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Darren Cooney

Lead Engineer

@dcooney Toronto joined Oct 2010

connekthq.com github.com/dcooney Slack: @dcooney

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    Current Job

    Lead Engineer
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    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high1
    medium2
    score5
    Last 90 days
    7contributions
    high4
    medium3
    score15
    Last 12 months
    76contributions
    high44
    medium32
    score164

    Contributions

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    August 2026
    Aug 05 Wed · 14:32
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Images won’t load from Unsplash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Interesting, I wonder if your server is blocking the request for some reason. No other…
    Aug 04 Tue · 18:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Images won’t load from Unsplash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @abldigital I'm not able to recreate that issue. Unsplash is working for in my…
    July 2026
    Jul 22 Wed · 17:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3619028] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 8.0.1 from GitHub
    June 2026
    Jun 10 Wed · 17:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3567882] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 3.2.1 from GitHub
    Jun 09 Tue · 12:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Plugin has stopped working (proxy server issue), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you @tech22k234 I somehow let the domain expire 🤦‍♂️ Should be back up shortly.
    Jun 04 Thu · 17:41
    Plugins high
    Committed [3561379] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 8.0.0 from GitHub
    Jun 01 Mon · 18:11
    Plugins high
    Committed [3557116] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 7.2.0 from GitHub
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 12:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3510849] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 7.8.4 from GitHub
    Apr 01 Wed · 18:56
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to GIFs from Giphy importing as static images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @websitecreationworkshop I just released version 7.1.1 to fix this. Thanks for the heads up!
    Apr 01 Wed · 18:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3496929] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 7.1.1 from GitHub