Leo Gopal – @leogopal | WordPress.org

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

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

WordPress Enthusiast in every way, contributing anyway I know how to:
Speaker, WordCamp Organiser, Community Member, Meetup Organiser, Developer and more.

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

WordCamp Cape Talk:
https://wordpress.tv/2016/11/24/leo-gopal-the-wordpress-community-mental-wellness-and-you/

WPHugs joins Big Orange Heart:
https://www.bigorangeheart.org/2019/08/wpup-and-wphugs-become-one-family/

WordPress focused Podcast: Helping my future self-help itself – #038 →
https://www.bigorangeheart.org/podcast/helping-my-future-self-help-itself-038/

Interests

WP Development, WP Community, Mental Health Advocate with WP&UP, Happiness Engineer and 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 4 hours per week to the following teams: Accessibility, Community, Core, Documentation, Hosting, Meta, Support, Themes, Training.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Plugins
Favorites

Committed [2512628] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.1.3 from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2512503] to Plugins Trac:
Update version

1 month ago
Created a topic, Does what it says on the box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Works exceptionally well to assist in debugging and te…

2 months ago
Committed [2498343] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version 2.1.1

2 months ago
Committed [2498340] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version 2.1.1

2 months ago
Committed [2498332] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version

2 months ago
Committed [2498327] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version

2 months ago
Committed [2498323] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version

2 months ago
Committed [2498321] to Plugins Trac:
Updated support for latest WP Version

2 months ago
Created a topic, Does what it says on the can, and seamlessly., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you run a South African based site and simply wish …

1 year ago
Committed [2261103] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.0.3 from GitHub

1 year ago
Committed [2260797] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.0.2 from GitHub

1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Cape Town 2019

1 year ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Cape Town 2017 2017

4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Beta Testers Needed for New WordCamp Theme, on the site Make WordPress Community:
We, at WordCamp Cape Town, would also love to join in.

4 years ago
Created a topic, Helps development so much, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sometimes you just can't track down which file a piece…

4 years ago
Created a topic, It works exactly as it says it does., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When Last Login is a cleanly coded and well thought ou…

4 years ago
Created a topic, Does what it says on the box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I tried this plugin out and without any need for confi…

4 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Cape Town 2016

4 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Johannesburg 2016

5 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Cape Town 2016

5 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Cape Town

5 years ago
Released a new plugin, WP DropFilters

5 years ago
Closed ticket #24146, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Card Disp – 1.0

6 years ago
Closed ticket #25107, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Admize – 1.0.0

6 years ago
Closed ticket #25105, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Phone1st – 1.0

6 years ago
Closed ticket #25088, in Themes Trac:
THEME: YAT_Mattery – 1.0

6 years ago
Closed ticket #25081, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Privo Premium – 1.0

6 years ago
Created a new ticket, #25448, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Brevitas – 1.0.0

6 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Community Core Team, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Definitely Count me in. Keen to help out as much as is possible. :)

6 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Cape Town 2015

6 years ago
Released a new plugin, Simple System Status

6 years ago
Created a new ticket, #21449, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Zenhabits Reloaded - 0.9

7 years ago

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Simple custom post likes

Active Installs: Less than 10
Simple System Status

Active Installs: 600+
WP DropFilters

Active Installs: Less than 10

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