme/Plugin Review: Number of theme/plugin submissions, publications, and rejections (with reasons?). IMO the "reasons" part…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #52620, in Core Trac:
Add `path` data to block stylesheets to allow improving their loading ...

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg 9.9: New JSON structure for theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Gutenberg 9.9 changes the structure of theme.json files for experimental Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to I can’t log in with my account when I reset my wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there is an "admin" user and it's not you, then that user will be…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Sidebar Controls & Component System, on the site Make WordPress Design:
G2 is one of the most exciting projects I've seen in a long time... It's…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for this suggestion Francesca! It always seemed weird to be that the terms…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Slow site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I assume your site is using FTP to access the filesystem instead of using the…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-based Themes Meeting Agenda: November 18, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I'd like to suggest a time change for this meeting if possible... Moving the meeting…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try adding this PHP somewhere... add_filter( 'kirki_output_inline_styles', '__return_true', 9999 ); That _should_ override any previously…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmmm I just noticed you're using maxstore-pro and not the free version. Have you tried…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I tried installing your theme locally and I can't replicate the issue... Have you checked…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That doesn't sound right... Usually it's no more than a few milliseconds! Could you post…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Filter for get_local_gravatars_fallback_url functional?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Actually the filter works fine and it is correct. The empty value it passes is…

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #5504, in Meta Trac:
Allow uploading block-based themes

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One: Dark Mode Discussion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
it would surely done by the use of a cookie. No cookie is used. If…

7 months ago
Wrote a new post, Meeting notes Tuesday October 13, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Weekly Updates: (the list includes both new tickets as well as updates too.Current statistics can…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Themes Team Meeting Agenda for October 13, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I would like to propose moving the meeting time a bit earlier... For many of…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
When did this discussion happen, exactly? If I'm not mistaken it was in July, I…

7 months ago
Committed [2398101] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.1

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Ah OK, I understand now. Yes, you can edit the defaults. This is currently worked…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Could you please elaborate? What do you mean by "updating theme.json values"?

7 months ago
Committed [2394943] to Plugins Trac:
initial commit

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In the very intial stages it was decided not to use SASS, and then it…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There will always be requests to add various features. A 2ndary nav location could work,…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
CSS is only part of what the JSON file does. Themes will be able to…

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Following up from the post about the Gutenberg 9.1 release, there were a few changes…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A font enqueue API for WP core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
My only concern is whether the filetypes and formats could be vulnerable to xss —…

8 months ago
Committed [2391368] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
There's nothing stopping them from doing that

8 months ago
Closed ticket #51402, in Core Trac:
2 issues: Welcome Guide pop-up and call to fonts.googleapis.com

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I noticed a lack of multisite support in this file, even though fonts are stored…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
It seems like using one option called ‘downloaded_font_files’ breaks a requirement for themes to prefix…

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
The current guidelines for themes prohibit the use of CDNs to load assets due to…

8 months ago
Closed ticket #42473, in Core Trac:
Categories List on Post page Errors

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: September 16 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's a lot of things that - as developers - we could do for the…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for 9th September 2020, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'd like to bring up 2 issues for the meeting: 1. A discussion about font-family…

8 months ago

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