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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
    13contributions
    high6
    medium7
    score25
    Last 90 days
    18contributions
    high9
    medium9
    score36
    Last 12 months
    47contributions
    high10
    medium37
    score67

    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
    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
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:10
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634256] to Plugins SVN:
    Update stable tag for 1.0.3
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:06
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634251] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag Oxford Comma Go Away 1.0.2
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634249] to Plugins SVN:
    Import Oxford Comma Go Away plugin to <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>.org SVN
    July 2026
    Jul 28 Tue · 16:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Error Saving Scan Results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @jeffscroggs, Sorry I didn't get back to you here till today. I spent some…