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Boone Gorges

@boonebgorges Chicago, IL joined May 2009

boone.gorg.es github.com/boonebgorges Slack: @boone

    Bio

    WordPress core committer, BuddyPress lead developer, and WordPress plugin development consultant.

    Interests

    BuddyPress, WordPress, development, philosophy, bass, geekery, pizza, photographs of clever vandalism

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '15 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Plugins Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Team '19 WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '18

    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
    35contributions
    high19
    medium16
    score73

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 28 releases
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.4
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    March 2026
    Mar 30 Mon · 17:50
    Plugins high
    Committed [3494852] to Plugins SVN:
    Create tag 1.9.4.
    Mar 19 Thu · 00:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3486086] to Plugins SVN:
    Create tag 2.2.7.
    Mar 12 Thu · 17:53
    Forums med
    Created a topic, WP File block and other embeds are cut off due to “FitVids” technique, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, I believe I’ve found a bug in the theme’s FitVids …
    Mar 12 Thu · 17:44
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Fatal errors due to percent-signs in avatars, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I came across a bug in the theme related to the use of…
    January 2026
    Jan 08 Thu · 17:12
    Plugins high
    Committed [3435349] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump stable to 1.7.1.
    Jan 08 Thu · 17:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3435339] to Plugins SVN:
    Create tag 1.7.1.
    Jan 02 Fri · 19:14
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #434 on buddypress/buddypress:
    Improve the way we process user spamming
    Jan 02 Fri · 19:04
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #436 on buddypress/buddypress:
    Remove legacy deprecated functions from `bp-core-caps`
    December 2025
    Dec 30 Tue · 20:00
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #417 on buddypress/buddypress:
    Docs: Update PHP & WordPress minimum requirements for BuddyPress 15.0.0 (#295)
    Dec 30 Tue · 19:30
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #430 on buddypress/buddypress:
    WordPress 6.9: load block styles on demand in classic themes

    Developer

    38 plugins

    Contributor

    4 plugins

    Plugins

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