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Michele Butcher-Jones

WordPress Specialist, Contributor, Consultant, and Security Nerd at Can't Speak Geek and 13Core

@m_butcher Carbondale, Illinois joined Jan 2014

micheleljones.com github.com/mlbanddrb Slack: @michelebutcher-jones
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    Bio

    Michele Butcher-Jones is the President of 13Core, LLC, Southern Illinois premier web and marketing agency. She is a lover of all things Open Source, a WordPress Core Contributor, an international speaker, and an avid campaigner to leave the world in a better, safer, and more inclusive place. She has spent over a decade building and maintaining high performing, beautifully accessible websites that will grow your online presence. You will not find anyone in Southern Illinois who is more on the cutting edge of website management.

    Her passion for making the web a better place doesn’t stop there! She gives back to the WordPress Community as a Meetup Organizer for St Louis and the Lead Organizer for the Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup. She is also one half of the WonderWomen in WordPress Newsletter. Michele is typically up for any type of contributing to the WordPress Community often as a speaker, volunteer, answering questions in the forums, and teaching WordPress to beginners.

    Now that she is an empty nester, Michele is spending her time as a photographer, traveler, emergency responder, and an avid collector of jewelry. She is currently working on her first book set to be completed in 2025, and is always down for an adventure, especially if it involves great food or drinks.

    Interests

    WordPress Security , Beginner’s WordPress, Customer Experience, Contributing, WordCamps

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '20 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Photo Contributor '25 Photos Team '25
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '19 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    WordPress Specialist, Contributor, Consultant, and Security Nerd
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    Can't Speak Geek and 13Core

    Recent impact

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    Team focus

    Across 5 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    March 2025
    Mar 12 Wed · 22:29
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Image showing scale of 0 x 0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    On all of our SVG images they are showing as a size of…
    September 2024
    Sep 15 Sun · 14:43
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2024
    August 2024
    Aug 22 Thu · 22:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Photo Directory Team Representatives, on the site Make Photos:
    Hey all, I would love to nominate myself!
    Aug 18 Sun · 22:19
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Extensions Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there, great plugin! I am not able to see the ex…
    February 2024
    Feb 28 Wed · 23:12
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Not Showing Meta Descriptions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    None of my pages or posts are showing meta description…
    September 2023
    Sep 22 Fri · 19:13
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Atlanta 2023
    August 2023
    Aug 23 Wed · 14:38
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for Establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) Team within the WordPress Community, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    I am so happy that this is getting the traction it needs and would love…
    Aug 16 Wed · 02:24
    Meta med
    Completed the course Incident Response Team Training on learn.wordpress.org
    July 2023
    Jul 12 Wed · 18:40
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2023
    April 2023
    Apr 12 Wed · 20:40
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Preparing for the Next Women & Nonbinary Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I definitely DO want to do this again! I'm happy to be with docs/review again…