John Richards II (@rastaban) – WordPress user profile

Bio

John is the Head of Developer Relations at Paladin Cloud and is passionate about connecting people and evangelizing the value of open source. He has been growing open-source communities for half a decade, focusing on educational content and thought leadership.

John lives near St. Louis, MO, with his wife and a clowder of cats. Apart from work, John enjoys playing board games with friends, trying new food, and reading with a cat curled in his lap.

WordPress Origin Story

John has been a web developer since 2007 and fell in love with open source in 2013 when he took a job developing WordPress sites at Washington University in St. Louis. When WordCamp US came to St. Louis in 2019, he volunteered as an organizer.

Member Since: August 5th, 2014
Location: St. Louis, MO
Job Title: Head of Developer Relations
Employer: Paladin Cloud
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
WordCamp Organizer

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Wrote a comment on the post PROPOSAL: Ensuring high-quality video contributions to Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Training:
I really appreciate the well thought out approach here. I think it's a great way…
3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty-One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Late to the party, but this looks awesome. Can't wait for it to drop 🙌
4 years ago
Mentioned in [47919] on Core SVN:
Bootstrap/Load: Introduce `wp_get_environment_type()` to retrieve the current environment type.
5 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019
6 years ago

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