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.

Since April 2025 I’m sponsored 3 hrs per week by Kinsta. (Happy to discuss more hours with other companies!)

Contributions

tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) contributes 5 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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Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
1 hour ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
15 hours ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for ProvenExpert I…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@threadi I removed the -formal and -informal entries. When the PTE role is assigned for…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Inloggningsproblem, on the site Svensk support:
En sak till: Det som matas ut är varningar som inte bör visas när webbplatsen…
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Inloggningsproblem, on the site Svensk support:
Hej @erikdal Temat blue-grace är inte längre tillgängligt via WordPress.org. När jag tittar på dess…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post I am the plugin author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@iworks Each locale team needs to weigh the pros and cons with accepting someone as…
5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now approved…
6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post I am the plugin author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
I just analyzed previous versions of this post, and noted that @draplydropshipping has silently added…
6 days ago
Posted a reply to The events calender in English after updating to WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Now I've found an explanation. The Swedish translation of this plugin is loaded from inside…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to The events calender in English after updating to WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not connected with this plugin in any way, but happen to be on the…
7 days ago
Posted a reply to json, on the site Svensk support:
Hej @janne46 JSON är ett textformat som ofta används för att skicka och ta emot…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for AI Feeds, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @soportecibeles Before publishing your post, I fixed its formattnig to trigger notifications to the…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Skapa WordPress med oss – anmälan till mentorprogram öppen just nu, on the site Svenska:
@janne46 Fråga hellre i forumet: https://sv.wordpress.org/support/forum/allmanna-fragor/
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Secure Custom Fields Plugin – @alifjkabir, on the site Translate WordPress:
Based on the comment above, I have now added @alifjkabir as PTE for #bn_BD. We'll…
1 week ago
Translated 12 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 week ago
Reviewed 16 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 week ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello,, on the site Translate WordPress:
@moghadasi96 Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Add to Home Screen WP, OrderStock by TulipWork & WP Alternative Post Title, on the site Translate WordPress:
When I now checked back, there were two locales remaining without answer on this request,…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for the Mozis theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
#bn_BD Can you please have a look at this post? Perhaps you just missed it.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post I am the plugin author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
We're still waiting for some locale teams to respond. #vi #pt_BR #es_MX #es_UY es_VE
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Flixita Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now approved…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Shopire and MiniCart Themes, on the site Translate WordPress:
Now it's been some time with no response, so I'm stepping in here to help…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for AI –…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Since we still haven't received any reply from the #en_GB 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
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Gutenberg Blocks…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdsaifullahnakih/ I'm removing the to-do status of this post for now. When ready, you can…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Remove layout destroying HTML-Tags, on the site Translate WordPress:
Ask again in the Italian Slack. If long time without reaction, ask in the "polyglots"…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 📬 Solicitud de Revisión de Traducción – es_AR, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hola @dattateccom In this global Polyglots' blog we don't follow up on requests to just…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots team!, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @kidsstoremr Before publishing your post, I added a link to the plugin and the…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Reality shop 3D plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @kouroshweb Before publishing your pending post, I added the relevant locale tag ( #fa_IR…
2 weeks ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for NewsBlogy Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
@desertthemes Also: Please, please, avoid making parallel requests for the same thing to to the…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
@ayasays Please follow the instructions above to join the French team's chat channel on Slack,…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request to unify Korean locale slug as “ko” (remove redundant “_KR”), on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi, When a locale has been established in WordPress, it's almost impossible to change the…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Simple History, on the site Translate WordPress:
I corrected the locale tag to #de_DE (and mentioned it here to trigger a notification…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Prośba o zatwierdzenie tłumaczeń wtyczki NETSENSAI Shield, on the site Translate WordPress:
@rgierlicki Before publishing your pending post, I added a link to the plugin and the…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for MiniCart Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
I'm removing the to-do status of this request, since you relatively quickly after this one…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Shopire and MiniCart Themes, on the site Translate WordPress:
@wpfable I'm removing the to-do status of this post, since you've marked the last remaining…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Contact Form 7 plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
@bisonstudio Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Maintenance &…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@ilyasine Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hola, on the site Translate WordPress:
@oregoom Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE request for GradiantX, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @nayrathemes The remaining three locales in your request, namely #it_IT #pt_PT and #pt_BR are…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Affilizz, on the site Translate WordPress:
Since we still haven't received any reply from the locale team, I have now approved…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi dear mentors, We have…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done!
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @patelketan I've removed the to-do status of your post, since there's not enough information…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Add to Home Screen WP, OrderStock by TulipWork & WP Alternative Post Title, on the site Translate WordPress:
@tulipwork If you speak French, then I strongly recommend you to join the French Slack…
3 weeks ago
Reviewed 213 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago