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David Lingren

Chief Technology Maven

@dglingren El Cerrito, California joined Mar 2011

davidlingren.com github.com/dglingren Slack: @dglingren

    Bio

    Retired from thirty years as an IT professional, I’m still learning and contributing as a volunteer for several organizations.

    Interests

    Software development of all types, trekking the Himalaya, trail building, making plum wine.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '16 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Chief Technology Maven
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    9contributions
    high4
    medium5
    score17
    Last 90 days
    38contributions
    high15
    medium23
    score68
    Last 12 months
    167contributions
    high56
    medium111
    score279

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 3 releases
    • 6.5
    • 5.1
    • 4.7

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 18:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3593127] to Plugins SVN:
    Shortcode and documentation enhancements, PHP 8.5 updates, Patchstack 32618 XSS risk mitigation.
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 00:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Garbage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I am sorry to see you had a bad experience. If you'd like to open…
    Jun 13 Sat · 23:59
    Plugins high
    Committed [3571417] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix Media/Library grid mode conflict with Modula plugin, add features to [mla_tag_cloud], update documentation.
    Jun 08 Mon · 01:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Upoaded to Folder via uploaded Post Type…., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The Folders plugin team has added MLA support to their development roadmap for future consideration.…
    Jun 08 Mon · 01:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Duplication of information on backend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for sending the screenshot and for your help testing the fixes I made. I…
    Jun 08 Mon · 01:20
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to On “add featured image” page, part of media library missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for sending the screenshot and for your help testing the fixes I made. I…
    Jun 08 Mon · 01:06
    Plugins high
    Committed [3564033] to Plugins SVN:
    Create Tag directory for version 3.38.
    Jun 08 Mon · 01:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3564032] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix WP 7.0 MMMW toolbar formatting. Update trunk to v3.37.
    Jun 06 Sat · 21:47
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Simple map of xmp field to custom field, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for your question, and for posting the details of your mapping rule; very helpful.…
    Jun 03 Wed · 23:42
    Plugins high
    Committed [3560112] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix MMMW toolbar formatting, add [mla_custom_list] features.

    Developer

    1 plugin

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    2 completed

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