Michael Burridge (@mburridge) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: July 23rd, 2014
Location: Bristol, UK
GitHub: mburridge
Job Title: Developer Relations Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

WordPress enthusiast and evangelist. Works at Automattic.

Plugin and theme developer (author of FAQ Concertina).

Member of the WordCamp Europe organising team: Attendee Services team lead for WordCamp Europe 2018 and WordCamp Europe 2019.

Lead organiser of the very first do_action day in Europe.

Lead organiser for WordCamp Bristol 2017.

Active member of the Bristol WordPress People meetup group.

Passionate about WordPress I omnivorously read, learn, and absorb everything and anything I can find that’s to do with WordPress.

Interests

Music (I play guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion, and a variety of exotic instruments that you’ve probably never heard of), cycling, cooking/baking, adventure travel (I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro, hiked the Inca Trail, and camel-trekked in the Sahara).

WordPress Origin Story

So there I was following a perfectly normal IT career path, not looking where I was going, and…!

Contributions Sponsored

Automattic sponsors Michael Burridge to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Documentation, and Training.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Training Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Favorites

Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @marybaum, @welcher, and @mburridge for review and feedback on https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/05/customizing-core-block-style-variations-via-theme-json/ on the Developer…
6 days ago
Completed the course Introduction to Block Development: Build your first custom block on learn.wordpress.org
7 days ago
Received props from @ndiego in Slack:
Props to @marybaum, @mburridge, @greenshady, @bph, @alecgeatches, and @ingeniumed for review and feedback on my…
1 week ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @greenshady, @welcher, @ndiego, @marybaum, and @bph for reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/05/useentityrecords-an-easier-way-to-fetch-wordpress-data/
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, useEntityRecords: an easier way to fetch WordPress data, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
The @wordpress/data and @wordpress/core-data packages are extremely useful for fetching and working with data in…
2 weeks ago
Pull request #50742 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Minor updates to theme.json schema pages
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50742 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Minor updates to theme.json schema pages
2 weeks ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2023
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #49373 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Endpoints accessed through /wp-json when using `wp-env` return Not Found
4 weeks ago
Created issue #110 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Navigating the Block Editor Handbook
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #50251 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds example to change the permalink structure
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50251 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds example to change the permalink structure
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #50123 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fixes incorrect URLs in doc blocks
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #50123 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fixes incorrect URLs in doc blocks
1 month ago
Closed issue #36846 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Improve docs around getEntityRecord query filters
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #50070 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds links to REST-API reference
1 month ago
Merged pull request #49991 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds closing code tags
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #49991 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds closing code tags
1 month ago
Closed issue #19600 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Plugin Sidebars cannot edit meta when Custom Fields are visible
1 month ago
Merged pull request #49622 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds note about custom fields to Plugin Sidebar page in docs
1 month ago
Closed issue #38940 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Incorrect URL in block Metadata documentation
1 month ago
Merged pull request #49805 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fixes broken img link
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #49805 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fixes broken img link
2 months ago
Merged pull request #49643 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Re-write of the landing page
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #49643 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Re-write of the landing page
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #49622 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds note about custom fields to Plugin Sidebar page in docs
2 months ago
Closed issue #13465 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Documentation of components should include discussion of their counterparts from @wordpress/editor.
2 months ago
Merged pull request #49400 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds message about usage of block-editor components
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #49400 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds message about usage of block-editor components
2 months ago
Closed issue #89 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
What the heck is wp-env?
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Quick and easy local WordPress development with wp-env, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
wp-env is a tool that allows developers to create a WordPress development environment from the…
2 months ago
Pull request #49069 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds link to post on the developer blog to the deprecation page
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #49069 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds link to post on the developer blog to the deprecation page
3 months ago
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @bph @marybaum and @mburridge for review https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/03/block-theme-templates-the-easy-way-to-build-an-elegant-grid-of-posts/
3 months ago
Closed issue #71 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Tutorial on block deprecation
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block deprecation – a tutorial, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
There's no need to use a dynamic block if you foresee that your block will…
3 months ago
Closed issue #18615 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Firewall recommendations for Gutenberg/REST API
3 months ago
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @bph, @fabiankaegy, @greenshady, @mburridge, and @webcommsat for review https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/02/static-vs-dynamic-blocks-whats-the-difference/
3 months ago
Created issue #36 in the WordPress/wporg-developer-blog repository:
Make menu bar "sticky"
3 months ago
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @colorful-tones for an early draft of this post and @annezazu, @mburridge, @matveb, and…
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #48280 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Adds storybook links to components documentation
3 months ago
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @bph, @webcommsat, @mburridge and @greenshady for review https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/02/block-theme-resources-roundup/
3 months ago
Created issue #48100 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Link component documentation to Storybook
4 months ago
Mentioned in [55294] on Core SVN:
REST API: Support non-Latin characters in template route regex.
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Developer Hours is returning, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress Developer Hours, re-launched in February 2023, can help anyone developing with the platform. Sign-up…
4 months ago
Closed issue #10235 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
How to create a custom inline-block?
4 months ago
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @bcworkz and @mburridge for review https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2023/02/creating-custom-block-styles-in-wordpress-themes/
4 months ago
Created issue #71 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Tutorial on block deprecation
4 months ago
Created issue #69 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Create a discussion template
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, What’s new in Gutenberg 15.0? (18 January), on the site Make WordPress Core:
“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg…
4 months ago