Dennis Snell
@dmsnell on WordPress.org and Slack
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- Member Since: January 9th, 2014
- Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
- Website: fluffyandflakey.blog
- GitHub: dmsnell
- Job Title: Software Design Engineer
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Dennis Snell’s badges:- Core Contributor
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Is the 39th person to arrive at WordPress Developer Day Novi Sad 2026
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Mentioned in [62329] on WordPress SVN:
Delete the `fixes-64393-restore-version-history` branch. -
Closed pull request #11691 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
RTC: Backport fix to prevent autosaves from losing content. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
RTC: Promote auto-draft posts on first autosave for collaborative sessions... -
Committed [62311] to Core SVN:
RTC: Promote auto-draft posts on first autosave for collaborative ... -
Merged pull request #77675 into WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Fix race condition on room creation which can cause a split... -
Wrote a comment on the post Automated 7.0 branch nightly generation broken., on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks for fixing this. Was the problem that we were also building a zip of… -
Mentioned in [62300] on WordPress SVN:
Block Supports: strip custom CSS from blocks for users without edit_css capability -
Merged pull request #77865 into WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: fix interaction with autosave that can cause posts and revisions to... -
Closed issue #77532 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
RTC: potential data corruption on block merge write path due to rich-text... -
Closed pull request #77864 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Move WPBlockSelection to a single canonical location in block-editor -
Merged pull request #77862 into WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Clarify WPBlockSelection type and link to duplicates in other packages. -
Submitted pull request #77895 to WordPress/gutenberg:
WIP: Measure impact of perf test change in #77726 -
Submitted pull request #77890 to WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Reject stale persisted CRDT documents -
Submitted pull request #77889 to WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Add base version tracking to prevent stale CRDT doc overwrites -
Submitted pull request #11691 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
RTC: Backport fix to prevent autosaves from losing content. -
Submitted pull request #77862 to WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Clarify WPBlockSelection type and link to duplicates in other packages. -
Submitted pull request #77859 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Explore: What are the combined changes for RTC -
Merged pull request #77681 into WordPress/gutenberg:
RTC: Fix issue where undo acts on the wrong synced entity -
Submitted pull request #11660 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
RTC: Ensure a single canonical update log for collaborative edits. -
Created ticket #65138 on Core Trac:
RTC: Real-time collaboration bug sprint for 7.0 -
Created issue #77716 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
RTC: Fuzz testing -
Submitted pull request #77632 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Tests: Try reviewing a specific E2E test. -
Mentioned in [62257] on WordPress SVN:
Block Supports: strip custom CSS from blocks for users without edit_css capability -
Closed pull request #11620 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Tests: Print invalid UTF-8 as ASCII to fix hosts test reporting failures. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Tests: Print invalid UTF-8 as ASCII to fix hosts test... -
Committed [62249] to Core SVN:
Tests: Print invalid UTF-8 as ASCII to fix hosts test reporting ... -
Submitted pull request #11620 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Tests: Print invalid UTF-8 as ASCII to fix hosts test reporting failures. -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026
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Submitted pull request #11581 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
HTML API: Normalize TITLE content generation. -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordPress Developer Day Novi Sad 2026
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordPress Developer Day Novi Sad 2026
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Submitted pull request #11567 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Charset: Support multibyte email addresses in `antispambot()` -
Closed pull request #11552 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add various unit tests for antispambot, is_email and sanitize_email -
Submitted pull request #11563 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
WIP: Charset: New unicode email functions -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Email: Add unit tests covering email validation and sanitization. (Take... -
Committed [62226] to Core SVN:
Email: Add unit tests covering email validation and sanitization. ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Email: Add unit tests covering email validation and sanitization. -
Committed [62225] to Core SVN:
Email: Add unit tests covering email validation and sanitization. In ... -
Is the 60th person to arrive at WordCamp Vienna 2026
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Closed ticket #64996 on Core Trac:
Allow non-ASCII (Unicode) usernames -
Created ticket #64996 on Core Trac:
Allow non-ASCII (Unicode) usernames -
Created ticket #64971 on Core Trac:
Build: Synchronize .gitignore and svn:ignore -
Received props from @peterwilsoncc in Slack:
Props @dmsnell for a heroic effort restoring histories to WordPress-Develop. -
Mentioned in [62157] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Remove PHP requirement for the build script. -
Mentioned in [62155] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test: Set svn:global-ignore for built block files. -
Received props from @4thhubbard in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix @desrosj @dmsnell @johnbillion @jonsurrell @audrasjb @mukesh27 for all your hard work prepping… -
Mentioned in [62149] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Update built asset file after [62146]. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build: Restore deleted files and reconnect version history (svn:ignore follow-up). -
Committed [62148] to Core SVN:
Build: Restore deleted files and reconnect version history (svn:ignore ...