Paul Bearne (@pbearne) – WordPress user profile

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.

Contributions Sponsored

Matador Jobs and Hostinger sponsor Paul Bearne to contribute 10 hours per week to the following teams: Core and Test.

Member Since: November 13th, 2006
Location: Southern Ontario
Website: bearne.ca
GitHub: pbearne
Job Title: Senior WordPress Full Stack Developer
Employer: Paul & Gina Bearne (Freelance Consultancy)
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Test Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Mentioned in [59630] on Core SVN:
REST API: Fix PHP warning about undefined `paged` argument in various REST API endpoints.
7 days ago
Submitted pull request #8117 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add AJAX image cropping tests and update MIME type handling
1 week ago
Mentioned in [59589] on Core SVN:
Media: improve Imagick handling of colors and alpha channel for PNG image uploads.
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1776 to WordPress/performance:
Round viewport aspect ratio values to 2 decimal places.
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #1773 on WordPress/performance:
Round viewport aspect ratio values to 2 decimal places.
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1773 to WordPress/performance:
Round viewport aspect ratio values to 2 decimal places.
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1217 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Add support for ThumbHash for image placeholders
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #693 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Add an individual featured image dominant color variable, which can be reused...
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #8064 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add tests for get_calendar() and validate input parameters
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for multiple projects, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added for #en_CA
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] After update is not working as it should, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi I didn't know about this add-on have you asked http://www.themosaurus.com for support as they…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] After update is not working as it should, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi I need your shortcode so I can recreate this I made couple o changes…
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #8021 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
62292 warning in wp rest posts controllerget items
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #8016 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
This diff removes the arrow icon from the WordPress admin menu. Let'…
1 month ago
Pull request #1719 merged into WordPress/performance:
Enhance admin media UI with dominant color support
1 month ago
Closed ticket #53236 on Core Trac:
Nonce lifespans are inaccurate and unintuitively affected by timezones
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #7967 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Optimize caching for alloptions handling.
2 months ago
Closed ticket #26530 on Core Trac:
Unnecessary database requests and untidy code in do_enclose
2 months ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] After update is not working as it should, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide the shortcode you are using?have you tried the block in the editor?
2 months ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] After update is not working as it should, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am sorry you will need to adjust your CSS to fix the site Ty…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Impossible to remove admin’s avatar from Guest Authors page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
have you selected what to show?
2 months ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] After update is not working as it should, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I made a small change the CSSCan you update your CSS to allow for the…
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7943 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add tests for get_comment_datetime and get_comment_timestamp
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #1719 to WordPress/performance:
Enhance admin media UI with dominant color support
2 months ago
Committed [3201221] to Plugins SVN:
2.1.24 Addjusted where the late escaping happened for the ...
2 months ago
Committed [3201220] to Plugins SVN:
2.1.24 Addjusted where the late escaping happened for the ...
2 months ago
Mentioned in [59475] on Core SVN:
Date/Time: Add `d.m.Y` to date format presets on General Settings screen.
2 months ago
Closed issue #309 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Dominant color background for lazy-loading images needs to back fill existing images
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7891 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
This diff adds `d.m.Y` (day.month.year) as a supported date format in…
2 months ago
Closed ticket #52761 on Core Trac:
Date Permalinks
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7864 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for get_calendar() function
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7845 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add optional $dbh parameter to set_sql_mode method
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7823 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add browser timezone detection and update option
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Impossible to remove admin’s avatar from Guest Authors page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
sorry I didn't see the example in your message Check the username you are trying…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Impossible to remove admin’s avatar from Guest Authors page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Philippethere is option to hide use in the shortcodehttps://authoravatars.wordpress.com/documentation/authoravatars-shortcode/ [authoravatars hiddenusers=admin]And in the advance section…
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7767 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
29849 better human time diff core changes
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #7766 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add wp_natural_time function with unit tests
2 months ago
Mentioned in [59356] on Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Add script for generating code coverage report.
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #7724 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Switch to DateTimeImmutable for timestamp conversion
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #906 to WordPress/Requests:
Simplify cookie expiry time calculation
3 months ago
Closed ticket #46366 on Core Trac:
Posted Date - Field Arrangement - Reflect Locale Format OR Combine Fields
3 months ago
Reviewed 172 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Translated 114 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Closed ticket #49396 on Core Trac:
Inconsistent Time format
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #7690 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add cwebp task for converting images to WebP format
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #7688 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add Twenty Twenty-five to Performance Tests
3 months ago
Closed pull request #1418 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#53414 local covage reports
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #7647 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add test coverage command and update README
3 months ago
Mentioned in [59288] on Core SVN:
Revisions: Set PHP time limit when generating revision diffs vis Ajax.
3 months ago
Mentioned in [59162] on Core SVN:
Tests/Build Tools: Introduce tests for `links_add_base_url()`.
4 months ago