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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
    10contributions
    high8
    medium2
    score26
    Last 90 days
    13contributions
    high11
    medium2
    score35
    Last 12 months
    101contributions
    high74
    medium27
    score249

    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

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 02 Wed · 14:58
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63435] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Remove implicit dependencies on leaked state.
    August 2026
    Aug 16 Sun · 20:27
    GitHub high
    Pull request #472 merged into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Update docs for debugging JavaScript.
    Aug 16 Sun · 20:16
    GitHub high
    Pull request #413 merged into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Hyphenate compound modifiers
    Aug 14 Fri · 13:44
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #413 to WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Hyphenate compound modifiers
    Aug 14 Fri · 13:35
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #507 to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Update docs for WordPress Multisite in a subdirectory
    Aug 11 Tue · 05:54
    Meta high
    Received props from @masteradhoc in Slack:
    The # part of the WordPress 7.1 release is complete! :tada: 13 privacy tickets are…
    Aug 11 Tue · 02:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63172] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Add unit tests for `wp_schedule_delete_old_privacy_export_files()`.
    Aug 10 Mon · 23:29
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63169] on WordPress SVN:
    Code Quality: Correct the case of the `MO` class in a `WP_Locale_Switcher` docblock.
    Aug 05 Wed · 16:21
    Meta high
    Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
    Props to @jigar9998, @mindctrl, @clementpolito, @fandevelop, @shailu25, @rcorrales, @sonaliprajapati, @khokansardar, @vishitshah, @azharderaiya, @ugyensupport, @gajendrasingh, @noruzzaman,…
    Aug 05 Wed · 13:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63028] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Add unit tests for `wp_privacy_exports_url()`.

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