Dave Loodts (@davelo) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Building websites since 2006—yes, it’s been that long!
I ran a web design company, Davel.be, from 2006 to 2022. Today, it’s evolved into Woofers, where we focus exclusively on WooCommerce projects.

Giving back to the WordPress community:
✅ Co-founder & former co-organizer of WordCamp Antwerp (Belgium)
✅ Co-founder & former co-organizer of WordPress Meetup Antwerp (Belgium)
✅ Founder & former co-organizer of WordPress Meetup Hasselt (Belgium)

Let’s connect! Say hi on Twitter. 🚀

Interests

Interested in everything WordPress & WooCommerce, connecting with people, bringing people together and sharing knowledge.

WordPress Origin Story

My first encounter with WP was disappointing. There were only posts and horizontal navigation. I preferred my own custom-built CMS — that’s actually how I learned PHP and MySQL.

But then, in 2009, I had to build a site for a local soccer team, and they asked me to code a scoreboard and a league table. With my skills (and budget) back then, that was too complex. So I discovered this WordPress plugin, and I was finally hooked.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Core Contributor '23 Pattern Author '22

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

3 badges

Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '17

PRACTICE

1 badge

Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

Current Job

Working at

Present

Woofers

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

2contributions

high1

medium1

score4

Last 90 days

10contributions

high2

medium8

score14

Last 12 months

57contributions

high3

medium54

score63

Team focus

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

WordPress releases

Contributed to 2 releases

Contributions

Type

September 2026

Sep 02 Wed · 08:03

Forums med

Created a topic, Unstranslated parts in checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, thank you for this awesome plugin and service.We u…

August 2026

Aug 18 Tue · 08:05

Polyglots high

Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.

July 2026

Jul 31 Fri · 23:03

Polyglots high

Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 28 Tue · 08:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to Three bugs on classic WooCommerce checkout (PHP 8.4 + WC 10.6): pickup modal bro, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@cochwbc : i'm curious. Did the update really solved your nice list of issues? I…

Jul 13 Mon · 11:17

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Consistent navigation in WordPress 7.1 with persistent toolbar, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi, i never understood the fact that a site icon can replace the WordPress logo.…

Jul 09 Thu · 06:46

Forums med

Posted a reply to [Sendcloud Shipping] Vulnerability in 1.0.31 version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
More information by Patchstack:https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/sendcloud-connected-shipping/vulnerability/wordpress-sendcloud-shipping-plugin-1-0-28-broken-access-control-vulnerability

June 2026

Jun 25 Thu · 14:28

Forums med

Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Michel, Yes, i was waiting on your reply. :-) I sended the logs on…

Jun 19 Fri · 07:06

Forums med

Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, Version 2.23.6

Jun 19 Fri · 05:47

Forums med

Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Michel, good insight looking at the raw xml strange. Mmm strange.It only happens indeed…

Jun 16 Tue · 16:24

Forums med

Created a topic, XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see something awkward; see screenshot: https://share…