Leo Gopal (@leogopal) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Global WordPress Community Rep for 2023 and 2024.

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

Formerly a Happiness Engineer and Expert Community Advocate 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.

Member Since: November 23rd, 2008
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: leogopal.com
GitHub: leogopal
Job Title: WP Engineer & Community Team Rep
Employer: Hostinger
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Contribution History

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

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Wrote a comment on the post 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@peiraisotta is definitely an amazing inspiration to the WordPress Community since it was working alongside…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Congratulations to @adityakane, @webtechpooja, and @thehopemonger for being voted in as the Community Team Reps…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
We are beyond thrilled to introduce the new WordPress Community Team Reps for 2025! This…
2 months ago
Created issue #1446 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
Github Tracker Issue Creation button and Associated Github Tracking Link field for...
3 months ago
Created issue #404 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[WordCamp] WordCamp Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, [Update] 2025 Community Team Rep’s Voting ends, Thoughts & farewell from a Rep, and more., on the site Make WordPress Community:
The Team Reps of 2024 express gratitude for community participation in voting for new nominees.…
3 months ago
Merged pull request #389 into WordPress/Community-Team:
Create SECURITY.md
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
We are having some issues with CrowdSignal, so we have replaced it with a google…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Moses Cursor CrowdSignal Support has resolved this, please refresh and confirm on your end. @mosescursor
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
CrowdSignal Support has resolved this, please refresh and confirm on your end. @fitehal
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
CrowdSignal Support has resolved this, please refresh and confirm on your end. @awarner20
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominations process for the 2025 team reps!…
4 months ago
Created issue #94 in the WordPress/Community repository:
[July] Community Team Monthly Meeting
4 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
token
8 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
issue metrics
8 months ago
Created issue #240 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
Props
8 months ago
Created issue #239 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[Meetup] Surat, Gujarat, India
8 months ago
Created issue #238 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[Meetup] Halsnæs (Halsnaes)
8 months ago
Closed issue #237 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
Test #1 General
8 months ago
Created issue #237 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
Test #1 General
8 months ago
Created issue #236 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[WordCamp] WordCamp Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
8 months ago
Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/Community-Team:
Merge branch 'trunk' of https://github.com/WordPress/Community-Team into trunk
8 months ago
Merged pull request #232 into WordPress/Community-Team:
Advanced Issue Labeler: Try switching to a maintained parser.
8 months ago
Received props from @francescodicandia in Slack:
I resumed vetting meetups after stopping for a while. Props to @peiraisotta, @devinmaeztri and @leogopal…
8 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
update
11 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
fix
11 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
edits
11 months ago
Created issue #85 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[WordCamp/Meetup/WordPress Event] :
11 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
adjusted workflows
11 months ago
Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Community.
11 months ago
Wrote a new handbook page, Using Github, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Overview The Community Team uses the GitHub repository @WordPress/Community-Team All team-wide tasks, projects, and tracking…
11 months ago
Created issue #102 in the WordPress/props-bot-action repository:
Community Team Implementation
11 months ago
Closed issue #51 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[Meetup] Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
11 months ago
Closed issue #35 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[Event]:
11 months ago
Created ticket #7563 on Meta Trac:
Create repo @WordPress/contributor-handbook
11 months ago
Closed issue #90 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
[Meetup]: Onomichi, Hiroshima
11 months ago
Closed issue #70 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[WordCamp]: WordCamp Toulouse
11 months ago
Closed issue #74 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
[Meetup]: Test
11 months ago
Closed issue #82 on the WordPress/Community-Issue-Tracker repository:
[Meetup]: Ilorin
11 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
props bot
12 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
label on assigned
12 months ago
Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/Community-Team:
Merge branch 'trunk' of https://github.com/WordPress/Community-Team into trunk
12 months ago
Created issue #64 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
Host Community Team Monthly Chat April - 9pm UCT
12 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
Update Contributing and Standard files
12 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
12 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
Create Github Event Issue Creator | Bookmarklet Demo.mp4
12 months ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
updated to ignore vscode
12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Are we continuing to use Trello for project planning?, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thank you for opening up this discussion @mysweetcate 🙏 I agree with @peiraisottaand @courtneypk to…
12 months ago
Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/Community-Team:
Merge branch 'trunk' of https://github.com/WordPress/Community-Team into trunk
1 year ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Community-Team:
actions
1 year ago