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Douglas "BearlyDoug" Hazard

Web Developer at Catholic Diocese of Richmond

@bearlydoug Metro Atlanta, GA joined Apr 2015

BearlyDoug.com Slack: @BearlyDoug

    Bio

    A system administrator and WP “Mr. Fixit” type guy for my day job, I’m also an avid sports fan and photographer. When I’m not working for a Catholic Diocese, you can usually find me on the football (American) field or basketball court with my cameras in hand, taking pics of the game action.

    Interests

    Proud papa of a navy daughter and awesome son.
    Sports Photography
    Website development
    Fixing WordPress headaches.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Believe it or not, it was because of my last job (Richweb)… it was either “Pick up WordPress knowledge/skills, or keep struggling to find work”. I was an independent contractor at that time. Opting to pick up WordPress, I actually helped tie in two (previously separate) bugs here on WordPress.org and cross-tied them together (the bug was affecting WordPress MultiSite and dealt with character encoding preventing WPMS tables from being created in the database)… just two months after starting up with WordPress. The rest is, as they say, history!

    I owe it to WordPress for me landing my current position with a Catholic Diocese as their primary Web Developer (full time, salaried). We’re working to standardize 160+ sites to WordPress now. #NotAddictedToWP

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    Current Job

    Web Developer
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    Catholic Diocese of Richmond

    Recent impact

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

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    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 11 Sat · 19:10
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Controlling the width of the FB Video embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you don't explicitly use CSS to limit the width of …
    June 2026
    Jun 05 Fri · 19:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to New Toggle Request For Ctrl+K On Admin Bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here's a TEMPORARY workaround, for those that don't want it. Need to add to your…
    February 2026
    Feb 28 Sat · 01:07
    Plugins high
    Committed [3471431] to Plugins SVN:
    Incorrect version on previous updates. Fixed.
    Feb 28 Sat · 01:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3471430] to Plugins SVN:
    Added release date (oops!)
    Feb 28 Sat · 01:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3471429] to Plugins SVN:
    Fixed a couple HTML hex code coloring issues.
    Feb 03 Tue · 14:44
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Meta data needs to b e updated after PDF compression via media area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Being able to compress PDFs within the media area is a…
    October 2025
    Oct 25 Sat · 13:26
    Forums med
    Created a topic, HIPAA compliant?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Some businesses require HIPAA compliance, which means …
    Oct 23 Thu · 20:35
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Good Plugin, fantastic support!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    For my day job, I manage over 100 WordPress sites (and…
    Oct 19 Sun · 10:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Configuration error when using select with pipes for the “to” field, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @andrrrewk, respectfully.. I'm a senior-level WordPress developer (and have four plugins released). Please trust me…
    Oct 18 Sat · 23:50
    Plugins high
    Committed [3380659] to Plugins SVN:
    Launching version 2.0.1

    Developer

    4 plugins