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Topher

WordPress Engineer at MediaForge Productions

@topher1kenobe Grand Rapids MI joined May 2010

topher.how github.com/topher1kenobe Slack: @topher1kenobe
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    Bio

    Christian, Husband, Father, WordPress developer, Teacher, Documenter, HeroPresser

    Interests

    https://heropress.com
    https://topher.how

    WordPress Origin Story

    https://heropress.com/essays/making-family/

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '21 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '22
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '21 Community Contributor '24 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '19
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '16

    Current Job

    WordPress Engineer
    Present
    MediaForge Productions

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 90 days
    8contributions
    high8
    medium0
    score24
    Last 12 months
    23contributions
    high11
    medium12
    score45

    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 4.8
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 21 Sun · 17:08
    Plugins high
    Committed [3580866] to Plugins SVN:
    add assets
    Jun 21 Sun · 16:38
    Plugins high
    Committed [3580843] to Plugins SVN:
    Putting in 2.0.1
    Jun 21 Sun · 16:25
    Plugins high
    Committed [3580834] to Plugins SVN:
    Putting in 1.0
    Jun 21 Sun · 16:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3580829] to Plugins SVN:
    Adding first version of my plugin
    Jun 09 Tue · 09:53
    Meta high
    Received props from @mbigul in Slack:
    A proud milestone for the WordPress Photo Directory :confetti_ball: :camera_with_flash: :tada: 40,000 photos and counting…
    Jun 01 Mon · 15:46
    Plugins high
    Committed [3556986] to Plugins SVN:
    Adding tagged version
    Jun 01 Mon · 15:44
    Plugins high
    Committed [3556983] to Plugins SVN:
    Adding .org assets
    Jun 01 Mon · 13:29
    Plugins high
    Committed [3556814] to Plugins SVN:
    Adding first version of my plugin
    February 2026
    Feb 18 Wed · 16:17
    Forums med
    Created a topic, How do you pronounce Cimo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just what the title says. I want to make a video abou…
    Feb 15 Sun · 14:23
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Fast, resonsive, and featureful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Given that this is pulling data from an enormous pool,…

    Developer

    14 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Photos

    1,238 contributions

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    Plugins

    51 favorites

    Themes

    3 favorites

    Translations

    2 locales
    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

    View all on translate.wordpress.org