tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) (@tobifjellner) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Poet, Writer, Project Manager, Mobile Telecom Marketing specialist, Translator, and more… Being Swedish native, I know how to mount furniture from IKEA. 🙂 Oh, and I’m interested in amateur radio, although currently inactive (check your logs from 1980-s for SM0RYB).

The great and versatile tool WordPress can be free thanks to the contributions from thousands of users. And I think it’s great that one can “give back” to WordPress and the community in so many different ways. I’m not a coder (although I may be able to find and fix some small and simple errors in PHP/CSS/JavaScript). But where I really can make a difference, that’s in making WordPress available in Swedish.

Later I even became a global mentor for WordPress translation, so one could say that I support the processes that make WordPress available in more than 70 language versions. Did you know, that 56% (these figures are for June 2023) of all WordPress installations are using a translated version of WordPress? I’m proud to be a part of that!

I was on the organizing team for WordCamp Stockholm 2016, where we successfully introduced the “Micro Sponsor” level for participation.

In June 2023, I was a speaker at WordCamp Europe, with the title: “Enable truly global use of your code – Avoid the typical i18n pitfalls”. It was mainly based on the most important parts of my article about some common i18n-errors developers make: https://gsm.fjellner.com/hints-about-i18n-let-your-code-to-shine-all-over-the-world/

In 2023, I started pursuing ways to drastically improve quality and reuse of content translation for handbooks, documentation, training materials, etc. I’m also on the pilot team for mentoring of new WordPress contributors.

I’d love to contribute more to WordPress, if I just could find the right partners to make it sustainable for me. I want to spend more time on:
– Making it easier for WordPress users to find out about contributing to the project.
– Helping new contributors finding their way in and around the project.
– Re-vitalizing the Swedish community (Yes, I live in Spain, but I’ve got a stable internet connection).
– Encouraging locale teams to publish more relevant content.
– Organizing meetups/WordCamps.
– Smart reuse of translations and content.
– Support for multilingual content in WordPress core.
– … and probably several other things.

Additional links:
– https://facebook.com/fjellner
– https://linkedin.com/in/fjellner
– https://mastodon.social/@tobifjellner

WordPress Origin Story

Ended up with WordPress when I wanted to migrate my blog in Russian about working as an expat in Oman to my own domain and made it a tri-lingual site. Since then I’ve helped lots of friends to get started, too.
When I noted that the themes I loved and some plugins I wanted weren’t available in the languages i needed, I started translating them.
Now I’m one of the global mentors for the WordPress translation efforts and an active participant in the Swedish WordPress community, although I live in Barcelona, Spain.

Contributions

tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) contributes 10 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Polyglots, and Support.

Member Since: March 18th, 2011
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Website: gsm.fjellner.com
GitHub: tobifjellner
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Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
Support Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Reviewed 40 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 days ago
Translated 50 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Mobilmeny underrubriker togglar ej och länkar till undersidor fungerar ej, on the site Svensk support:
Hej @lisasundberg Nä, jag är inte säker öht, men Javascript lider inte lika mycket av…
2 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Affilizz, on the site Translate WordPress:
@affilizz Any WordPress installation that is set to en_US will just use directly whatever strings…
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE Request for Gutenberg Plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi, With some hesitation, I have added Gutenberg to your list, although formally the plugin…
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Affilizz, on the site Translate WordPress:
Oh. @fxbenard responded really quickly this time. I'm removing the to-do status for #fr_FR. For…
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Affilizz, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @affilizz Before publishing your pending post, I corrected the locale tag for you. (You…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Lägga till radbrytning i produktsidan, on the site Svensk support:
Du bör kunna lösa detta med hjälp av ett barntema. Börja med att skapa ett…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Lägga till radbrytning i produktsidan, on the site Svensk support:
Hi @mikeyswede Akismet styrde ditt inlägg till spam på grund av en massa länkar. Jag…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Mobilmeny underrubriker togglar ej och länkar till undersidor fungerar ej, on the site Svensk support:
Litet tillägg: För bra funktion på mobiler bör du sikta in dig på twenty-fourteen eller…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Mobilmeny underrubriker togglar ej och länkar till undersidor fungerar ej, on the site Svensk support:
Om föräldratemat försöker att använda funktioner som inte längre är tillgängliga i PHP (programmiljön som…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Fått kritiskt fel, on the site Svensk support:
För denna typ av meddelanden försöker WordPress e-posta en speciell behörighetskod för felsökning till en…
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dear WordPress Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
@mkrndmane Thanks a lot for this confirmtion. @snilesh, your best way to communicate closer with…
4 days ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Remove layout destroying HTML-Tags, on the site Translate WordPress:
@spicone Before publishing your post, which pas in pending state about 10 minutes, I corrected…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dear WordPress Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
#mr team (and especially @mkrndmane ) Where does your team hang out, for more direct…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for MX Custom Login Popup, on the site Translate WordPress:
@fierevere ↑↑ you've got a follow-up comment here.
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Howdy! I like to become…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@yanmetelitsa I'm removing the to-do status for #bel, since you're already GTE for this locale,…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
@spacecodes Everyone involved in the WordPress Polyglots team is a volunteer. We normally allow at…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Visma Pay (Embedded Card) for Woocommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
That was a quick turnaround :)
7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
@moksa0923 I'm removing the to-do status of this request, since nothing is pending on the…
7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Shopire Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
@wpfable I now noticed that for #ar this request was a duplicate of https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2025/02/27/pte-request-for-shopire-theme/
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE request in Beacon project, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dear WordPress Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @moksa0923 I'm one of the global mentors for the WordPress Polyglots team. It's great…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for sams-integration, on the site Translate WordPress:
@renao Before publishing your pending post, I removed the entry for _formal, since all locale…
1 week ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Anlut till google och google marchent, on the site Svensk support:
Hej, Du har länkat till en sida som bara du själv kommer åt. Via dessa…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, About the Spectator role in the WordPress support forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
The WordPress forums is a space where people communicate with each other to request and…
2 weeks ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Vad är en lämplig betallösning för en mindre webshop?, on the site Svensk support:
Om du kolllar lite i forumet med recensioner kan du bläddra mellan recensioner med höga…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Based on the comments above, I have removed the to-do status for #es_ES #fr_FR #it_IT…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Vad är en lämplig betallösning för en mindre webshop?, on the site Svensk support:
Jag tror inte att det finns någon viss lösning som är bäst för alla. Klarna…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @oregoom I missed your post earlier, and have now corrected that it didn't have…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @benazeer Since we still haven't received any reply from the #ml_IN locale team, I…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Communication Icon, on the site Translate WordPress:
@mehmetkaraca Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Shopire Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
Based on previous comment, I have removed the to-do status for #nl_NL.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for two of my own themes, on the site Translate WordPress:
@stefacchio As you can see, before publishing your pending posts, I merged them into one.…
2 weeks ago
Reviewed 300 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Made 4 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
When I just checked, these two projects were already assigned to you.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE request for Premium Addons for Elementor, on the site Translate WordPress:
I'm removing the to-do status of this post, since there's no action pending on the…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE request for Premium Addons for Elementor, on the site Translate WordPress:
This post is a duplicate of https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2025/02/20/pte-request-for-premium-addons-for-elementor-4/ so I'm removing the to-do on this one.…
3 weeks ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Reviewing/PTE Request for OceanWP theme…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@adglo Thanks for this reminder. I'll update that page a bit when I get around…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Reviewing/PTE Request for OceanWP theme…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@adglo We're all volunteers here, with more or less time available. In addition, the situation…
3 weeks ago