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Tim W

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@timwhitlock London, UK joined Aug 2012

localise.biz Slack: @timwhitlock
    Languages en-ca en-gb

    Bio

    London based web developer since the turn on of the century.

    Maker of Loco, a translation management platform for developers.

    Interests

    PHP JavaScript HTML CSS WordPress Symfony Localisation

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Editor '19

    Current Job

    Developer
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    13contributions
    high8
    medium5
    score29
    Last 90 days
    39contributions
    high20
    medium19
    score79
    Last 12 months
    132contributions
    high51
    medium81
    score234

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 02 Fri · 08:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unsaved translations lost due to nonce expiration (Failed security check), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Your statements about this plugin not using the heartbeat API are incorrect, but I'm not…
    Oct 01 Thu · 11:06
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unable to access translations, not permitted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In 2.8.8 a blank entry meant no security. In 2.8.9 blank means all file reads…
    September 2026
    Sep 30 Wed · 11:44
    Plugins high
    Committed [3721126] to Plugins SVN:
    Published 2.8.9
    Sep 29 Tue · 18:17
    Plugins high
    Committed [3719606] to Plugins SVN:
    more descriptive fail access error messages
    Sep 29 Tue · 17:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3719518] to Plugins SVN:
    Base directory restriction is now for all file reads, with a second setting for writes
    Sep 29 Tue · 08:26
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Change log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Don't edit installed files. Loco Translate should warn you that a PO file could be…
    Sep 29 Tue · 07:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3718475] to Plugins SVN:
    Enforcing gettext read location in editor template validation
    Sep 28 Mon · 18:17
    Plugins high
    Committed [3717733] to Plugins SVN:
    read restrictions default to web root and content dir, unless widened by write restriction
    Sep 28 Mon · 10:13
    Plugins high
    Committed [3716867] to Plugins SVN:
    Hardened some controllers against file access loopholes
    Sep 27 Sun · 09:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Google Translate Returns Simplified Chinese for zh_HK, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The v2 Google Translate API supports zh, zh-CN and zh-TW. If you request zh_HK via…

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    1 favorite

    Translations

    2 locales
    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Loco Translate

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Loco Translate

    View all on translate.wordpress.org