Enrico Battocchi (@lopo) – WordPress user profile

Bio

In 2007 I started developing Duplicate Post, which over time has become one of the most popular plugins for WordPress.
Since June 2020 I have followed my creation by joining Yoast. Now I’m the lead developer of the plugin team, and I oversee the releases of all the Yoast plugins for WordPress.

WordPress Origin Story

When I began working as a freelancer in 2007, I was lucky to decide to use WordPress as my primary tool for pet projects and websites for clients.
While working on a site for a small cinema, I thought that I could use a plugin to make clones of posts in a quick way, so I coded it and published it on the WordPress.org repository. Over time it grew to become one of the most popular free plugins around…

Contributions

Enrico Battocchi contributes 5 hours per week to the Community team.

Member Since: November 21st, 2007
Location: Livorno, Italy
Website: lopo.it
GitHub: enricobattocchi
Job Title: Lead Developer and Plugin Release Lead
Employer: Yoast
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Contribution History

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

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Posted a reply to llms.txt file not being created on WordPress.com hosted sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thewebsmiths,we're sorry for the problem you are experiencing. We are trying to reproduce the…
3 days ago
Pull request #1464 merged into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
Allow a Gravatar `size` attr for the attendees shortcode
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #1464 to WordPress/wordcamp.org:
Allow a Gravatar `size` attr for the attendees shortcode
3 months ago
Created issue #1463 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
Improve the attendees shortcode by adding a `size` attribute for Gravatars
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Be Part of WordCamp Europe 2025 – Volunteer in Basel!, on the site WordCamp Pisa, Tuscany, Italy:
Excitement is ever rising for the twelfth edition of WordCamp Europe, taking place in the…
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Be Part of WordCamp Europe 2025 – Volunteer in Basel!, on the site WordCamp Europe 2025 Testing Site:
Excitement is ever rising for the twelfth edition of WordCamp Europe, taking place in the…
4 months ago
Closed pull request #24894 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Add audible messages to confirm the "move block" actions
6 months ago
Created issue #67207 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Hiding all metaboxes prevents `POST` request to `post.php` to save meta fields
7 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2025
7 months ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @mobarak @mosescursor @eroan @ali7ali @showravhasan @fazyshah @jagirbahesh @sarthaknagoshe2002 @zunaid321 @zeelthakkar @istiaqhossain @up1512001 @ankitkumarshah…
7 months ago
Pull request #1381 merged into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
Add custom class to attendees URLs
9 months ago
Submitted pull request #1381 to WordPress/wordcamp.org:
Add custom class to attendees URLs
9 months ago
Created issue #1379 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
Attendees list: make URLs stylable based on the related question
9 months ago
Mentioned in [58873] on Core SVN:
Docs: Remove unsupported values in `plugins_api()` DocBlocks.
10 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
11 months ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
11 months ago
Committed [3118182] to Plugins SVN:
Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.6 and the minimum ...
11 months ago
Committed [3116524] to Plugins SVN:
Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.6
11 months ago
Committed [3112542] to Plugins SVN:
Add animated icons and delete non-animated icons
11 months ago
Committed [3110875] to Plugins SVN:
Simplify blueprint.json
12 months ago
Mentioned in [58254] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
1 year ago
Mentioned in [58250] on Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
1 year ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
1 year ago
Created issue #1452 in the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
SQL and JS errors with Yoast SEO
1 year ago
Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 year ago
Reviewed 16 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@banec sorry to see you're still experiencing issues.If you use the WooCommerce Produce tabs plugin,…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to v2.1.0+: fatal error with Yoast, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks @andykeith! We'll let our users know if they contact us!
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads up @turkeysforlife! But that should not be related (it looks like…
1 year ago
Created a topic, v2.1.0+: fatal erro with Yoast, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey! I'm a developer for Yoast SEO.We recently got a n…
1 year ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
1 year ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 year ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2024 Testing Site
2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for Rome Core Days 2024
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate WooCommerce Product ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not at the moment!
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate WooCommerce Product ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @patrickhaond,we are not actively following the improvements on the WooCommerce side so we can't…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate WooCommerce Product ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @patrickhaond,thanks!Youu are right, you cannot use it out of the box to clone WooCommerce…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to -2 appended to slug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @lanaann,our apologies for the delay in our response!When the post is republished, the slug…
2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2024
2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2024
2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2024
2 years ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I Rewrite & Republish via API or programmatically?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! Currently there is no REST API available to duplicate posts.As @mmtom says, duplicate_post_create_duplicate is…
2 years ago
Submitted pull request #5405 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Introduce the `comment_metadata` filter
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Notice box in Dashboard with subscribtion form won’t close, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @brain8torm,sorry to hear that. It may be happening because of some JS error or…
2 years ago
Mentioned in [56392] on Core SVN:
Editor: Only exclude auto-generated block files from coding standards checks.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Taxonomy issues on Elementor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks @funnelmatix! The info you provide tells us out investigation is in the right direction.…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Taxonomy issues on Elementor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @funnelmatix , we are investigating and we may have found why it happens in…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Yoast SEO y elementor error landing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @drimset, we are investigating and we may have found why it happens in certain…
2 years ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago