Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative (@tessawatkinsllc) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m an experienced web developer and I do a lot of professional custom work with WordPress themes and plugins. My primary focus is creating a great user experience, both for those that log into WordPress to maintain their sites as well as their sites’ users. You can learn more about my business at AuRiseCreative.com

About me personally, I am non-binary and disabled and a very vocal self-advocate in the realm of social justice. I maintain a blog about these topics along with parenting and anti-racism on my advocacy website at Just1Voice.com

Interests

Intersectionality, Accessibility, Autism, Disability, Neurodiversity, Martial Arts, Anti-Racism, Gender Identity, Gender Diversity, Parenting, Social Justice, Social Equity, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, DEI

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve been a web developer since 2012, both as my day job at a local digital advertising company and as a freelancer. I started working with WordPress in 2016 and making trouble in the WordPress forums since 2017 with an older account that’s now inactive.

In 2018, I founded my company to legitimize my freelance work. My first official plugin was added to the WordPress repository in 2019 and I’ve been making plugins ever since!

Badges

CODE

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Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer

POLYGLOTS

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Translation Contributor '23

Current Job

Founder, User-Focused Interactive Web Developer

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AuRise Creative

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 12 months

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WordPress releases

Contributed to 1 release

Contributions

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June 2026

Jun 05 Fri · 14:33

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Posted a reply to Saving form goes to critical error page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thank you for your patience! To find out why the site is throwing…

Jun 05 Fri · 13:33

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Posted a reply to Update Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Elias, thanks for reaching out! I confirmed the file does exist so it shouldn't…

Jun 05 Fri · 06:23

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Posted a reply to [Contact Form 7 - Dynamic Text Extension] Content Injection Vulnerability Alert for Contact Form 7 Dynamic Text Extension, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I do not respond to these types of threads anymore because of this. @webkiwinz I…

May 2026

May 27 Wed · 15:24

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Created a topic, I’d like to contribute or adopt your plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello, Your plugin was closed due to a security iss…

April 2026

Apr 20 Mon · 13:26

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Posted a reply to How get referring page’s URL & Title > Contact 7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure can! Just update this part: $current_title = wp_get_document_title(); To this: $current_title = get_the_title(); This…

Apr 19 Sun · 14:44

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Created a topic, DTX Vulnerability / Security Reports, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For the security of all users, please report security …

Apr 19 Sun · 13:48

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Posted a reply to Vulnerable on Current Version 5.0.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you send me an email, I can send you more details, because again, I…

Apr 19 Sun · 13:39

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Posted a reply to How get referring page’s URL & Title > Contact 7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad you got it sorted!

Apr 15 Wed · 18:44

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Posted a reply to Is it possible to auto-generate a custom sequential inquiry number with DTF?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can totally do this, but not with DTX. I'm referencing my tutorial here,…

Apr 15 Wed · 18:26

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Posted a reply to How get referring page’s URL & Title > Contact 7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! I think I understand your question. On your product page, it looks like to…