Ben Sibley (@bensibley) – WordPress user profile

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Support Contributor '26

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Compete Themes

Recent impact

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Last 30 days

11contributions

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medium9

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Last 90 days

46contributions

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score60

Last 12 months

203contributions

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Contributions

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July 2026

Jul 06 Mon · 18:35

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Created a topic, [FAQ] Does it track keywords?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Independent Analytics does not track keywords that peo…

Jul 01 Wed · 12:05

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Created a topic, [FAQ] Does it work well with large sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sometimes people worry that Independent Analytics will…

June 2026

Jun 28 Sun · 13:10

Themes med

Created ticket #278814 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Author – 1.57

Jun 28 Sun · 12:47

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Created ticket #278813 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Apex – 1.42

Jun 16 Tue · 11:47

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Posted a reply to Updated IP-Address Database file for IA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds amazing! Nice work getting these things built for yourself. Feel free to post here…

Jun 15 Mon · 18:36

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Posted a reply to Updated IP-Address Database file for IA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a way to implement this yourself. You can use the rest_url_prefix filter to…

Jun 15 Mon · 12:07

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Posted a reply to Updated IP-Address Database file for IA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional feedback. We are moving as quickly as we can. It's important…

Jun 14 Sun · 12:22

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Posted a reply to Updated IP-Address Database file for IA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, The geo database was last updated on January 19, 2026 in the plugin.…

Jun 12 Fri · 11:47

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Created a topic, [FAQ] What timezone is used?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Independent Analytics uses the timezone that is alread…

Jun 10 Wed · 13:29

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Created a topic, [FAQ] What is Direct traffic?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Direct traffic is both its own category of traffic and…