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benushersmith

Designer at Melapress

@benushersmith North Berwick, Scotland joined Jun 2015

benushersmith.com Slack: @Ben Usher Smith
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    Bio

    I am a Designer at Melapress. We develop a number of security & management plugins for WordPress. Our flagship product is WP Activity Log, the most comprehensive activity log plugin for WordPress.

    I am also founder of the Usher Smith Design Studio, a top brand design agency located in Edinburgh, Scotland and help to run the Edinburgh WordPress meet up.

    When I am not designing. I enjoy playing music, studying literature and training.

    Interests

    Experimental Metal, Snorkelling, Surfing, Skateboarding, Running, Playing loud guitar, Making music, Making art, Painting, Drawing, Classical literature, Experimental music, Wildlife, Illustration, Book making, Sound design, Gardening, Cooking, CSS and HTML only Soloutions, Minimalism for a maximal life

    WordPress Origin Story

    I started using WordPress properly working as a designer/developer for Heehaw a creative agency based in Edinburgh. My first WordPress experience was updating and modifying the theme of the Comedian Tim Minchin’s website that was back in 2005. I had dabbled before but that was back when I was looking at moveable type.

    Badges

    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '17

    Current Job

    Designer
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    Melapress

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    Time commitment

    1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

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    July 2026
    Jul 14 Tue · 10:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Backup silently aborts at resume step — zend_mm_heap corrupted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the reply, below I'm gathering everything in one place. Most of this was…
    Jul 13 Mon · 12:00
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    Created a topic, Backup silently aborts at resume step — zend_mm_heap corrupted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is a courtesy report rather than a request for a …
    August 2018
    Aug 15 Wed · 16:04
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Edinburgh 2018
    June 2017
    Jun 30 Fri · 14:07
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Edinburgh, Scotland 2017
    May 2017
    May 22 Mon · 19:05
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    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Edinburgh, Scotland 2017