Peter Wilson – @peterwilsoncc

Member Since: November 2nd, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Website: peterwilson.cc
GitHub: peterwilsoncc
Job Title: WordPress Core Developer
Employer: Awesome Motive
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Web Developer based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Peter Wilson contributes 40 hours per week to the Core team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
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Closed ticket #53095, in Core Trac:
WordPress generated (large) Sitemap returns 404 error

20 hours ago
Committed [2523848] to Plugins Trac:
Readme update.

7 days ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for April 28, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for this week's developer meetings to occur at the following times:…

1 week ago
Committed [2521225] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.6.0.

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #28020, in Core Trac:
get_userdata and wp_get_current_user do not share WP_User instance

2 weeks ago
Committed [50790] to Core Trac:
Users: Share current user instance across functions. Share the ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [50789] to Core Trac:
Build/Tests tools: Improve `get_bookmark()` test coverage. Props ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #41206, in Core Trac:
Add embed handler for GitHub gists

2 weeks ago
Committed [50775] to Core Trac:
Upgrade/Install: Prevent possible type errors during installation. ...

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress currently releases security updates for versions 3.7 and upwards (21 versions at the time…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50327, in Core Trac:
Anchor popup floating away when you press CMD+B

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #52922, in Core Trac:
WP_Test_Stream: Add seeking capability for testing streams

2 weeks ago
Committed [50771] to Core Trac:
Build/Test Tools: Add seeking support to stream test library. ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53055, in Core Trac:
Cross-Site Scripting: Reflected

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, , on the site Translate WordPress:
WordPress 5.7.1 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There is one…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to The worst nightmare from security point of view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@drozdz Thanks for your review. It's worth noting that our plugin follows the WordPress capabilities…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
I think I can provide a little background on the why now question. In October…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.7.1 maintenance release schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Since the release of WordPress 5.7 a small number of bugs have been identified will…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev chat summary: March 17, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the 0500 UTC meeting, @markparnell led the chat with the same agenda. @francina lead…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Trial run: Consistent minor release squad leaders for each major branch, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm happy to help out in one of these roles for the 5.7.x releases. I…

2 months ago
Committed [2496358] to Plugins Trac:
Readme fix: indent code sample so kses doesn't strip it.

2 months ago
Committed [2496351] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.0.0.

2 months ago
Committed [2490122] to Plugins Trac:
Expand notes to indicate all registration related emails are disabled.

2 months ago
Committed [2490111] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate WP 5.7 Support.

2 months ago
Committed [2490088] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate WP 5.7 support.

2 months ago
Committed [2490065] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate WP 5.7 support.

2 months ago
Committed [2490054] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate support for WP 5.7.

2 months ago
Committed [2490031] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate support for WordPress 5.7.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Update the plugin description, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Jon, I'll update it to something along the lines of "This plugin disables WordPress…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committers, Maintainers, and Emeriti, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think this is a good suggestion and agree with both revoking commit and listing…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Test Scrub for WordPress 5.7 and office hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It would be helpful if the latest patch for #5272 could be tested. To recreate…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Stale Issues in Gutenberg Repository, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What concerns (if any) do you have about implementing this? I'm not a big fan…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 8 issue: Fatal error when error_reporting is disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The trac ticket is #52226 for anyone following along. A minor change and reply is…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major release of WP” warning message., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@aldakur The version tested up to is taken from the stable version's files, in your…

5 months ago
Wrote a new post, New action wp_after_insert_post in WordPress 5.6., on the site Make WordPress Core:
The new action wp_after_insert_post has been added to WordPress 5.6 to allow theme and plugin…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: September 30th 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd like to discuss #45114 during the open floor. The ticket is regarding the post…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@aaroncampbell Good point, I've updated it for clarity. (cc @whyisjake)

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks @sergeybiryukov, I'm very much for renaming the closes statuses -- on more than one…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would like to see the name changed too. I don't have any investment in…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposals: an APAC Dev Chat + Town Hall Meetings, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@francina The APAC dev chat was discussed in the APAC triage meeting today. The general…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Formal deprecation of some unused Customizer classes in WordPress 5.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, I've updated the links.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post REST API: Introduce dashboard namespace, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd be inclined toward wp-dashboard myself to match the prefixing used by Core's database tables,…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Devchat after the hour: November 20, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm coming in late to the discussion as I've been turning this over for a…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the discourage search engine setting in WordPress, the option is per site. There's no…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.3 is scheduled for early November, I've updated the page linked to on each…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
I considered this but as server configurations may change, there is no way to guarantee…

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
In WordPress 5.3 the method used to discourage indexing will change on sites enabling the…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Requirements Check-in, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
Rather than thinking about this question in terms of individual extensions, I've been thinking about…

2 years ago
Created a topic, PHP Warning in wp-cron., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In #46417, it was noted this plugin is throwing a warn…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Cron API changes in WordPress 5.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@herrvigg, thanks for the comment. This is related to #18738, with further details in the…

2 years ago