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Kurt Payne

Sr. PHP Developer

@kurtpayne Phoenix, AZ joined Jul 2011

kpayne.me Slack: @kurtpayne

    Bio

    I enjoy using, learning, and contributing to WordPress. I am a php zealout and all around nerdy guy.

    I work for Go Daddy, but my opinions are my own.

    Interests

    php, psychology, whatever’s on tv, action movies, local food, grammar arguments

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '14

    Current Job

    Sr. PHP Developer
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 90 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 12 months
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 6.7
    • 6.5
    • 6.1
    • 5.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.4
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 19 Sun · 10:38
    Plugins high
    Committed [3613452] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.2 from GitHub
    Jul 16 Thu · 00:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3609524] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.1 from GitHub
    Jul 15 Wed · 06:20
    Plugins high
    Committed [3608300] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.0 from GitHub
    Jul 15 Wed · 01:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3608161] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.3.4 from GitHub
    September 2024
    Sep 17 Tue · 22:39
    Core high
    Mentioned in [59039] on WordPress SVN:
    Bootstrap/Load: Ensure uses of set_time_limit are documented why.
    February 2024
    Feb 06 Tue · 23:44
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57545] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Introduce Plugin Dependencies.
    October 2022
    Oct 04 Tue · 03:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [54378] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Remove private delegation from list tables.
    February 2021
    Feb 02 Tue · 03:08
    Core high
    Mentioned in [50135] on WordPress SVN:
    Cron API: Run alternative wp-cron later, do not run on archived blogs.
    November 2016
    Nov 18 Fri · 05:58
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to p3 plugin performance shows currency switcher causing slow load time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi James, Just taking a quick look at the Currency Switcher plugin and it looks…
    May 2016
    May 27 Fri · 11:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [37583] on WordPress SVN:
    Database: Normalize index definitions in `dbDelta()`.