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Paul Bearne

Senior WordPress Full Stack Developer at Paul & Gina Bearne (Freelance Consultancy)

@pbearne Southern Ontario joined Nov 2006

bearne.ca github.com/pbearne Slack: @pbearne
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    Teams Core Test
    Languages en-ca en-za en-au en-nz en-gb

    Bio

    I am fueled by a passion for new developments in technology and how the application of these can deliver an awesome user experience while effectively meeting business needs.

    Although, over the years I have developed a number of complementary skill bases, my focus is now WordPress architecture, concept design, coding for complex projects and integrating external data sources.

    I have made core commits to every version of WordPress since 3.9 and continue to support the wider WordPress community through meetups, WordCamps, etc.

    In 2018 I co-founded Matador Sorftware and launched a commercial WordPress Plugin for the recruitment industy, adding to my growing list of plugins.

    Interests

    Walking, Kayaking, Reading, Theater, PHP, Javascript, CSS

    WordPress Origin Story

    I discovered WordPress in 2006 when asked to explore the use of collaborative tools internally for a multinational corporation, setting up a 200+ multi-blog site using WPMU on IIS7. As part of this project, I created my first plugin, Author Avatars, (https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatars/ ), which currently has 8,000+ active installs. I recently updated this to include Gutenberg support.

    From this point on, the community, the flexibility and the velocity of WordPress has made it my platform of choice.

    I specialize in creating highly performant scalable, accessible and SEO friendly code (plugins and themes) for large WordPress sites that are often multi-site, multi-language, VIP and/or e-commerce.

    In 2018, with a partner, I launched a premium plugin for the recruitment industry, Matador Jobs (https://matadorjobs.com/) and in June Matador Jobs became an official Bullhorn partner (https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/matador-jobs/).

    I continue to support my growing list of plugins (https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/#content-plugins ) and the wider WordPress community, founded the Kingston WordPress Meetup and speak regularly at WordCamps.

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    4 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '14 WordCamp Volunteer '25
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Senior WordPress Full Stack Developer
    Present
    Paul & Gina Bearne (Freelance Consultancy)

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    52contributions
    high26
    medium26
    score104
    Last 90 days
    95contributions
    high59
    medium36
    score213
    Last 12 months
    321contributions
    high162
    medium159
    score645

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 29 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.2
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 10 Thu · 09:48
    Polyglots high
    Translated 67 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 09 Wed · 21:26
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13466 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Add GitHub Actions workflow to validate PHPUnit test file conventions.
    Sep 09 Wed · 19:13
    Core med
    Closed pull request #7424 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Add and refactor unit tests for avatar functions
    Sep 09 Wed · 18:43
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13465 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Convert plugin dependency test files to a namespaced structure and re…
    Sep 09 Wed · 13:36
    Polyglots high
    Translated 31 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 08 Tue · 09:45
    Polyglots high
    Translated 72 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 07 Mon · 07:22
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1318 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 02 Wed · 16:24
    Polyglots high
    Translated 6 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 02 Wed · 16:13
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Hi Polyglots! 👋 I’m the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
    add CA
    Sep 02 Wed · 14:52
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13367 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Add PHPUnit tests for bookmark-related functions in `wp-admin/include…

    Developer

    6 plugins

    Plugins

    6 favorites

    Translations

    5 locales
    en_CA English (Canada) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 39 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Forums Learn WordPress Openverse Pattern Directory WordPress Plugin Directory WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Author Avatars List/Block (Deprecated version) Bullhorn Staffing and Recruitment Job Listing and CV/Resume Uploader for WordPress Co-Authors Plus Admin Columns Connections Business Directory Constant Contact for WordPress eShop Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin LivePress Matador Jobs Lite Membership 2 Show Current Template SQRL Login Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers WordPress 5.5.x WordPress 5.6.x WordPress 5.7.x WordPress 5.8.x WordPress 5.9.x WordPress 6.0.x WordPress 6.1.x WordPress 6.2.x WordPress 6.3.x WordPress 6.4.x WordPress 6.6.x WordPress 6.7.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 24 projects.

    Amazon Link Author Avatars List/Block (Deprecated version) Bullhorn Staffing and Recruitment Job Listing and CV/Resume Uploader for WordPress Co-Authors Plus Admin Columns WordPress Calls to Action eShop Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin JS Categories List Widget WordPress Landing Pages WordPress Leads Lightbox Plus Colorbox LivePress Magic Fields 2 Membership 2 Related Posts for WordPress User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor SendPress Newsletters Show Current Template Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers WP eCommerce WP Mobile Edition WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_AU English (Australia) (English) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Author Avatars List/Block

    Contributed translations to 6 projects.

    Author Avatars List/Block (Deprecated version) Bullhorn Staffing and Recruitment Job Listing and CV/Resume Uploader for WordPress Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin MJM Clinic Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

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

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Author Avatars List/Block

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Author Avatars List/Block WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

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

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Author Avatars List/Block

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Author Avatars List/Block WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org