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williampatton

WordPress Developer at PattonWebz

@williampatton Scotland, United Kingdom joined Jan 2010

pattonwebz.com github.com/pattonwebz Slack: @williampatton
    Maintains Themes Upgrade/Install

    Bio

    I write open source code and tinker with electronics. Guitar Player, Father of 2, fascinated by the process of 3D Printing and lover of sandwiches.

    Interests

    Playing Guitar, Programming, Open Source Software, 3D Printing, Sandwiches

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    Core Contributor '16 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Themes Team '17 WP-CLI Contributor '19
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Accessibility Contributor '19

    Current Job

    WordPress Developer
    Present
    PattonWebz

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high3
    medium2
    score11
    Last 90 days
    11contributions
    high3
    medium8
    score17
    Last 12 months
    34contributions
    high4
    medium30
    score42

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 15 releases
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.7

    Time commitment

    4 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 22:24
    Plugins high
    Committed [3591984] to Plugins SVN:
    Rename tag v1.45.0 to 1.45.0
    Jun 25 Thu · 21:26
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79562 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    `@wordpress/a11y`: Add clear-fill delay and polite announcement queue to speak()
    Jun 25 Thu · 21:05
    Core med
    Created issue #79561 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    `@wordpress/a11y`: speak() misses announcements on VoiceOver due to synchronous clear+fill, and drops…
    Jun 23 Tue · 18:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3583639] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove incorrectly named tag v1.44.1
    Jun 23 Tue · 18:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3583637] to Plugins SVN:
    Rename tag v1.44.1 to 1.44.1
    April 2026
    Apr 24 Fri · 19:01
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Closing the loop here to say that we discovered this was a browser level cache…
    Apr 24 Fri · 16:22
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I will test with Vivaldi browser and see if the results are different for me.…
    Apr 24 Fri · 15:46
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Got it, I am still trying to work out how the issue might be happening…
    Apr 24 Fri · 15:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @raygulick that's what I expected about how you were running the scan. We were aware…
    Apr 24 Fri · 14:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi again @raygulick, I have just tested this on my side and I don't see…