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John Parris

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@mindctrl United States joined May 2009

johnparris.com github.com/mindctrl Slack: @johnparris
    Teams Core Documentation Hosting

    Bio

    Probably barefoot right now. Also probably thinking about WordPress right now.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Hosting Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6
    Last 90 days
    6contributions
    high6
    medium0
    score18
    Last 12 months
    106contributions
    high80
    medium26
    score266

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 4.4

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:40
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @mindctrl for hammering out so many PRs AND reviews for the Hosting team…
    June 2026
    Jun 26 Fri · 22:49
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62565] on WordPress SVN:
    Docs: Correct `$format` default in `get_next_post_link()` and `next_post_link()`.
    April 2026
    Apr 29 Wed · 19:05
    GitHub high
    Pull request #473 merged into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Update documentation for logging in.
    Apr 16 Thu · 08:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62241] on WordPress SVN:
    AI: Prevent `wp_supports_ai` filter from overriding the `WP_AI_SUPPORT` constant.
    Apr 16 Thu · 07:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62239] on WordPress SVN:
    AI: Prevent `wp_supports_ai` filter from overriding the `WP_AI_SUPPORT` constant.
    Apr 09 Thu · 10:48
    GitHub high
    Pull request #387 merged into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Update link format for hovercard compatibility.
    March 2026
    Mar 25 Wed · 18:23
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking Left Navigation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Haven't thought deeply about this, but I like the idea of giving users the power…
    Mar 23 Mon · 14:38
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #63987 on Core Trac:
    wp_get_scheduled_event() incorrectly returns false for cron events ...
    Mar 19 Thu · 13:13
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62064] on WordPress SVN:
    Real-time collaboration: fix race condition in default polling provider.
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:04
    Meta high
    Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
    Huge Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum, @westonruter, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @mindctrl,…

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