Jos Velasco (@josvelasco) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Jos is a DreamHost consultant, assisting with specific WordPress cases, actively contributing to the WordPress community by organizing local meetups in Guadalajara, and promoting the testing and use of the WordPress Site Editor.

He builds websites exclusively with WordPress. He has been working in web design for over fifteen years, covering front-end and back-end development and extensive configuration. He studied Computer Systems Engineering in Mexico, where he acquired fundamental problem-solving skills.

Interests

Hiking, Movies, Food

WordPress Origin Story

One day, I visited the website of a non-tech student from my university. It was effortless for him to use and update, and I got mad; maybe I was just jealous because I built my blog using HTML tables manually and had to copy and paste each time I entered a new post.

I saw his site was powered by WordPress, and I understood there was a big opportunity to build and create awesome things together as a community.

From there, I started writing blog posts, and suddenly, this software could add pages, not just posts. With a partner, I started building websites, and then I became so addicted to WordPress that I decided to make a living from it.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Core Contributor '22 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

3 badges

Photo Contributor '23 Photos Team '26 WordPress.tv Contributor '26

COMMUNITY

3 badges

Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '18

PRACTICE

2 badges

C Credits Mentor '26 Test Contributor '23

POLYGLOTS

1 badge

Translation Contributor '21

Current Job

WordPress consultant

Mar 2023 – Present

DreamHost

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

1contribution

high0

medium1

score1

Last 90 days

16contributions

high6

medium10

score28

Last 12 months

53contributions

high14

medium39

score81

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 4 releases

Time commitment

12 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

DreamHost

Contributions

Type

June 2026

Jun 01 Mon · 23:57

Core med

Created issue #78869 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Gallery lightbox: clicking the expanded image should not close the dialog when…

May 2026

May 16 Sat · 22:23

Polyglots high

Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 15 Fri · 16:04

Polyglots high

Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 15 Fri · 02:27

Polyglots med

Suggested 22 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 14 Thu · 21:40

Polyglots high

Translated 11 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 13 Wed · 18:32

Polyglots high

Translated 64 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 13 Wed · 18:26

Polyglots med

Suggested 164 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

May 12 Tue · 14:26

Meta high

Wrote a new post, What We’re Learning from First-Time WP Credits Mentors: A Story from the Field, on the site Make WordPress Community:
A first-time WP Credits mentor reflects on what his cohort revealed about onboarding, scoping projects,…

May 11 Mon · 03:24

Forums med

Posted a reply to Feature Request: Make /admin and /login work (not urgent), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @pmmueller, thanks for the report! This is now fixed in version 1.1.1 — updating…

May 04 Mon · 18:22

Polyglots high

Translated 34 strings on translate.wordpress.org.