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Ken Gagne

Project Manager

@kgagne Boston, Massachusetts joined Jan 2007

kengagne.com github.com/gamebits Slack: @Ken Gagne

    Bio

    I use WordPress to power a variety of personal, professional, non-profit, e-commerce, and podcast sites, many of them themes around local arts or retrocomputing.

    Interests

    Diversity in gaming, Apple II, contra dancing, Star Trek, podcasting, multiple sclerosis

    WordPress Origin Story

    After migrating from CompuServe to GEnie to Delphi, I decided to found my own home on the Internet and used WordPress to do it.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Project Manager
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high2
    medium3
    score9
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high2
    medium7
    score13
    Last 12 months
    18contributions
    high2
    medium16
    score22

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 6.9

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 09 Fri · 05:41
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Dynamic User Directory] <= 2.4 is vulnerable to a high priority, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here are more details about CVE-2026-42720: The Dynamic User Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable…
    Oct 07 Wed · 22:39
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Epoch Comments CLI error on line 504, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    When running an unrelated WP-CLI command, I got this e…
    Oct 01 Thu · 19:33
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64035] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Constrain the site icon's size.
    Oct 01 Thu · 19:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64034] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Constrain the site icon's size.
    September 2026
    Sep 22 Tue · 17:14
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Raw JavaScript printed at top of screen during plugin updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    When navigating to the WordPress Updates screen (wp-ad…
    August 2026
    Aug 19 Wed · 22:36
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Location Link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Nice! I asked for this almost two years ago — great to finally see it!
    July 2026
    Jul 28 Tue · 17:20
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to SQL Injection vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for the swift response, and sorry for the false alarm!
    Jul 28 Tue · 06:17
    Forums med
    Created a topic, SQL Injection vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Jetpack informed me of vulnerability CVE-2026-65526 af…
    Jul 23 Thu · 22:04
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Fixing undefined key array error from wp_verify_nonce in WP-CLI, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I was using WP_CLI to update a bunch of posts unrelate…
    May 2026
    May 30 Sat · 12:03
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Invalid timezone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My site health was reporting a critical error with an …