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John James Jacoby

Software Developer at Awesome Motive

@johnjamesjacoby East Troy, WI joined Mar 2008

jjj.blog github.com/JJJ Slack: @JJJ
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    Bio

    WordPress. BuddyPress. bbPress.

    Interests

    Puppies, WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, BackPress, Video Games, Home Automation, PHP, MySQL, Blogging, Photography

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2005 I discovered bbPress looking for GPL forum software that came with profile pages and hierarchical categories. I found BuddyPress shortly thereafter, and finally WordPress as a result. I logged into IRC, introduced myself, and started patching bugs – everything’s been awesome ever since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '16 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    6 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 bbPress Team '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Team '19 WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '24
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Software Developer
    Present
    Awesome Motive

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    534contributions
    high514
    medium20
    score1562
    Last 90 days
    593contributions
    high573
    medium20
    score1739
    Last 12 months
    825contributions
    high771
    medium54
    score2367

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 40 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 07 Wed · 02:10
    BuddyPress med
    Created ticket #9347 on BuddyPress Trac:
    Add repository guidance for AI coding agents
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3730945] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag 2.3.0.
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:24
    bbPress high
    Committed [7855] to bbPress SVN:
    Forums: Correct status introduction version.
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:22
    bbPress high
    Committed [7854] to bbPress SVN:
    Forums: Backport the site-wide status setting.
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:10
    bbPress high
    Committed [7853] to bbPress SVN:
    Theme Compat: Support excerpt-based templates.
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:10
    bbPress med
    Closed ticket #3431 on bbPress Trac:
    Theme compatibility: Excerpt-based templates break non-singular ...
    Oct 06 Tue · 13:10
    bbPress high
    Committed [7852] to bbPress SVN:
    Theme Compat: Support excerpt-based templates.
    Oct 06 Tue · 12:54
    bbPress med
    Closed ticket #3702 on bbPress Trac:
    Add a site-wide open/closed forums status
    Oct 06 Tue · 12:54
    bbPress high
    Committed [7851] to bbPress SVN:
    Forums: Add a site-wide status setting.
    Oct 06 Tue · 12:39
    bbPress high
    Committed [7850] to bbPress SVN:
    Engagements: Restore privileged profile controls.

    Developer

    33 plugins

    Contributor

    4 plugins

    Themes

    1 theme

    Plugins

    6 favorites