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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
    16contributions
    high8
    medium8
    score32
    Last 90 days
    39contributions
    high17
    medium22
    score73
    Last 12 months
    134contributions
    high51
    medium83
    score236

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 07 Wed · 13:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Loco Translate] Editing translations not possible in 2.8.9, everything is greyed out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I expect your symlink is the issue. If wp-content is a parallel directory to the…
    Oct 07 Wed · 12:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Editing translations not possible in 2.8.9, everything is greyed out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Version 2.8.8 allowed reading of files anywhere on your system that the PHP process allowed.…
    Oct 02 Fri · 08:26
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unsaved translations lost due to nonce expiration (Failed security check), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Follow up - I am able to reproduce a failure when the WordPress session is…
    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

    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