Patrick Lumumba (@lumiblog) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Just another WordPress enthusiast based in Nairobi, Kenya. I design, I build, and I write.

■ Involvement

‣ Co-organizer of the WordPress Nairobi Meetup
‣ WordPress 6.5 Core Release Test co-lead
‣ Mentorship Cohort February 2024 (Mentee)
‣ Plugin developer
‣ Organizer, WC Nairobi 2024
‣ Mentor for Test team from WordPress Mentorship Program Cohort Oct 2024(Q3)
‣ Test Table Lead at WCAsia 2025 (Remote)
‣ Organizer, WC Nairobi 2025
‣ Speaker, WC Jinja 2025
‣ Speaker, WC Mukono 2026
‣ Organizer, WC Asia 2026

Interests

Writing, Web Development, Reading, Travelling, Video Games

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress back in 2012 when I was in my first year at the university.

I loved to write and when I realized I could easily write and share my stories with the world using WordPress, I decided to give it a go. I had no idea about what I was doing at the time. I remember purchasing a domain name and a hosting package and creating my blog with the help of tutorials I found on the internet.

Since then, I have built dozens of WordPress websites for myself and other people. I’m happy to say that I’m making a living off WordPress.

What I love most about WordPress is that you can never get stuck. There are tons of materials online and a larger community that is always around to help you with anything.

It doesn’t matter whether you are just starting or have been using WordPress for long. Help is always a “search” away.

Badges

CODE

3 badges

Core Contributor '24 Core Team '24 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

3 badges

Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '24 WordPress.tv Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

4 badges

Meetup Organizer '24 WordCamp Organizer '24 WordCamp Speaker '25 WordCamp Volunteer '25

PRACTICE

3 badges

Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '24 Test Team '24

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '24 Translation Editor '24

Current Job

QA Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present

WPMU DEV · Full-time

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

8contributions

high5

medium3

score18

Last 90 days

21contributions

high16

medium5

score53

Last 12 months

63contributions

high41

medium22

score145

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 6 releases

Time commitment

2 hours per week

On my own time 2 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

August 2026

Aug 13 Thu · 01:59

Polyglots high

Reviewed 32 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Aug 12 Wed · 16:25

Meta high

Received props from @krupajnanda in Slack:
Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @jigar9998 @ludwigyou @JeffPaul @vishitshah @sonaliprajapati @shailu25 @rezwanshiblu1952 @rcorrales @awetz583 @areziaal @faisalahammad @courane01…

Aug 12 Wed · 13:47

Plugins high

Committed [3643538] to Plugins SVN:
Minor UI fixes.

Aug 08 Sat · 07:40

Forums med

Posted a reply to [Footnotes Made Easy] Polylang and pods compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The progress of both the issues can be followed in the Githun issues mentioned above.

Aug 05 Wed · 16:21

Meta high

Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
Props to @jigar9998, @mindctrl, @clementpolito, @fandevelop, @shailu25, @rcorrales, @sonaliprajapati, @khokansardar, @vishitshah, @azharderaiya, @ugyensupport, @gajendrasingh, @noruzzaman,…

Aug 02 Sun · 07:39

Forums med

Posted a reply to Polylang and pods compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you. That info is really helpful. I'll try to come up with a solution…

Aug 01 Sat · 17:58

Forums med

Posted a reply to [Footnotes Made Easy] Polylang and pods compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @flingodesign, Thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words, and these are…

Aug 01 Sat · 16:52

Polyglots high

Reviewed 66 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

June 2026

Jun 23 Tue · 04:49

Plugins high

Committed [3582597] to Plugins SVN:
Fixes a duplicate footnote appearing at the bottom of the page with Pretty Tooltips enabled, and footnote text rendering too large on some themes. Recommended for all users.

Jun 23 Tue · 03:55

Polyglots high

Reviewed 15 strings on translate.wordpress.org.