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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
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Support Contributor '26

    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
    high4
    medium1
    score13
    Last 90 days
    22contributions
    high13
    medium9
    score48
    Last 12 months
    50contributions
    high14
    medium36
    score78

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 16 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    September 2026
    Sep 04 Fri · 17:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3681567] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging version 1.1.0
    Sep 04 Fri · 17:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3681566] to Plugins SVN:
    BoardScribe 1.1.0: add CSV bulk importer for meeting minutes
    Sep 04 Fri · 17:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3681565] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove access check dir
    Sep 04 Fri · 17:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3681563] to Plugins SVN:
    Access check (will be deleted immediately) - not a release
    August 2026
    Aug 07 Fri · 14:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Clarity on WCAG 3.2.2 Flag / Potential False Negative, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Since I have an open PR to resolve the fix being enabled causing it to…
    Aug 06 Thu · 14:02
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Error Saving Scan Results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jeffscroggs since I haven't heard back in a while I am going to mark this…
    Aug 06 Thu · 13:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Clarity on WCAG 3.2.2 Flag / Potential False Negative, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @candymac, Glad that you are liking the plugin so far. We are always happy…
    Aug 04 Tue · 21:07
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Clarity on WCAG 3.2.2 Flag / Potential False Negative, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @candymac Thanks for reaching out. After looking at 3.2.2 I think you might be…
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:10
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634258] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove mistaken 1.0.2 release tag
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:10
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634257] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag Oxford Comma Go Away 1.0.3