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Steven Lin

@stevenlinx UTC+8 joined Aug 2016

gravatar.com/stevenlinx github.com/stevenlinx Slack: @stevenlinx

    Bio

    From an early age, I like to tinker with all kinds of tech related things.

    I’m inspired by FOSS projects.

    Gradually, I’ve landed and remained in the open web space.

    Interests

    reading, open web, open source, blogging occasionally, and editing wikis

    WordPress Origin Story

    As a user, I’ve self-hosted WordPress sites in an on-and-off basis starting with v1.5 in 2005.

    At the time, I’ve content that I want to be published in a blog-like site, along with the need for some publishing related features. Manually coding / re-implementing the features in PHP would have exceeded the time available. WordPress fits the scenario well: easy to install/customize/extend and lets me to self-host which many blog platforms don’t.

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    past roles:
    * Release Doc Lead for WP 6.3 | 6.5
    * Codex to DevHub migrator (phase I)

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    I started contributing back to Core in 2016 and to Docs in 2019.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '16 Core Team '23 Hosting Contributor '23
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 Documentation Team '23

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high1
    medium0
    score3
    Last 90 days
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6
    Last 12 months
    6contributions
    high3
    medium3
    score12

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 7.1
    • 6.7
    • 6.5
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.1
    • 4.9
    • 4.7

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 24 Mon · 12:22
    Meta high
    Updated the handbook page Documentation process during a major version release day on Make WordPress Documentation.
    June 2026
    Jun 21 Sun · 23:33
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62538] on WordPress SVN:
    Site Health: Correct the anchor in object cache documentation link.
    Jun 05 Fri · 16:33
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Welcome Estela as a team rep, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
    Well done, @estelaris If I would present, it's also +1 from me.
    May 2026
    May 26 Tue · 11:52
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Extending Unicode support in email addresses., on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I wonder if you can add "RfC" to the post title?
    March 2026
    Mar 11 Wed · 10:31
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Documentation.
    December 2025
    Dec 04 Thu · 14:38
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal to change the user documentation workflow, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
    Good proposal. 1.) For publication date, I'd suggest that if some of the user doc…
    February 2025
    Feb 25 Tue · 12:35
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on WordPress Developer Resources.
    September 2024
    Sep 18 Wed · 14:01
    GitHub high
    Pull request #364 merged into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Create mail.md
    Sep 17 Tue · 23:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [59044] on WordPress SVN:
    Bootstrap/Load: Add documentation warning about updating `$table_prefix`.
    July 2024
    Jul 19 Fri · 10:53
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #364 to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Create mail.md

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    Themes

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