Simon Pollard
@simonp303 on WordPress.org, @simonp on Slack
- Member Since: April 1st, 2014
- Location: Bristol, UK
- Website: www.dc-activ.com
- Job Title: Web Developer
- Employer: dc active
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions
Simon Pollard’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Meetup Organizer Meetup Organizer
- WordCamp Organizer WordCamp Organizer
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Wrote a new post, What is a contributor day?, on the site WordCamp Bristol 2019:
A contributor day is a special kind of day where existing and new contributors to…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, What is a contributor day?, on the site WordCamp Bristol 2019:
A contributor day is a special kind of day where existing and new contributors to…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol Schedule Announced, on the site WordCamp Central:
We are super excited to announce the schedule for WordCamp Bristol 2019! We had an…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol is looking for Sponsors, on the site WordCamp Central:
This is the second WordCamp Bristol, and it’s growing. Actually, it’s doubling in size. Bristol…3 months ago
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Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol – We are pleased to announce our Call for Speakers!, on the site WordCamp Central:
WordCamp is coming to the fabulous city of Bristol, one of the biggest tech cities…3 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #46274, in Core Trac:
Description for Gutenberg button to include the word "link"3 months ago
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Bristol 2019 coming up on May 17th
5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Technical organisation post-5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I just want to echo comments on the jaw dropping comment of "2 updates a…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Meta Box Compatibility Flags, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Totally agree here - why on earth would you not default to assuming not compatible.…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This sounds perfect to me - I have requested this numerous times.6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A lot of people have been pleading for this kind of logic to be applied...…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Should not be part of core, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It just needs an ability to be turned off - there are far too many…10 months ago
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Created a topic, Should not be part of core, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This should remain a plugin that people can choose to …10 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #43068, in Core Trac:
Ability to disable Gutenberg in wp-config.php1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately I am unable to share any code as this site is a secret and…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is a custom parent theme - very basic and uses two plugins: ACF and…1 year ago
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Created a topic, Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a custom theme, that is very basic. It was runn…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Showcase Update, on the site English (UK) Team:
A few I have built in WordPress British Rowing https://www.britishrowing.org/ Velo Birmingham https://velobirmingham.com/ Play Sports…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – Beginners Night: How to install WordPress and How to create your own theme, on the site English (UK):
This month is a beginner's themed night and will cover two introductory topics - how…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – WooCommerce and Building complex layouts using CSS’s flexbox – April 4th, on the site English (UK):
https://www.meetup.com/Bristol-WordPress-People/events/238556147/ This month we have arranged two speakers to cover two very different topics to…2 years ago
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Created a topic, Hard coded html outside of functions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Out of interest why do you do things like this (in con…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – Building a plugin as a business and speeding up WordPress – 7th March, on the site English (UK):
https://www.meetup.com/Bristol-WordPress-People/events/237757536/2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post More Local Events (and better tools for supporting local events), on the site Make WordPress Community:
Having money to cover the venue for the meetup I run (Bristol, UK) is great…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Performance improvements for images in WordPress 4.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
So it appears if the size of an image matches the size of a specified…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Performance improvements for images in WordPress 4.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Apologies if this is a silly question - if a user uploads an image that…3 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #29177, in Core Trac:
Undefined index: path - line line 5722 of class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php.5 years ago