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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 Test

    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
    46contributions
    high35
    medium11
    score116
    Last 90 days
    56contributions
    high43
    medium13
    score142
    Last 12 months
    134contributions
    high97
    medium37
    score328

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 4.4

    Time commitment

    35 hours per week
    • On my own time 35 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 22:10
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64008] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Cover newline preservation in wpautop().
    Sep 29 Tue · 21:49
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64006] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Initialize the REST API test server only when needed.
    Sep 29 Tue · 14:00
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #526 into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    docs: fix 12 grammar and typo issues across the handbook
    Sep 28 Mon · 16:21
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63977] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Remove the plural forms regression test's network dependency.
    Sep 24 Thu · 15:07
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13718 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Tests: Expand test coverage for `wp_list_filter()`.
    Sep 24 Thu · 14:30
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13715 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Tests: Add phpunit coverage for `_autop_newline_preservation_helper()`.
    Sep 23 Wed · 23:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63909] on WordPress SVN:
    Taxonomy: Limit term slugs to 200 characters in `wp_unique_term_slug()`.
    Sep 23 Wed · 18:47
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #435 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Add WordCamp US 2026 Contributor Day to the notes list
    Sep 23 Wed · 15:54
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #486 into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Update troubleshooting forum link in documentation
    Sep 23 Wed · 15:54
    GitHub high
    Pushed 2 commits to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Remove extra line left over from merge conflict

    Contributor

    5 plugins

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