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Gary Jones

Enterprise Engineer at WordPress VIP

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The Genesis and WordPress communities are where I’ve established myself. Here are my participations and contributions to those communities.

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WordPress Credited Contributions

WordPress Core

Some references are missing, as I’ve contributed to the following releases: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2.

  • #29958: Collapse menu keyboard accessibility (4.7)
  • #37871: Clarify Login Label (Email Address) (4.7)
  • #34737: Add Facebook oEmbed Support (4.7)
  • #21616: add-textdomain doesn’t conform to WP coding standards (4.5)
  • #24878: is_registered_sidebar() (4.4)
  • #26502: Dashboard Activity dates conditionally need the year (4.4)
  • #33684: Cheatin’ uh?: Update in wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php (4.4)
  • #32735: Correctly sort translated plugin names in plugin list table (4.3)
  • #28310: Accessing properties of null returned from get_post() (4.0)
  • #26869: Hook Docs clean up (4.0)
  • #27715: Hook Docs (35): wp-includes/functions.php (3.9)
  • #27228: Consistent translator comment format (3.9)
  • #25689: Notice – undefined variable checksums (3.7.1)
  • #14045: Give the menus page an accessibility mode option, like the widgets screen (3.6)
  • #23791: Missing @param in wp_get_attachment_image() docs (3.6)
  • #23789: Redundant variables for menu custom link meta box callback (3.6)
  • #18948: Introduce $wpdb->;delete() (3.4)
  • #18886: $stripteaser documentation incorrect (3.3)
  • #16688: Inconsistent the_title filter (3.3)
  • #18698: Use body class in custom background callback (3.3)
  • #16432: Add filter to ent2ncr (3.3)

WordPress Meta

  • #1911: Credits API: Prefer HTTPS for External Libraries links
  • #1365: Improve project overview page (See [2071])

Credited Contributions to Projects on GitHub My

Projects on GitHub are under the Sources tab. These include full WordPress plugins, or library classes for use in themes or plugins.

All of the items below are ones I’ve contributed code to (not updated for a while). Some range from simple documentation fixes up to being a core contributor with commit access to the repo.

Premium or Private Products Not on public GitHub repos.

  • EA Genesis Child
  • Genesis Framework
  • All Pro child themes from StudioPress (RTL, work in progress)
  • Utility Pro, Genesis child theme
  • Forty Two, Genesis child theme
  • User Comments Permissions
  • Various child themes from other authors via theme audits
  • WP Rocket

First Plugins I’ve helped the following users write their first public or custom plugin for WordPress:

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WordCamp and Conference Attendance

  1. WordCamp Portsmouth (UK) Jul 2011
  2. WordCamp Chicago (USA) Jul 2011
  3. WordCamp Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) Oct 2013
  4. WordCamp London (UK) Nov 2013
  5. WordCamp Europe (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2014
  6. WordCamp Birmingham (UK) Feb 2015
  7. WordCamp London (UK) Mar 2015
  8. WordCamp Europe (Seville, Spain) Jun 2015
  9. WordCamp London (UK) Apr 2016 (Organiser and Speaker)
  10. WordCamp Europe (Vienna, Austria) Jun 2016
  11. WordCamp Brighton (UK) Jul 2016
  12. WordCamp Manchester (UK) Oct 2016
  13. WordCamp London (UK) Mar 2017 (Organiser)
  14. WordCamp Bristol (UK) May 2017
  15. WordCamp Europe (Paris, France) June 2017
  16. WordCamp Edinburgh (UK) July 2017
  17. WordCamp Manchester (UK) Oct 2017 (Volunteer)
  18. WordCamp London (UK) Apr 2018 (Organiser)
  19. WordCamp Europe (Belgrade, Serbia) Jun 2018 (Workshop Teaching Assistant)
  20. WordCamp US (Nashville, USA) Dec 2019
  21. WordCamp London (UK) Apr 2019 (Emcee and Volunteer)
  22. WordCamp Europe (Berlin, Germany) Jun 2019 (Volunteer)
  1. PHP South Coast (Portsmouth, UK) Jul 2015
  2. PHP South Coast (Portsmouth, UK) June 2017
  3. WP Engine EU Summit 2018 (London, UK) Nov 2018

WordPress Meetup

  • WordPress London former co-organiser, speaker and a regular attendee.

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