Jake Spurlock

Member Since: October 3rd, 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: jakespurlock.com
GitHub: whyisjake
Job Title: Technical Account Engineer
Employer: Automattic / WordPress VIP
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Bio

Jake is a Technical Account Engineer at Automattic and the release lead on the Core Security team.

Interests

Photography, skiing, and WordPress…

Contributions Sponsored

Jake Spurlock contributes 20 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Meta.

Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a new post, Core Dev Chat Agenda, August 12, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 days ago
Created a new ticket, #50907, in Core Trac:
Add a method to opt-in to core auto-updates.

3 days ago
Committed [48785] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.5

3 days ago
Committed [48781] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 5.5 RC 3 version bump.

4 days ago
Committed [48780] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.5 RC 3.

4 days ago
Reopened ticket #50891, in Core Trac:
Updated docs for default metadata values

4 days ago
Closed ticket #50891, in Core Trac:
Updated docs for default metadata values

4 days ago
Committed [48777] to Core Trac:
Options, Meta APIs: Update the docs around default metadata values. ...

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #5361, in Meta Trac:
Generate 5.5 Gutenprops

5 days ago
Closed ticket #37011, in Core Trac:
Don’t link custom logo if it’s displayed on the front page

7 days ago
Committed [48759] to Core Trac:
Themes: Add unlink-homepage-logo to the ...

7 days ago
Committed [48758] to Core Trac:
Themes: Update the `test_theme_supports_custom_logo` to check for the ...

7 days ago
Committed [2354269] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.1.6 from GitHub

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for August 5th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog Posts Outcomes…

1 week ago
Committed [2352563] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.1.5 from GitHub

1 week ago
Committed [2350236] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.3

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350235] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.3

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350229] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.2

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350228] to Plugins Trac:
Version bump and cleanup:

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350226] to Plugins Trac:
Merging

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350224] to Plugins Trac:
Readme bump

2 weeks ago
Committed [2350221] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.2

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5 Field Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.5 is shaping up to be “the best version of WordPress ever“! This will…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.6: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Core auto-updates!

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for July 29th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for bringing that up and charting.

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 29th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 22nd, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Recently Published Dev…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 15th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted Blog Posts…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 8th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Also, @davidbaumwald will…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 1st, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's July! Holy smokes. Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today:…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think that while this a good idea, we wouldn't be able to remove the…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1000

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 17th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Do search engines have a way to discover sitemaps? Something like a link in the…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for June 10th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Core Sitemaps merge announcement: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/06/10/merge-announcement-extensible-core-sitemaps/

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 9th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Team Reps for 2020+, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats!

2 months ago
Committed [2316944] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.1.4 from GitHub

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 3rd, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
👋 Howdy, y'all. Here is the agenda for the weekly core dev chat happening tomorrow:…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2020 WordPress Release Squads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
💥 This looks great! Excited about being part of 5.5 and 5.6!

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for May 27, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For 5.4.2, we are looking to bring the changes in #49956 all the way back…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd love to help more with this release. What's the role of the release coordinator?…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The constants have been removed, but the filters are still there. wp_themes_auto_update_enabled and wp_plugins_auto_update_enabled.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would be much more inclined to enable auto-updates for plugins knowing that these ONLY…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Kudos to @audrasjb for the excellent work leading this project!

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Why class-wp-query.php was changed in WordPress 5.4.1?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there @mypacecreator. That query type was tricky to negotiate down to a single post…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5: Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
/cc @audrasjb

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5: Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Forgot to mention this, but I think that bringing the plugin and theme auto-updates into…

4 months ago