Timi Wahalahti

Member Since: January 2nd, 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Website: sipp.is
Job Title: Backend developer, partner
Employer: Digitoimisto Dude
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Bio

Senior backend developer and WordPress enthusiast living in Finland. Partner at Dude, building customized websites and -services for a wide range of clients from government agencies to NGOs.

Passionate cyclist usually riding a bike, speaking about cycling or organizing a cycling race. Active in cycling advocacy collective kaupunkifillari, at local cycling club JYPS and in Finnish Cyclists’ Federation.

Community Team Rep, WordPress Community Deputy, WordCamp organizer and mentor and WPJKL Meetup co-organizer.

WordPress Origin Story

My journey with WordPress started in the year 2008 when I was just 14 years old. We needed a new website for our scout troop and I had some experience with playing around with HTML and CSS. Eagerly with no real knowledge of building a website and not to speak about running a one in a production, I took the task.

I don’t remember exactly how we found each other with WordPress and why I ended up using it in the first place. But there’s one feeling that I do remember: excitement. Excitement on how easy it was to modify the layout and publish content.

Fast forward to 2012. I had learned more PHP and already built numerous sites with WordPress to myself, friends and small associations. My media assistant studies in vocational school contained some web development with WordPress. At this point, I was already quite familiar with it (or at least I thought then) so my teacher ended up asking me to help my classmates in that course.

Almost two years passed by and in 2014 I landed on my first job in the industry at the age of 19. It has been a ride after that.

Read the full story on my blog https://sipp.is/12-years-with-wordpress/

Contributions Sponsored

Timi Wahalahti contributes 7 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Meta, Polyglots.

Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Created a topic, Used in all of websites I create, love the plugin and it’s features!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
One of the first things in every project is to install…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Deputy Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Soooo excited about this!

2 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for ideas: WordCamp Europe 2021 Community Team content, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Related question, how much time is given to workshops and networking sessions? Good question! Workshops…

2 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for ideas: WordCamp Europe 2021 Community Team content, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'm happy to co-host workshop and networking sessions. If we don't come up with any…

3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Call for ideas: WordCamp Europe 2021 Community Team content, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
WordCamp Europe Online 2021 is coming soon! The event takes place 7-9 June and all…

3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-05-06, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening today. The meeting is meant for all contributors…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
whether anyone in the realm of this team of decision makers within the WordPress community,…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
If you ask “should we warn the companies who run negative marketing campaigns against WordPress?…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
WordCamp program set the expectation that everyone with an official role at WordCamp should embrace…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Should the WordCamp and meetup programs accept sponsors, speakers and organizers who engage in competitive…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think it might boil down to the fact that this is clear that the…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This feels like a very slippery slope, as there are many things that WordPress/Automattic offers.…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Companies who run competitive ads against WordPress and apply to sponsor WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
To provide some clarification, this topic was discussed at length between community deputies and the…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-04-15, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
One minor issue that comes from two weeks break, we usually have two weeks of…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-04-15, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening today. The meeting is meant for all contributors…

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #8454, in BuddyPress Trac:
Feed link functions should short circuit when feeds are disabled

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #8453, in BuddyPress Trac:
Feed links should be visible only when functions return string

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2021 Global Sponsors: Quarterly Update, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
🎉 👏 🕺 Super happy and thankful for these sponsorships!

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-04-01, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening tomorrow. The meeting is meant for all contributors…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Request for feedback: Team goals check, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
As we enter Q2 of 2021, it seems appropriate to check where we are with…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Meeting times starting from 2021-02-18 and Daylight Savings Time, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you, everyone! Looks like (small) majority was in favour of sticking with UTC time…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Journal Entry | WordPress Slack Workspace Unavailability, on the site Team Updates:
Thank you for providing the story behind this incident and major kudos to everyone who…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Tekninen ongelma sähkköposti, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Morjesta, Kuulostaa siltä että jotain lie vinossa Elementorin kanssa. Onko käytössä Elementorin ja WordPressin uusin…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Add New Image -button ei toimi, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Kannattaa aina käyttää uusinta versiota lisäosista :) Kuulostaa siltä, että tämä saattaa hyvinkin olla yhteensopivuusongelma…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Liian leveä sivu mobiiliversiossa, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Morjesta Kaja! Näyttäisi johtuvan siitä, että sivun alapalkissa on yhteystietojen lopussa tooooodeeeellaaaaa piiiiiitttkkääääää pätkä "-"…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Announcement: Review of WordCamp sites without a tracker item – removal of some old WordCamp sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Already some time ago, @iandunn handed me the list of WordCamp sites missing their counterpart…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team update – March, on the site Team Updates:
Proposal: 2021 Global Community Sponsorship programAs our events program will look again this year very…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
Thank you for the clarifications :) I don't assume anything bad or shady happening in…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
It is primarily an opportunity for those who are contributing full-time to WordPress to gain…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
I'm all for private channels if there is an actual need and good reasoning behind…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-03-18, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening tomorrow. The meeting is meant for all contributors…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A WordPress Project Contributor Handbook, on the site Team Updates:
Sorry to sidetrack a little again 😅 +1 to what Daniele said, slapping new contributors…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A WordPress Project Contributor Handbook, on the site Team Updates:
Yes, woohoo! This is really needed, so excited to see the first steps of creating…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request for feedback: Review for the dedicated deputy communication channel, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
To provide some more information, I did scroll thru the whole log of the channel.…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request for feedback: Review for the dedicated deputy communication channel, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Has there been discussion about topics that should have been taken place in public forums…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2021 Financial Update for the WordPress Community, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you for this update!

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Request for feedback: Review for the dedicated deputy communication channel, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
After the discussion on my proposal about a dedicated communication place for deputies, we agreed…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Luonnos piiloon, on the site Suomi Support Forums:
Morjesta, Saat sivuston piiloon asentamalla jonkin huoltotila -lisäosan ja ottamalla sen käyttöön. Yksi esimerkki tälläisestä…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Meeting times starting from 2021-02-18 and Daylight Savings Time, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
It is currently a tight situation between "votes" here. Six are for sticking with UTC…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Meeting times starting from 2021-02-18 and Daylight Savings Time, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Actually, it wouldn't be experiment with as in the past we've always done DST adjustments.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza”, on the site Suomi:
WordPress 5.7 "Esperanza" Uusi versio tuo raikkaat värit hallintapaneeliin, yksinkertaisempaa vuorovaikutusta editoriin ja asetuksia juuri…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Request for Feedback: Community Team Stats Dashboard, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
A few days ago, @iandunn asked for feedback on the idea of Stats Dashboard from…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-03-04, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks Jill, added to the agenda!

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Meeting agenda for 2021-03-04, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The Community Team bi-weekly meeting is happening tomorrow. The meeting is meant for all contributors…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2021 Global Community Sponsorship program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 Sounds good. The word "featured" got me thinking something bigger than the mention :)

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #5632, in Meta Trac:
Change sticky notice in Community Team handbooks

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2021 Global Community Sponsorship program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I continue on a tangent here... Off the topic, but slightly tangential – I think…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community team update – 19-02-2021, on the site Team Updates:
As the new year starts, we at the Community Team try again to start posting…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Simple, yet powerful enough. Privacy <3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Own your content. That is what matters to me and it's …

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2021 Global Community Sponsorship program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Major kudos to Andrea, Kevin, Courtney and Harmony for putting this together! As you mentioned,…

3 months ago