James Hunt (@bonkerz) – WordPress user profile

Bio

James is a founder, developer, and creator of web products and software.

He runs multiple online ventures spanning SaaS platforms, free and premium WordPress plugins, Shopify apps, and open source software used by thousands of businesses worldwide.

Additionally, he occasionally works as a freelancer for enterprise clients and creative agencies, building WordPress, WooCommerce, and Laravel websites.

A lifelong technologist and open source advocate, James began using PHP in 2001 and started developing with WordPress in 2008. Previously, he was Lead Developer at The Linux Foundation, where he worked primarily with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation who steward projects such as Kubernetes and Prometheus.

Originally from London and now based in Kuching, Malaysia, James has been a remote worker and digital nomad since 2015 – advocating for location independence through talks, interviews, and communities reaching tens of thousands worldwide.

He also runs the Chiang Mai WordPress Meetup.

WordPress Origin Story

I started building websites with WordPress in 2008, and have used it for hobby sites, business sites and client sites over the years.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Core Contributor '23 Plugin Developer

COMMUNITY

2 badges

Meetup Organizer '24 WordCamp Speaker '19

PRACTICE

1 badge

Support Contributor '26

Current Job

Freelance WordPress Developer

Present

The Two Percent

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

2contributions

high0

medium2

score2

Last 90 days

9contributions

high1

medium8

score11

Last 12 months

33contributions

high3

medium30

score39

Team focus

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

WordPress releases

Contributed to 1 release

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 07 Tue · 13:58

Forums med

Posted a reply to Invoice date copied (compatibilty issue PDF Invoices & Packing Slips), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shustus yes that's possible - to use Draft instead, add a small code snippet like…

June 2026

Jun 29 Mon · 13:26

Forums med

Posted a reply to Invoice date copied (compatibilty issue PDF Invoices & Packing Slips), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shustus Thanks for using CDO for WC! We already exclude some of the meta keys…

May 2026

May 21 Thu · 07:07

Forums med

Posted a reply to transaction fee of old order retained on clone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We haven't heard from you on this one, so hope all is OK! Please let…

May 20 Wed · 15:24

Plugins high

Committed [3539611] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.2.1 from GitHub

May 15 Fri · 15:07

Forums med

Posted a reply to transaction fee of old order retained on clone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @herbhalstead The image doesn't load for us. But what's happening is that the plugin…

May 13 Wed · 15:06

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Posted a reply to Unable to update postage cost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Understand. The "Recalculate" button should update the order total in that case. Or add a…

May 13 Wed · 13:58

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Posted a reply to Unable to update postage cost, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @facialflex This is not a clone issue. On any order, you can edit the…

May 05 Tue · 05:33

Forums med

Posted a reply to Payment Information is Retained in Cloned Orders, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Bryan If there is another support question matching this PayPal issue then the question…

May 05 Tue · 05:24

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Posted a reply to Payment Failure on Cloned Order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@allenr I didnt hear from you so marking this issue resolved! Thanks!

March 2026

Mar 20 Fri · 06:23

Forums med

Posted a reply to Payment Failure on Cloned Order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Allen Just checking in to see if this resolved the issue?