jeffpaul (@jeffpaul) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
Location: Chicagoland
Website: jeffpaul.com
GitHub: jeffpaul
Job Title: Director of Open Source
Employer: 10up
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Bio

Open Source Practice Manager at 10up. WordPress 4.7 release deputy, 4.8 release co-lead, 4.9 release deputy, 5.8 release coordinator. Tide product maintainer. Founder of Race For Vets. Formerly @jbpaul17 and member since April 10th, 2007. Migrated to @jeffpaul on May 10, 2018.

Interests

beer, bourbon, triathlons, veterans, technology, digital media, agile, WordPress, product management, RaceForVets.com, GotYour6.org, TeamRWB.org

WordPress Origin Story

Many moons ago I ran my personal site off Geeklog when one day host, CMS, and data all went… kaboom! I took a look at the ecosystem and on March 9th, 2007 I went with WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.

Contributions Sponsored

10up sponsors jeffpaul to contribute 25 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Tide.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
Security Team
Tide Contributor
Tide Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker

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Mentioned in [53408] on Core SVN:
Users: Fail gracefully when checking mapped capabilities without providing the required object ID.
6 days ago
Received props from @annezazu in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul @pbiron @cbringmann @OllieJones @bph @boaticus @webcommsat @ndiego for help testing RC 3…
6 days ago
Merged pull request #36 into WordPress/gutenberg-license:
Note that we no longer need consent from jpjjulie
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Nice work, but needs improvement, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ggedde @rdela note that Simple Local Avatars 2.3.0 was recently released and includes a "Settings"…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to it’s Free But it support wild card, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@yourfather thanks for the kind words; let us know if there’s anything that would make…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress Maintained and Supported, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@cgb37 yes, we've been working on a major update to a recent Azure Blob API…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 404 Error in WordPress admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This sounds like https://github.com/10up/simple-local-avatars/issues/116 which we're investigating and if necessary will get out a patch…
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53339] on Core SVN:
Help/About: Update the About section for 6.0.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Make WordPress Team or Project Updates, on the site Make WordPress.org:
2. What site should this live on? Should it continue to live on /overview? My…
3 weeks ago
Received props from @annezazu in Slack:
Props to everyone who helped test 6.0 beta 3 during the release party @pbiron @JeffPaul…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Essential functionality, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@clarus-dignus thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 – Undefined variable $viewbox_width, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that v2.0.1 was just released, would be curious if you're all still experiencing issues…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Password reset URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@josselynj if you've updated to Restricted Site Access 7.3.0 you'll hopefully see this is resolved…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Missing the Site visibility options., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@tsegal we're still waiting on proper screenshot of your Restricted Site Access settings as noted…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 20 April 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
May not be back from meetings to make the open floor, so sharing this a11y…
1 month ago
Created a topic, Plugin Archived, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that with 1,571 all-time downloads and fewer than…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up on WebP by default proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the update @adamsilverstein, as always you've handled the feedback from the prior post…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Why is this not a part of core?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@blockify thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Removal of the Zamir Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Thank you for the update, the quick and decisive action, and for the work coming…
2 months ago
Closed pull request #386 on WordPress/two-factor:
Only show "Security Keys" section if "FIDO U2F Security Keys" is enabled
2 months ago
Mentioned in [52978] on Core SVN:
Administration: Replace contracted verb forms for better consistency.
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, CANCELLED Tide Chat: March 29th, on the site Tide:
Next weeks Tide meeting originally scheduled for has been CANCELED due to a portion of…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Bug Scrub for Two-Factor plugin, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The Two-Factor plugin is nearing a 0.8.0 release and as part of that @georgestephanis and…
2 months ago
Created a topic, Plugin Archived, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the past year we shipped what could be considered t…
2 months ago
Closed issue #432 on the WordPress/two-factor repository:
YubiKey two-factor authentication on Chrome & Edge doesn't seem to work
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, CANCELLED Tide Chat: March 1st, on the site Tide:
This weeks Tide meeting originally scheduled for has been CANCELED due to a portion of…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Theory of Technology Adoption in the WordPress Project, on the site WordPress.org Project:
I like the way you tie together the four phases of Gutenberg with the five…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to 10up purchased or has taken over this plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wormeyman the prior maintainer, @enshrined, now works at 10up and continues to support the plugin…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Should be default in WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@contreforme @richpav note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let us know if you…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Works with WP Bakery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mikeloucas any reasoning for the 4 out of 5 star review? We'd like to ensure…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to abandoned plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alexalp note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let us know if you have…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Allegedly abandoned but still *very* useful!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@gwynethllewelyn note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let us know if you have…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alriksson @janinemarie @miguelrzdesign17 @joed54 @brilliant-rf @liquidrock note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Please update plugin’s compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@theotheo note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let us know if you have…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Is it save to use this plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@metasequoia note that we just released version 1.9.10 today, let us know if you have…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Allegedly abandoned but still *very* useful!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@gwynethllewelyn we're actually just about to release a 1.9.10 update to the plugin, so stay…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Author image is not updating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kindle123 can you share more details about the version of Simple Local Avatars and WordPress…
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: February 15th, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion on…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Agency go-to for SVG uploads, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@cr0ybot thanks for the kind words and review on Safe SVG and for starting the…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Great Plugin Great Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wordpresssites thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Ensuring Proper Attribution for Contributions to WordPress on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Co-authored-by trailers can only be added to commit messages easily when using GitHub Desktop. When…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 2nd February 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’d like to ensure we discuss https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/01/31/ensuring-proper-attribution-for-contributions-to-wordpress-on-github/ as the sooner we can settle on a…
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, CANCELLED Tide Chat: February 1st, on the site Tide:
This weeks Tide meeting originally scheduled for has been CANCELED due to a personal medical…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Add alt to image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alikit is that a WP core field for media or something custom for RankMath?
4 months ago
Posted a reply to limit number of redirects?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mp1985 as of version 1.10.1 the maximum number of redirects is 1,000. If you have…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Add alt to image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alikit what field is RankMath looking for alt text in?
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Developer Hours now scheduled, first event Feb 8th, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This sounds great, though will unlikely be able to make this timing so I hope…
4 months ago
Created issue #256 in the WordPress/wporg-news-2021 repository:
Re-categorize and remove `Uncategorized` category
4 months ago
Created issue #255 in the WordPress/wporg-news-2021 repository:
Copy: not many folks know what `P2` is, suggestion to remove those...
4 months ago
Created issue #254 in the WordPress/wporg-news-2021 repository:
Design: People of WordPress _might_ be nicer to ensure we show headshots
4 months ago