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Beau Lebens

Head of Engineering, WooCommerce at Automattic

@beaulebens Golden, CO joined May 2007

beau.blog github.com/beaulebens Slack: @Beau

    Interests

    php, mysql, social software, the internets, feeds, rss, gadgets, krav maga, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Head of Engineering, WooCommerce
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 6 releases
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 5.9
    • 4.2
    • 3.7
    • 3.6

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 03 Fri · 21:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Product Created Webhook Sends REST API Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there! How are you creating the product? Via the admin UI or some other…
    August 2024
    Aug 27 Tue · 00:52
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Keyring Developer’s Guide doe not link to Keyring Developer’s Guide, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ah yep, that's all been updated in GH (https://github.com/beaulebens/keyring), I just haven't done a new…
    May 2024
    May 30 Thu · 16:15
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58254] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
    May 30 Thu · 14:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58250] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
    February 2024
    Feb 09 Fri · 21:07
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to PHP 8.2 issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Can you try pulling the latest version from trunk in GH, and see if that…
    Feb 06 Tue · 23:44
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57545] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Introduce Plugin Dependencies.
    October 2023
    Oct 29 Sun · 19:34
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Can only see 500px in the list of available services, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I believe this is probably caused by https://github.com/beaulebens/keyring/pull/109. I haven't had a chance to fully…
    June 2023
    Jun 28 Wed · 22:00
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to All imports lead to Delicious, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Are you by chance running PHP 8.1 or higher? This sounds like it's related to…
    May 2023
    May 03 Wed · 21:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [2907722] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump tested version
    April 2023
    Apr 25 Tue · 21:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [2904106] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump 'Tested' version number