David Vongries (@davidvongries) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a web developer, street photographer and aspiring YouTuber.

My YouTube channels:
https://www.youtube.com/@SwedenAdventure
https://www.youtube.com/@davidvongries

PortraitMode – A photo sharing platform for street photography:
https://portraitmode.io/

My WordPress products:
https://davidvongries.com/wordpress/

Interests

When I’m not at my PC, working on WordPress plugins and themes, I venture out onto the streets to capture candid moments of everyday life, which I document on my YouTube channel.

Badges

CODE

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Core Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer

CONTENT

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Photo Contributor '23

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '18 Translation Editor '18

Current Job

CEO/Founder

Present

MapSteps

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

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WordPress releases

Contributed to 2 releases

Contributions

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June 2026

Jun 09 Tue · 14:55

Forums med

Posted a reply to PW – Not updating to version 3.11.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see what happened here, will be fixed within the next hour! Thanks for pointing…

Jun 06 Sat · 07:00

Plugins high

Committed [3562969] to Plugins SVN:
updated to 3.8.17

April 2026

Apr 20 Mon · 16:11

Forums med

Posted a reply to Error when trying to edit widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @aliengirlxyz, Can you try and temporarily disable all other plugins? I'm trying to rule-out…

Apr 13 Mon · 10:17

Themes med

Created ticket #266154 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Page Builder Framework – 2.11.10

Apr 06 Mon · 14:25

Plugins high

Committed [3499903] to Plugins SVN:
updated to 3.8.16

February 2026

Feb 27 Fri · 07:12

Forums med

Posted a reply to Hide Dashboard Items, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @bobjgarrett, Our PRO add-on allows you to remove menu items for specific users and/or…

Feb 27 Fri · 07:10

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Posted a reply to admin menu editor array warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @annaam, We looked into this and concluded that this is an issue with the…

Feb 27 Fri · 07:06

Plugins high

Committed [3470879] to Plugins SVN:
updated to 3.8.14

Feb 27 Fri · 07:04

Forums med

Posted a reply to admin menu editor memory exhaustion, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @annaam, We have just released an update that addresses this issue. This should now…

Feb 25 Wed · 10:45

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Posted a reply to Slow Support but lots of potential, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Daniel! I'm happy to let you know that Gutenberg support for Page Builder Dashboard…