Bernhard Kau – @kau-boy

Member Since: June 5th, 2009
Location: Berlin
Website: kau-boys.com
Employer: VCAT Consulting GmbH
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Bio

Web developer from Berlin, blogging and posting about WordPress and other technical topics, active member of the WP Meetup Berlin and WP Meetup Potsdam and member of the organization team of the WP Camp 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 😀

Contributions

Bernhard Kau contributes 10 hours per week to the Community team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
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Committed [2189220] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.0.5 from GitHub

3 days ago
Committed [2189176] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

3 days ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Stuttgart 2019 coming up on November 8th

2 weeks ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2020

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for participants: Creating A Welcoming And Diverse Space (Online Workshop on Sun, Oct 6), on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I would love to participate. My Slack username is @kau-boy.

1 month ago
Committed [2158033] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.0.1 from GitHub

2 months ago
Committed [2156547] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.0.0 from GitHub

2 months ago
Committed [2143368] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2142987] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2142718] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.2.0 from GitHub

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hey Zach, the videos I can find of you on WordPress.tv, none of them seems…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hey Patrick, the rules are about company logos and branding. And they don't ban them…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I agree that it might be hard for a speaker to tell there employers, that…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Censorship is about the content of a talk, not the design. And you can have…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If the talk is about themselves, that's fine. If it's something like a case study,…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
My argument is, that a speaker is not speaking for a company. The company they…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We are not limiting the number. We try to avoid too many speakers from one…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The part I am mentioning is not specificly about this topic, but it shows the…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
At many WordCamps, organizers get the complain, that "there are too many speakers from company…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@alvarogois, please don't mix up things here. This rules are regarding WordCamp videos. As slides…

7 months ago
Committed [2055520] to Plugins Trac:
update tested up to

8 months ago
Committed [2055516] to Plugins Trac:
tagging version 0.7.5

8 months ago
Committed [2055515] to Plugins Trac:
release version 0.7.5

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all any longer ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you like the update or the plugin in general, I would appreciate a review…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all any longer ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@nothin7 as I still had some time to wast before catching my flight, I looked…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all any longer ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@nothin7 I've added a filter, if you still want to use it. Just add this…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not Working After Change to https, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin checks on the post title only, not on the URL, so I cannot…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all any longer ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've just checked it with a fresh installation of WordPress 5.1 and the Classic Editor…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Anti-splog error message caused, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @rsioncke, I check the combination of Antispam Bee together with Anti Splog and the…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Internationalization and localization of a customized Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The text domain has to be used on every string that should be translated: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/internationalization/#add-text-domain-to-strings…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Plugin throws PHP warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Version 1.7.1 throws a PHP warning: PHP Warning: cal…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Logos in WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
You mean enforcing them to have an "about me" slide in their presentations? On larger…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Logos in WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
In the content team of WordCamp Europe we discussed a lot about sponsor logos in…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Logos in WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I would say that we should not include any logos in post-production. Even those from…

1 year ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2019 coming up on June 21st

1 year ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2019 coming up on June 21st

1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Würzburg 2018 coming up on September 22nd

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Github – Forked from pluginkollektiv/cachify, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo, ich kann leider nicht ganz nachvollziehen, was genau du loswerden willst. In der Liste…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Autocomplete still possible (with Edge)?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tarjanyela, I can try to reproduce the issue. Could you tell me which OS…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Autocomplete still possible (with Edge)?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tarjanyela. I just checked with the latest versions of WordPress and the plugin and…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Plugin string are not translatable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, the plugin is using the wrong textdomai…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Guideline Update: Clarifications to trialware and human readability, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
I like the idea of having all (self created) source code in a readable form…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: What makes a sponsor incompatible with our program?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If a hosting company is allowing software on it's server that violate the GPL, should…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all any longer ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report! I really have to check, what might not working.

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Welcome to WordCamp WordCamp Europe, on the site WordCamp WordCamp Europe:
Organizers note: Please update the portions with red text. We're happy to announce that WordCamp…

1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Retreat Soltau 2018 coming up on May 4th

2 years ago
Created a topic, Why not in the customizer?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why is this not an option in the Customizer? This woul…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Why not in the customizer?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why is this not an option in the Customizer? This woul…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should we change the default WordCamp theme to CampSite 2017?, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I would also go with a little simpler layout. Maybe one that uses both available…

2 years ago
Created a new ticket, #3304, in Meta Trac:
Links in the profile content should be underlined

2 years ago