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Bernhard Kau

Senior Web Engineer at Syde GmbH

@kau-boy Berlin joined Jun 2009

kau-boys.com github.com/2ndkauboy Slack: @kau-boy
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    Bio

    Web developer from Berlin, blogging about WordPress and other technical topics, active member of the WP Meetup Berlin and WP Meetup Potsdam, former organization of different WordPress events in Berlin and WordCamp Europe as well as current organizer of WP Meetup Berlin.

    WordPress Origin Story

    The first time I get my hands on WordPress was … writing my first plugin 😉

    Not the typical way, but only two days after that, I started my first personal blog. The rest is history 😀

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Pattern Author '23 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '16
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Senior Web Engineer
    Oct 2022 – Present
    Syde GmbH

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high3
    medium2
    score11
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high3
    medium6
    score15
    Last 12 months
    48contributions
    high32
    medium16
    score112

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 8 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.7
    • 6.2
    • 5.6
    • 5.0
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.0

    Time commitment

    6 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 09 Wed · 15:39
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Antispm?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The current version only works for comments. We are actively working on a new version…
    August 2026
    Aug 27 Thu · 19:04
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'd love to see that land in 7.2 and while I can't give feedback in…
    Aug 24 Mon · 20:10
    Plugins high
    Committed [3664226] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating readme/assets from GitHub
    Aug 24 Mon · 13:43
    Polyglots high
    Translated 31 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 24 Mon · 10:39
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 07 Fri · 22:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Slightly extended Fail2Ban integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I didn't know we had this on the documentation page. 🙈😅Then I assume v3 could…
    Aug 07 Fri · 22:11
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Slightly extended Fail2Ban integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks a neat idea combining the ASB log with fail2ban. Would you mind sharing your…
    July 2026
    Jul 09 Thu · 14:52
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Anthropic engine: conversation history lost after every function call, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @taohi,I think you have posted this to the wrong plugin support forum. This does…
    June 2026
    Jun 15 Mon · 19:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Missing details about language detection method, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The function is described here in the documentation: https://antispambee.pluginkollektiv.org/documentation/#allow-comments-only-in-certain-language Antispam Bee uses a service called…
    May 2026
    May 30 Sat · 17:16
    Polyglots high
    Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Developer

    13 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Photos

    4 contributions

    View all 4 photos in the Photo Directory

    Completed courses

    1 completed

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    Plugins

    37 favorites

    Translations

    6 locales
    de_DE Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Patterns

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 38 projects.

    WordPress for iOS WordCamp.org WordPress.org Antispam Bee AntiVirus Booking Package Breadcrumb Trail Bulk Download for Gravity Forms Campaign Archive Block for Mailchimp Collapsing Archives Webheadcoder Multi-Step Forms for Contact Form 7 Crazy Lazy Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) Download Manager DW Question & Answer Embeds for ProvenExpert Event Tickets and Registration Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! Hello World Language Fallback Nav Menu Roles Post grid and filter ultimate Really Simple CAPTCHA SyntaxHighlighter Evolved SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: SASS Brush Unique Title Checker User Verification by PickPlugins Webmention WooCommerce Accommodation Bookings Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution WP Job Manager WP Post Expires User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission WPMeetup Widget deutschsprachig Astra Auberge Bizberg Reykjavik

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 25 projects.

    Add From Server All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Antispam Bee AntiVirus Bulk Download for Gravity Forms Campaign Archive Block for Mailchimp Contact Form 7 Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) Download Manager Embeds for ProvenExpert Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! Hello World Backend Localization Language Fallback Nav Menu Roles Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions Posts in Page Save Post. Check Links. SyntaxHighlighter Evolved: SASS Brush Unique Title Checker WooCommerce Accommodation Bookings WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce WP Post Expires WP Wiki Tooltip Astra

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_CH Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Language Fallback Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

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    de_CH / informal Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Language Fallback

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    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Language Fallback

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    nn_NO Norsk nynorsk (Norwegian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Breadcrumb Trail

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