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Brandon Ernst

Founder at Gaucho Plugins

@brandonfire California joined Dec 2018

gauchoplugins.com github.com/brand-on-fire Slack: @Brandon

    Bio

    Founder at Gaucho Plugins
    Founder at Brand on Fire LLC
    Former Head of Marketing @ Freemius.com

    WordPress Origin Story

    Started developing in WordPress in 2011!

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    CODE
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    Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Speaker '20
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '21

    Current Job

    Founder
    Present
    Gaucho Plugins

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    11contributions
    high11
    medium0
    score33
    Last 90 days
    126contributions
    high125
    medium1
    score376
    Last 12 months
    167contributions
    high164
    medium3
    score495

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 06 Mon · 20:45
    Plugins high
    Committed [3598317] to Plugins SVN:
    readme: SEO-optimized title + 150-char short description, accuracy fixes (drop unverified HPOS/audit/pricing claims + dead links), simplified changelog. No code change; Stable Tag unchanged (1.5.1).
    Jul 02 Thu · 09:36
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jul 01 Wed · 08:57
    Plugins high
    Committed [3592367] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 1.6.0
    Jul 01 Wed · 08:57
    Plugins high
    Committed [3592366] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.6.0
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 21:47
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591969] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.5.9
    Jun 30 Tue · 21:47
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591968] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 3.5.9
    Jun 24 Wed · 06:12
    Plugins high
    Committed [3584061] to Plugins SVN:
    China Payments Plugin 3.5.8: restore WooCommerce-block payment-method bundles (interface/woocommerce-checkout-blocks/stripe/*/build/) that were stripped from the wp.org zip, so block checkout registers WeChat/Alipay/UnionPay again
    Jun 24 Wed · 05:58
    Plugins high
    Committed [3584051] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.5.8
    Jun 24 Wed · 05:58
    Plugins high
    Committed [3584050] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 3.5.8
    Jun 24 Wed · 04:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3583984] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 3.5.7

    Developer

    8 plugins

    Plugins

    17 favorites

    Translations

    3 locales
    es_ES Español (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Domain Mapping System | Create Microsites with Multiple Alias Domains (multisite optional) Speed in China | Test Website Speed from Mainland China | GFW Optimization & Google Fonts

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    cs_CZ Čeština (Czech) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Speed in China | Test Website Speed from Mainland China | GFW Optimization & Google Fonts

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Speed in China | Test Website Speed from Mainland China | GFW Optimization & Google Fonts

    View all on translate.wordpress.org