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Douglas Karr

CEO at DK New Media

@douglaskarr Greenwood, IN joined Oct 2006

martech.zone

    Bio

    Publisher of Martech Zone, an ad-free publication where leaders research, learn, and discover marketing, sales, and AI-related technology. Douglas is an author, speaker, and full-time marketing technologist who helps organizations drive digital transformation by using AI to grow sales and marketing.

    Interests

    AI, SEO, Marketing, Sales

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’ve been developing and using WordPress since version 1.5! I created my WordPress site in 2006.

    Badges

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    Plugin Developer

    Current Job

    CEO
    Present
    DK New Media

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high3
    medium0
    score9
    Last 90 days
    3contributions
    high3
    medium0
    score9
    Last 12 months
    10contributions
    high8
    medium2
    score26

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week
    • On my own time 10 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 18 Fri · 21:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3702764] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating readme/assets from GitHub
    Sep 18 Fri · 20:41
    Plugins high
    Committed [3702753] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.5.1 from GitHub
    Sep 18 Fri · 20:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3702752] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating readme/assets from GitHub
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 16:09
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Block with API version 2 or lower is deprecated since version 6.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Getting the following console error:Block with API ver…
    September 2025
    Sep 24 Wed · 19:51
    Plugins high
    Committed [3367399] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging version 1.5.0
    Sep 24 Wed · 19:41
    Plugins high
    Committed [3367394] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging version 1.4.0
    Sep 24 Wed · 06:43
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Please close TweetThis Shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm no longer supporting this plugin and it has a vuln…
    Sep 24 Wed · 00:28
    Plugins high
    Committed [3366823] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.1: Tested with <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> 6.7.2, updated readme and compatibility.
    Sep 24 Wed · 00:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3366822] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.0: Tested with <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> 6.7.2, updated readme and compatibility.
    Sep 24 Wed · 00:15
    Plugins high
    Committed [3366821] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.0: Tested with <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> 6.7.2, updated readme and compatibility.