Leo Gopal (@leogopal) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: November 23rd, 2008
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: leogopal.com
GitHub: leogopal
Job Title: Happiness Engineer (EMEA)
Employer: Codeable
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Bio

Global WordPress Community Rep for 2023

I like poetry, travel, and philosophy.
I sometimes write code that works.
Mental Health Advocate at BigOrangeHeart:

Currently a Happiness Engineer at Codeable, the largest premium WordPress marketplace for skilled experts to connect with clients with dreams to make real.

Featured on WordPress News: People of WordPress – Leo Gopal

WordCamp Cape Town Talk on Mental Wellness and the WordPress Community

Interests

WP Development, WP Community, Mental Health Advocate with aBigOrangeHeart, Happiness Engineer at Codeable, Self-Development, Psychology, Efficiency, Philosophy, Poetry, Lists, Irony, and Bad Dad Jokes.

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress in 2005 for my first blog.
Always look back an see how far we have come.

HeroPress has my Origin to WordPress Essay,
Titled: “W-W-Waiting For The Right Circumstances”
https://heropress.com/essays/w-w-waiting-for-the-right-circumstances/

I had a stutter, and my WordPress blog was the first place I could speak fluently.
And a decade in the WordPress world, I have never looked back.

Contributions Sponsored

Leo Gopal contributes 12 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Documentation, Marketing, Openverse, Photos, Polyglots, Themes, and Training.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Pattern Author
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Training Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Wrote a comment on the post Introducing the WordPress.org GitHub Invite tool, on the site Make WordPress.org:
@dd32 this is amazing -- I am the Community Team Rep driving the Github Adoption…
2 weeks ago
Created issue #1 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Getting Started
2 months ago
Created ticket #7209 on Meta Trac:
WP DEIB Working Group getting setup on WP.org Github Repo + Projects ...
2 months ago
Translated 15 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Received props from @harishanker in Slack:
Props to all the WordPress Contributor Working Group Members for all their hard work and…
3 months ago
Closed issue #30 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add a slack Welcome Workflow to welcome new members to the Community...
4 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker:
Create standard-template.md
4 months ago
Created issue #30 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add a slack Welcome Workflow to welcome new members to the Community...
4 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker:
Issue Templates
4 months ago
Received props from @peiraisotta in Slack:
Props to @thehopemonger, @luwie93, @leogopal, @mrogers4christ, @halibeanz, @fataj, and @thelmachido for reactivating 57.50% of dormant…
4 months ago
Created issue #2 in the WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker repository:
Create Doc for Discussion points around Workflow
4 months ago
Created issue #1 in the WordPress/wp-contributor-working-group-tracker repository:
Initiate Github Projects for Working group
4 months ago
Created ticket #7006 on Meta Trac:
WP Contributor Working Group assistance setting up on Github Projects
4 months ago
Created issue #23 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add Pilot Project Tasks to Project board
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Launching the Contributor Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thank you @angelasjin and @harishanker as always for never failing to making me feel welcome.…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Recap of the Contributor Working Group’s Mentorship Chat on May 18, 2023, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Amazing work and progress as always @harishanker! I would more than be honored to assist…
4 months ago
Closed issue #16 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Testing Slack integration
5 months ago
Closed issue #4 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Test Item
5 months ago
Closed issue #2 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Testing visibility and privileges
5 months ago
Closed issue #17 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add mentors currently active to Slack usergroup and private channel.
5 months ago
Closed issue #18 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Complete Meeting Recap #2
5 months ago
Created issue #22 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Create Github proposal including handbook for voting
5 months ago
Received props from @mysweetcate in Slack:
Props to @leogopal and @nukaga!! I've had a really busy couple of weeks and they…
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Launching the Contributor Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Community:
As a Rep, I feel the goals align very well with some of what I/we…
7 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
@dd32 for allowing me to bug them but so graciously helped with all my team…
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Modify the Events and News widget to show topic-based meetups worldwide, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@mysweetcate -- I have always wanted and wondered how nice it would be to show…
7 months ago
Created issue #21 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Get list of active and recently dormant team members
8 months ago
Created issue #20 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
meetup reactivation / mentoring program
8 months ago
Created issue #19 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Create proposal for cross-team buddy programs.
8 months ago
Created issue #18 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Complete Meeting Recap #2
8 months ago
Created issue #17 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add mentors currently active to Slack usergroup and private channel.
8 months ago
Created a topic, Does what it says on the box., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to find something on your WP site?You've foun…
8 months ago
Created issue #16 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Testing Slack integration
8 months ago
Created issue #15 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Keep organizing the community team training and keep collaborating with training and...
8 months ago
Created issue #14 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Improve our Forms for applications and onboarding and attendeees
8 months ago
Created issue #13 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
helping the reactivated group to stay active.
8 months ago
Created issue #12 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Streamline contributor journeys
8 months ago
Created issue #11 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Improve Tracking, Metrics, and Analytics data across the board
8 months ago
Created issue #10 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Standardise Project Management Tooling and keep it up to date
8 months ago
Created issue #9 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Meetup Mentorship Program
8 months ago
Created issue #8 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
encourage all our organisers to make more diverse, inclusive, accessible, and sustainable...
8 months ago
Created issue #7 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Create checklists for mentors
8 months ago
Created issue #6 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
more value on the wp.org profiles we have
8 months ago
Created issue #5 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
redesign of central.wordcamp.org
8 months ago
Created issue #4 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Test Item
8 months ago
Created issue #3 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Reactivation of former Community Team Members Proposal
8 months ago
Reopened ticket #6733 on Meta Trac:
Notifications channel for Community team on Slack (for Github and ...
8 months ago
Created ticket #6733 on Meta Trac:
Notifications channel for Community team on Slack (for Github and ...
8 months ago
Completed the course Writing in the WordPress Voice on learn.wordpress.org
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Meta subproject for evaluating Matrix, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I think this is a great idea to run an experiment with. If after the…
8 months ago