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Paul Biron

Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant at Sparrow Hawk Computing

@pbiron Gardner, CO joined Feb 2012

sparrowhawkcomputing.com github.com/pbiron Slack: @pbiron
    Maintains Sitemaps Upgrade/Install

    Bio

    In addition to being an XML, database and web-design consultant (my resume can be found at: https://www.sparrowhawkcomputing.com/resume.xml), I am also professional nature photographer.

    Interests

    Wildlife and Landscape photography

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '17 Plugin Developer WP-CLI Contributor '22
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '22

    Current Job

    Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant
    Present
    Sparrow Hawk Computing

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    9contributions
    high6
    medium3
    score21
    Last 90 days
    13contributions
    high9
    medium4
    score31
    Last 12 months
    26contributions
    high18
    medium8
    score62

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 25 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.4

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 03 Sat · 01:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64073] on WordPress SVN:
    Sitemaps: Remove XSL stylesheets.
    September 2026
    Sep 25 Fri · 21:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Required plugin in header issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    ah, finally figured it out.wp plugin check ... --ignore-codes=plugin_header_requires_plugins_not_in_directory
    Sep 25 Fri · 20:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Required plugin in header issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm having the same issue: a custom/non-dot-org plugin that requires other custom/non-dot-org plugins.I realize that…
    Sep 18 Fri · 19:19
    Meta high
    Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
    Props to @adamsilverstein @desrosj @andraganescu @pbiron @abduremon @ugyensupport @rfaile313 @lancewillett @aaroncampbell @obenland @peterwilsoncc @azharderaiya @SergeyBiryukov…
    Sep 14 Mon · 01:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63610] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Retain responsive styles in block style variation partials
    Sep 10 Thu · 18:48
    Meta high
    Received props from @adamsilverstein in Slack:
    Props to @davidbaumwald, @andraganescu, @adrianduffell, @pbiron, @369work, @r1k0, @audrasjb, @mohkatz, @awetz583, and @adamsilverstein for helping…
    Sep 10 Thu · 14:21
    Forums med
    Created a topic, very helpful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanx Carolina, just came across this plugin and it's …
    Sep 04 Fri · 22:41
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63483] on WordPress SVN:
    Login and Registration: Align tooltip icon with control.
    Sep 03 Thu · 17:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63448] on WordPress SVN:
    Login and Registration: Align tooltip icon with control.
    August 2026
    Aug 20 Thu · 00:27
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @softglaze, @mdridipu, @ugyensupport, @pbiron, @azharderaiya, @audrasjb, @dhavalkapadane, @mohkatz, @lumiblog, @eboxnet, @n8finch, @rcorrales, @threadi,…