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Xavier Borderie

Tech Content Writer

@xibe Paris, France joined Feb 2004

xavier.borderie.net Slack: @xavier
    Languages fr_FR

    Bio

    French. Born in April 1977. Lives in Paris, France.

    By day: Head of Tech Content at PayFit, working in the Engineering team.
    Previously working at JDNet, Netvibes, PrestaShop, Sigfox.

    By night…
    * French WordPress translator since Day 1 (roughly v1.2), to this day.
    * Co-founder of the WordPress-Francophone non-profit, and president/head-decider from 2008 to 2015.
    * Lead organizer of 4 WordPress barcamps and 4 WordCamps so far (all in Paris). Consigliere for WordCamp Paris 2016.
    * Member of the organization team of WordCamp Europe 2013, 2014, and 2017.
    * Representative for the French community at the Community Summit 2012 & 2014.
    * Co-writer of 3 editions of the first and main French WordPress book, published by Pearson.

    All around nice guy.

    Update in 2020:
    * Husband since 2016!
    * Father since 2018!
    * I’m much less active these days, but still watching!

    WordPress Origin Story

    The year was 2004. I had been using pMachine on my 1&1 host, and it was starting to crumble, getting in the way of my already feeble blogging.
    WordPress seemed nice, version 1.2 was making waves in the blogosphere (hello Mark Pilgrim!), and a developer (who turned out to be b2 creator and WP developer Michel Valdrighi, and later a friend) was looking for testers for his pMachine-to-WordPress importer.
    Gave it a try, it worked well enough, I have never looked back since then.

    I dove into its translation right then as I saw a need, first on the wiki then on Launchpad when v1.5 and gettext came, then on the Automattic Subversion server, then Rosetta sites, etc.

    French questions were getting asked on the wp.org forums, but were not welcome as-is (“English, please!”). In August 2005, a couple of guys in France decided to create a forum for francophones, then a full site, and asked me to be part of it. When the time came to run the money for our barcamps (2008), we decided to turn our informal gathering into a proper non-profit, and I’ve been its president since these first days (until late 2015), and lead-organizer of 4 WordPress barcamps and 4 WordCamps.

    Badges

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    Core Contributor '15
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '15
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Tech Content Writer
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    Recent impact

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 07 Thu · 12:28
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 6 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    March 2025
    Mar 29 Sat · 23:32
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    October 2024
    Oct 30 Wed · 17:29
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Bretagne 2024
    September 2024
    Sep 27 Fri · 09:59
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 27 Fri · 09:54
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    November 2023
    Nov 08 Wed · 16:28
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Nov 08 Wed · 16:26
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Nov 08 Wed · 16:24
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    April 2023
    Apr 04 Tue · 19:39
    Polyglots high
    Translated 13 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    March 2023
    Mar 30 Thu · 15:00
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 32 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Plugins

    1 favorite

    Translations

    1 locale
    fr_FR Français (French) WordPress Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    WordPress

    Contributed translations to 214 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums Get Involved Learn WordPress Openverse WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Patterns Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection bbPress Birthdays Widget Blogware Importer Book Review BuddyPress Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More Church Admin Classic Editor WordPress Calls to Action CurrencyConverter Custom Contact Forms Demo Bar- Best Tool To Showcase Website Demos and Product Features With Styles DotClear Importer Event Tickets and Registration Events Maker by dFactory FakerPress GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform GlotPress GreyMatter Importer Ktai Style WordPress Landing Pages Language Bar Flags WordPress Leads LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes LiveJournal Importer MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies Map My Posts Membership 2 Movable Type and TypePad Importer Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

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