Mario Peshev (@nofearinc) – WordPress user profile

Bio

CEO @DevriX – a 50+ WordPress agency that pioneered “WordPress retainers”.

We partner up with successful SMEs, publishers, and fast-growing startups through technical and marketing consulting, scaling publishers past 500 million monthly page views, complex multisite-driven SaaS applications, and diverse platforms for banks, telecoms, automotive vendors and more.

I’ve started my career in programming in 1999 and built my first WordPress site in 2006. Since then, I’ve built hundreds of plugins, led 150+ theme reviews for WordPress.org, co-organized meetups & WordCamps, architected several powerful theme frameworks and SaaS membership solutions, and led the technical teams behind 3 billion monthly visitors combined.

WordPress Core contributor since WP 3.7.

Interests

Platform development, business growth consulting, technical speaking. Find me on Twitter – @no_fear_Inc

WordPress Origin Story

Read my official origin story thanks to the WordPress marketing team – https://wordpress.org/news/2020/04/people-of-wordpress-mario-peshev/

Member Since: December 1st, 2008
Location: Europe
Website: mariopeshev.com
Job Title: CEO
Employer: DevriX
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Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Favorites
Translations

Reviewed 76 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Analyzing the Core Web Vitals performance impact of WordPress 6.3 in the field, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is one of the best analyses I've read here. Thank you.
1 year ago
Reviewed 80 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Bulgaria 2020
4 years ago
Created a topic, A solid forms plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Pretty robust and a fresh take on free contact forms
5 years ago
Created a topic, Quite handy and useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
One of my two favorite block collections
5 years ago
Mentioned in [45851] on Core SVN:
Date/Time: In `wp_insert_post()`, when checking the post date to set `future` or `publish` status, use string comparison to work around far future dates (year 2038+) on 32-bit systems.
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Do not work with gutenberg., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Confirmed, it needs an update for 5.0 and Gutenberg, it still works for the previous…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Fabulous Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you!
6 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Bucharest 2018
6 years ago
Created a topic, Pairing Next Page with Previous Post?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just found out that Next Page is not compatible with…
7 years ago
Created a topic, #1 Optin plugin for WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Definitely recommended - props to the team for the gre…
7 years ago
Created a topic, [Permalinks to Category/Permalinks] Works as expected, thanks!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
While it may seem trivial, switching from permalinks t…
7 years ago
Posted a reply to OMG I love whoever made this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks!
7 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for permanent change of word for Code of Conduct, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sounds about right - voting for the update.
7 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Minimum PHP version requirement, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
That's super promising, thanks for making that happen :)
7 years ago
Created a topic, Pretty stable and reliable integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Works just fine - the plugin is fetching the available…
8 years ago
Committed [1585996] to Plugins SVN:
Remove Fancybox 2, bump up to 1.2.1
8 years ago
Committed [1582062] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk with v 1.2
8 years ago
Committed [1582060] to Plugins SVN:
Tag 1.2 version
8 years ago
Created a topic, Pretty flexible solution for multiple forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We've incorporated Easy Forms for MailChimp for whitep…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to Not Required custom fields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This seems to be working on our end when registering a custom field…
8 years ago
Posted a reply to Not Required custom fields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, This seems to be working on our end when registering a custom field…
8 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Sofia 2016
8 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Request: Email receipt after submitting WordCamp talk, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Absolutely - especially when the approval may come in 3 months or so, the original…
8 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Nederland 2016
8 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post After reading this post about adding random wapuus…, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Sounds like a good addition for WordCamps. +1
8 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Outreachy week 6: The Big Question, on the site Make WordPress Community:
+1 to choice A as well, seems the most legitimate and consistent in general
9 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2016
9 years ago
Committed [1322327] to Plugins SVN:
Bump up to version 1.1 and 4.4 compatibility
9 years ago
Mentioned in [36085] on Core SVN:
Docs: Correct `@return` type for `count_user_posts()`.
9 years ago
Created ticket #35222 on Core Trac:
count_user_posts() - change docs to return string instead of int
9 years ago
Committed [1303535] to Plugins SVN:
Bump up version and changelog
9 years ago
Committed [1303534] to Plugins SVN:
Update unanswered issue with no unanswered comments and comment count
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Importer Redux, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the great work Ryan - given the state of the original Importer for…
9 years ago
Mentioned in [35568] on Core SVN:
Administration: when hiding the login modal and unbind the auth check, also unbind the heartbeat auth check.
9 years ago
Committed [1277374] to Plugins SVN:
Fix the add_options_page hook
9 years ago
Committed [1266211] to Plugins SVN:
Initial commit of DX Category Reports
9 years ago
Mentioned in [35114] on Core SVN:
Users: allow `-1` (no limit, use with extreme caution on large sites) as the value for `number` in `WP_User_Query` - similar to `posts_per_page => -1` in `WP_Query`.
9 years ago
Mentioned in [34091] on Core SVN:
Fail gracefully when checking mapped cap against unregistered post type.
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shortcode Roadmap Draft One (Proposal – Request for Comments), on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's a great comment, I wasn't aware of that limitation either - that's an important…
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shortcode Roadmap Draft One (Proposal – Request for Comments), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Slightly better
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shortcode Roadmap Draft One (Proposal – Request for Comments), on the site Make WordPress Core:
I do agree with Pippin's example with the dollar signs. Seems incredibly easy to mess…
9 years ago
Created ticket #26848 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shell Lite – 1.8.0
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Wednesday #daily updates, on the site Make WordPress Community:
I had a call with one of the NYC organizers discussing the Contributor Day planning…
9 years ago
Committed [1230084] to Plugins SVN:
Release Offer Calc 1.2
9 years ago
Committed [1227104] to Plugins SVN:
1.6 update for DX Plugin Base
9 years ago
Committed [1227079] to Plugins SVN:
Stable version up to 4.3
9 years ago
Committed [1227078] to Plugins SVN:
GitHub Zen 1.1
9 years ago
Mentioned in [33597] on Core SVN:
Upgrade: Skip the sitecategories table when it doesn't exist (Global Terms is disabled).
9 years ago