Jeff Starr (@specialk) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience. Enjoys all aspects of web design and development, with focus on WordPress and security. Projects include shapeSpace starter theme and 8G Firewall. Books include Digging Into WordPress, The Tao of WordPress, and WordPress Themes In Depth. Writes dev tutorials at Perishable Press and DigWP.com. Sells premium WordPress plugins at Plugin-Planet.com. Always learning new things. Loves helping others succeed with WordPress.

Interests

Offline, Jeff enjoys hanging out with family and friends. His favorite pastimes include drawing, photography, listening to music, watching movies, and contemplating the deeper things of life.

WordPress Origin Story

Started working with WordPress back in 2005 and haven’t looked back 🙂

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Current Job

Boss

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Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

28contributions

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medium10

score64

Last 90 days

62contributions

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Last 12 months

390contributions

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Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 19 Sun · 20:50

Forums med

Posted a reply to Block API Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reporting, David. I will investigate and try to resolve in the next update.…

Jul 18 Sat · 17:35

Plugins high

Committed [3612862] to Plugins SVN:
Updates plugin to version 3.0

Jul 18 Sat · 17:29

Plugins high

Committed [3612858] to Plugins SVN:
Updates plugin to version 3.7

Jul 18 Sat · 17:23

Plugins high

Committed [3612848] to Plugins SVN:
Updates plugin to version 3.4

Jul 18 Sat · 17:17

Plugins high

Committed [3612845] to Plugins SVN:
Updates plugin to version 1.8.9