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Roger

Community Manager at Kinsta

@rogermedia Mancos, CO joined Jan 2008

rogerbikes.com github.com/rogermedia Slack: @Roger Williams
    Teams Community Hosting

    Bio

    Living the life in southwest Colorado with my wife and doggers. I love to mountain bike, snowboard, and paddle board.

    Interests

    Mountain biking, hiking, chilling with my dogs.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Got tired of building websites in HTML. Looked at a bunch of CMS’s and ended up loving WordPress.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '24
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '24 WordCamp Organizer '23 WordCamp Speaker '25

    Current Job

    Community Manager
    Present
    Kinsta

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    Team focus

    Across 2 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 6.6

    Time commitment

    4 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    March 2026
    Mar 04 Wed · 16:31
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post The Contributor Dashboard Pilot is Live: What’s Next?, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Wow this is very neat to see coming to fruition! Great work to all involved.…
    December 2025
    Dec 15 Mon · 19:08
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post AI for WordPress Hosts, on the site WordPress AI:
    Thanks for this post and reply, Jason. I appreciate the push to lower barriers, adoption…
    July 2025
    Jul 07 Mon · 16:50
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Introduce Maintenance Mode For Components, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Seconding this sentiment. “Maintenance mode” is for temporary work on a site. Let’s have this…
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 09:02
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2025
    May 2025
    May 23 Fri · 13:45
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to A critical error has occurred on my website., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi. From looking at your website currently there is a fatal error occurring related to…
    December 2024
    Dec 15 Sun · 02:15
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Montclair, NJ, USA 2025
    July 2024
    Jul 22 Mon · 22:47
    Meta med
    Completed the course WordPress meetup organizer training on learn.wordpress.org
    Jul 08 Mon · 19:48
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Reactivating Inactive Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Thank you!
    Jul 08 Mon · 15:14
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Reactivating Inactive Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Hi @courtneypk thanks for the link to https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/ However I am having difficulty finding an…
    June 2024
    Jun 03 Mon · 21:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58309] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Make `$is_debug` consistent in `WP_Automatic_Updater`.

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    1 completed

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