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.

Badges

CODE

4 badges

Core Contributor '15 Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer

CONTENT

5 badges

Documentation Contributor '23 O Openverse Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '24 WordPress.tv Team '24

COMMUNITY

5 badges

Community Contributor '23 Community Team '22 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '17

PRACTICE

1 badge

Training Contributor '23

POLYGLOTS

1 badge

Translation Contributor '17

Current Job

WP Engineer & Community Manager & Educator

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WordPress releases

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Contributions

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January 2025

Jan 10 Fri · 11:40

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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…

Jan 10 Fri · 11:16

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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…

Jan 10 Fri · 11:11

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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…

December 2024

Dec 18 Wed · 10:28

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Created issue #1446 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
Github Tracker Issue Creation button and Associated Github Tracking Link field for…

Dec 18 Wed · 10:09

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Created issue #404 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
[WordCamp] WordCamp Buea, South West Region, Cameroon

Dec 16 Mon · 12:14

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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.…

Dec 06 Fri · 18:03

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Merged pull request #389 into WordPress/Community-Team:
Create SECURITY.md

Dec 04 Wed · 07:11

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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…

Dec 04 Wed · 06:07

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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

Dec 04 Wed · 06:07

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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