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Eric Mann

Tekton

@ericmann Tualatin Oregon, USA joined Nov 2007

eamann.com github.com/ericmann Slack: @ericmann

    Bio

    I am a developer, marketer, and story teller just trying to make the world a better place.

    Interests

    Marketing, Rock Climbing, Creative Writing / Artwork

    Badges

    CODE
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    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Tekton
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    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
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    score6
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high2
    medium7
    score13
    Last 12 months
    11contributions
    high3
    medium8
    score17

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 5.7
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Contributions

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    October 2026
    Oct 07 Wed · 15:05
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    As discussed in last week's dev chat on Slack, there's a PR up for this…
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 16:47
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #1010 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Store TOTP secrets with the WordPress Secrets API
    Sep 25 Fri · 19:14
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13759 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Secrets API: encrypted, versioned storage for credentials
    Sep 25 Fri · 19:13
    Core med
    Created ticket #66187 on Core Trac:
    Secrets API: encrypted, versioned storage for credentials
    Sep 04 Fri · 21:02
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    > Is there anyway to prevent plugin A from reading the secret stored by Plugin…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:48
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Yes, that will be the ultimate goal here. For hosts/platforms that can provide a more…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:46
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    the API has no way to express “readable, but not writable here,” This is fairly…
    August 2026
    Aug 25 Tue · 21:18
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress has no first-class way to store a credential. This proposal outlines a Secrets API…
    Aug 25 Tue · 15:15
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    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I have some bandwidth over the next couple of months and would love to dive…
    March 2026
    Mar 03 Tue · 20:20
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #819 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Encrypt TOTP secrets at rest using AES-256-GCM

    Developer

    8 plugins

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