Simon Schwitz (@calucon) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m an HCI-focused full-stack developer, building human-centered VR, AR, and mixed reality experiences. Within the WordPress ecosystem, I developed Third-Party Embed Gate, a plugin that defers third-party embeds until explicitly requested by the visitor, eliminating the need for a cookie banner. When I’m not coding, I’m usually out cycling.

Interests

Cycling, UI/UX, Mixed Reality

WordPress Origin Story

I started out teaching myself software development. Young and eager, I wanted to build my own website completely from scratch, no pre-built tools allowed. Later at work, I got handed a task to develop a WordPress plugin for a client, with zero WordPress experience. By the end of it, I’d changed my mind: WordPress ain’t that bad after all.

Badges

CODE

1 badge

Plugin Developer

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '26 Translation Editor '26

Current Job

Software Engineer

Apr 2020 – Present

FastRocket GmbH · Part-time

▪ Engineer custom PHP web applications and bespoke plugins/themes for WordPress and Shopware platforms.
▪ Develop client-focused digital solutions to streamline business processes and improve modern web workflows.
▪ Integrate third-party APIs and optimize backend functionality.

Job History

Student Researcher

May 2024 – Dec 2026

University of Konstanz · Part-time

▪ Research and develop interactive mixed-reality (VR/AR) interface prototypes using Unity and C#.
▪ Design user studies and build experimental setups for spatial interaction research.

Software Developer

Sep 2016 – Jun 2019

GEBHARDT Logistic Solutions GmbH · Full-time

▪ Apprenticeship
▪ Develop/Maintain internal applications based on ASP.NET and JS

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

5contributions

high4

medium1

score13

Last 90 days

42contributions

high37

medium5

score116

Last 12 months

42contributions

high37

medium5

score116

Contributions

Type

September 2026

Sep 15 Tue · 12:40

Plugins high

Committed [3696979] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk from e0f34b93: Merge pull request <a class="closed ticket" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/67" title="#67: enhancement: Add option to hide the Blog URI Textox and label on the contact form (closed: fixed)">#67</a> from Calucon/i18n/dein-eigener-und-diese (stable stays 1.0.1)

Sep 15 Tue · 11:40

Polyglots high

Translated 20 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Sep 14 Mon · 18:49

Plugins high

Committed [3695786] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub

Sep 14 Mon · 18:26

Plugins high

Committed [3695761] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk from f47880a7: release: 1.0.1 (<a class="closed ticket" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65" title="#65: defect: ContactForm CSS appears only when it is not needed. (closed: fixed)">#65</a>) (stable stays 1.0.0)

Sep 11 Fri · 08:45

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Calucon Third-Party Embed Gate, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you! I fully understand that they are a very small team and that it…

Sep 01 Tue · 14:34

Plugins high

Committed [3676327] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub

Sep 01 Tue · 13:49

Plugins high

Committed [3676224] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk from 87ed70f0: i18n: "enforced" is erzwingen, not durchsetzen (<a class="closed ticket" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61" title="#61: defect: registered only plugin not working (closed: fixed)">#61</a>) (stable stays 0.12.1)

Sep 01 Tue · 13:00

Plugins high

Committed [3676130] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk from a7eae890: i18n: adopt Simon's GlotPress approvals; "Reiner Text" is ruled out (<a class="closed ticket" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60" title="#60: defect: POTD plugin ... what a douchebag! (closed: fixed)">#60</a>) (stable stays 0.12.1)

Sep 01 Tue · 12:39

Plugins high

Committed [3676103] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk from b3f74c0f: i18n: the plugin header was translatable and never in the POT (<a class="closed ticket" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59" title="#59: enhancement: possible new %tags% (closed: fixed)">#59</a>) (stable stays 0.12.1)

Sep 01 Tue · 11:53

Polyglots high

Translated 417 strings on translate.wordpress.org.