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Stephen Edgar

Senior Web Engineer at Netweb Interactive

@netweb Melbourne, Victoria, Australia joined Dec 2005

netweb.com.au Slack: @netweb
    Maintains Build/Test Tools
    Languages en-au en-ca en-gb en-za

    Bio

    #bbPress developer and core committer https://bbpress.org

    #WordPress & BuddyPress Build/Test Tools component maintainer

    You can find me on WordPress Slack as @netweb, Twitter as @netweb, GitHub as @ntwb.

    Interests

    bbPress, BuddyPress, and WordPress

    WordPress Origin Story

    I came to WordPress via my use of Dave Winer’s OPML Editor back in 2005, Dave wanted to know if WordPress supported the Metaweblog API, next thing the OPML Editor was hooked up to WordPress.com.

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '16 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 Documentation Team '20
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 bbPress Team '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Team '19 Meetup Organizer '18
    PRACTICE
    4 badges
    Support Contributor '20 Support Team '20 Test Contributor '20 Test Team '20
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Senior Web Engineer
    Present
    Netweb Interactive

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 12 months
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    score30

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 30 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.8
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7

    Contributions

    Type
    February 2026
    Feb 18 Wed · 19:40
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Feb 18 Wed · 19:37
    Polyglots high
    Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    January 2026
    Jan 27 Tue · 19:04
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61539] on WordPress SVN:
    External Libraries: Upgrade CodeMirror to latest v5 in addition to updating CSSLint, Esprima, HTMLHint, and JSONLint.
    Jan 07 Wed · 05:51
    Meta high
    Wrote a new handbook page, PHPCS, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    PHPCS (PHP_CodeSniffer) is a static analysis tool for PHP files that detects violations against the…
    November 2025
    Nov 16 Sun · 23:21
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [7362] on bbPress SVN:
    Topics/Replies: Add CSS class for user roles in topics/replies.
    September 2025
    Sep 04 Thu · 22:31
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    August 2025
    Aug 20 Wed · 00:41
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 20 Wed · 00:38
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 18 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 19 Tue · 23:05
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 19 Tue · 23:02
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 23 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Plugins

    97 favorites

    Themes

    6 favorites

    Translations

    5 locales
    en_AU English (Australia) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1,754 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums Get Involved Learn WordPress o2 P2 "Breathe" WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org wp20.wordpress.net Patterns 12 Step Meeting List 2 Click Social Media Buttons 2D Tag Cloud Slideshow, Image Slider by 2J 3DPrint Lite a3 Responsive Slider About Author Frontend Post WordPress Plugin – AccessPress Anonymous Post Social Auto Poster AccessPress Social Counter AccessPress Social Icons AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin WP TFeed Date & Time Picker for Advanced Custom Fields ACF: TablePress Active Directory Integration Add From Server Add Local Avatar Add Meta Tags WordPress Share Buttons Plugin – AddThis Admin Customizer Adminer Adminimize AdPush Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Advanced Category Excluder Advanced Code Editor Advanced Custom Fields: Number Slider Advanced XProfile Fields for BuddyPress Advertising Manager AdView Jobbox Affiliate Links – Link Cloaking and Management Affiliates Manager

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    en_NZ English (New Zealand) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    bbPress WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    en_GB English (UK) (English) Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 37 projects.

    Advanced XProfile Fields for BuddyPress bbPress Bizyhood Private Avatars for BuddyPress BP Profile Cover BuddyPress BuddyPress for LearnDash Export All URLs Instant Articles for WP GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory HoweScape Unity3d WebGL Page Builder: KingComposer – Free Drag and Drop page builder by King-Theme LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting Platforms QR Twitter Widget RDP Linkedin Login RDP PediaPress Embed BuddyPress for Sensei Theater for WordPress WP Posts Password Batch Manager WordPress Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup WPLMS BadgeOS WPLMS DWQA WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 4.3.x WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress for Android bbPress BuddyPress Stream SlimStat Analytics

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    en_ZA English (South Africa) (English) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    bbPress BuddyPress

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