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
https://make.wordpress.org/community/2022/12/20/community-team-reps-for-2023/#comment-30539

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.

People of WordPress – Leo Gopal:
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/06/people-of-wordpress-leo-gopal/

WordCamp Cape Town Talk on Mental Wellness and the WordPress Community:
https://wordpress.tv/2016/11/24/leo-gopal-the-wordpress-community-mental-wellness-and-you/

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

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

Contribution History

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

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Completed the course Writing in the WordPress Voice on learn.wordpress.org
5 days 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…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: [Experiment] Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams for a Quarter., on the site Make WordPress Community:
Teams who may be interested in this topic or providing their feedback too. +make.wordpress.org/training/ +make.wordpress.org/docs/…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: [Experiment] Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams for a Quarter., on the site Make WordPress Community:
@milana_cap, thank you so kindly for this background and information to benefits and usages that…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dedicated communication place for WordCamp mentors, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Hi @peiraisotta, great proposal. I often find it weird that we have the team and…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thanks for catching that! I thought after submitting it would show the results at the…
2 weeks ago
Completed the course How Decisions Are Made in the WordPress Project on learn.wordpress.org
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
@rmarks, great points. The move is more for the benefits provided by using the same…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
@tacoverdo -- I have reached out to the other teams to get a sense of…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
Update: Other teams using github already were kind enough to share some of the resources…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
@unintended8 - love your points and legitimate concerns of how this would work or be…
2 weeks ago
Created issue #2 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Testing visibility and privileges
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: Adopt Standardised Team-wide Project Management Tools – already utilised by other Make Teams., on the site Make WordPress Community:
This proposal is focused towards improving our project management and goal and progress tracking by…
2 weeks ago
Created issue #1 in the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
Gain more permissions for the Community-Team
2 weeks ago
Received props from @evarlese in Slack:
Props to @leogopal @Nao @kharisblank @LidiaLAB @devinmaeztri @robinwpdeveloper @pokeraitis and @casiepa for participating in the…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Vote for Community Team Rep 2023, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Being able to contribute in 2023 as a Community team rep would not only be…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Update: Global Meetup Reactivation Project, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Always great to see the progress and the work you are so wonderfully doing @peiraisotta…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on November 23, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@jillbinder didn't realise just how much fantastic work is happening through the #wpdiversity team and…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup Organizer Newsletter: November 2022, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@peiraisotta -- you and the team are doing some immensely valuable and great work in…
2 months ago
Created issue #134 in the WordPress/meeting-calendar repository:
Include the regular #WPDiversity Meetings onto the Calendar
2 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
huge personal props to @evarlese on her work pushing the https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2022/11/08/starting-a-polyglots-outreach-effort/, @peiraisotta for her constant…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Rep Nominations for 2023, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Honored and grateful for being nominated with such kind words @megabyterose, @peiraisotta, @_dorsvenabili, and @devinmaeztri…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Rep Nominations for 2023, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Would be happy to help :) (if @peiraisotta thinks its something I can handle? knows…
3 months ago
Created ticket #125009 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.5.2
5 months ago
Created ticket #124911 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.5.0
5 months ago
Suggested 42 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Created ticket #124893 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.3.0
5 months ago
Created ticket #124883 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.2.2
5 months ago
Created ticket #124677 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.2.0
5 months ago
Created ticket #124622 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.1.1
5 months ago
Created ticket #124497 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.1.0
5 months ago
Created ticket #124113 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.6
5 months ago
Created ticket #124080 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.5
5 months ago
Created ticket #124079 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.4
5 months ago
Posted a reply to A Solid Starter Theme for FSE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the awesome review Alex, I hope future releases will keep you just as…
5 months ago
Created ticket #124037 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.3
5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup Organizer Newsletter: August 2022, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Really great newsletter @peiraisotta -- really great to see so many supporting the Meetup Reactivation…
5 months ago
Suggested 16 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Giving FSE a More User Friendly Name, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1
6 months ago
Suggested 30 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Created ticket #123179 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.2
6 months ago
Created ticket #121983 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Simplifii – 1.0.1
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post July Meetup Organizer newsletter, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for an awesome round-up newsletter @mysweetcate. Definitely lots to absorb and help; as a…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Deputy / Organizer Training: Vetting WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Great topic and training for a newly returning deputy, thanks @samsuresh; and @_dorsvenabili; might not…
7 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
Huge thank you for the wonderful first Orientation in joining the WordPress Community Deputy team…
7 months ago
Completed the course WordCamp Mentor Training on learn.wordpress.org
7 months ago
Completed the course Community Meeting Etiquette on learn.wordpress.org
7 months ago
Completed the course Open Source Basics and WordPress on learn.wordpress.org
7 months ago
Completed the course Open Source Basics and WordPress on learn.wordpress.org
7 months ago
Completed the course Basic Principles of Conflict Resolution on learn.wordpress.org
7 months ago