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Michael Bourne

President at URSA6

@michaelbourne Calgary, AB joined Feb 2017

michaelbourne.ca github.com/michaelbourne Slack: @Michael Bourne

    Bio

    Michael is the VP of Engineering at 5forests and the President of URSA6. He oversees all technical processes and web development work, new product development, data discovery and strategy, SEO, analytics, and anything else thrown at him.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Training Contributor '19

    Current Job

    President
    Present
    URSA6

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 90 days
    6contributions
    high6
    medium0
    score18
    Last 12 months
    25contributions
    high16
    medium9
    score57

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.7
    • 6.1

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 03 Fri · 19:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3595429] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging 1.8.1
    Jul 03 Fri · 19:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3595428] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 1.8.1
    June 2026
    Jun 23 Tue · 20:24
    Plugins high
    Committed [3583753] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging 1.8.0
    Jun 23 Tue · 20:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3583747] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 1.8.0
    Jun 05 Fri · 01:37
    Plugins high
    Committed [3561726] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging 1.7.1
    Jun 05 Fri · 01:20
    Plugins high
    Committed [3561723] to Plugins SVN:
    Version 1.7.1
    April 2026
    Apr 04 Sat · 00:20
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)] ACF image field crashes when selecting an image in WordPress 7.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Version 6.8.1 is now working, thank you.
    Apr 02 Thu · 21:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)] ACF image field crashes when selecting an image in WordPress 7.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    And with 7.0-RC2
    March 2026
    Mar 16 Mon · 18:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)] ACF image field crashes when selecting an image in WordPress 7.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Can confirm this still happens in newer beta versions as well, on posts and taxonomies.
    January 2026
    Jan 27 Tue · 21:39
    Plugins high
    Committed [3448206] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging 1.6.3

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

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