Ian Dunn – @iandunn | WordPress.org

Member Since: October 16th, 2005
Location: Seattle
Website: iandunn.name
GitHub: iandunn
Job Title: Community Gardener
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I’m a developer and full-time contributor to WordPress. My primary role is building tools to support WordCamps and other community efforts.

WordPress Origin Story

I started blogging with Blogger.com back in 2002, but after a few years I decided to migrate to a self-hosted WordPress site in order to get more control over the theme and back-end.

I learned how to build a new theme for the site, and then wrote a few small plugins to add functionality. Not long after that, I built a theme and a tour-scheduling plugin for a friend’s band, and started getting asked to do more projects.

In 2006 I helped start a small web development shop, and have been developing custom plugins and themes professionally ever since.

Contributions Sponsored

Ian Dunn contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Meta.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Contributor
Community Team
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Meta Team
Security Team
Security Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WordPress.tv Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

Activity
Plugins

Closed ticket #1082, in Meta Trac:
Rebranding WordCamp Central

1 week ago
Closed ticket #603, in Meta Trac:
Translatable slug in WordCamp Custom Post Types

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Marx blacklisted by Barracuda, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks!

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think those are good points. I worry that adding a 4th question might result…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp.org slow load times, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
@barry, any thoughts on this?

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Changes to application workflow for better communication, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Fixed in b8e6074e. I also noticed there was a bug where the Meetup applications emails…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #4841, in Meta Trac:
Create an email that is sent to the applicant and the gets CC to ...

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #49274, in Core Trac:
Grunt copy:files should ignore node_modules

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49265, in Core Trac:
switch_to_blog() and restore_current_blog() reuse switch_blog action

3 weeks ago
Committed [47105] to Core Trac:
Multisite: Add `$context` parameter to `switch_blog` action. The ...

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #49265, in Core Trac:
switch_to_blog() and restore_current_blog() reuse switch_blog action

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #49263, in Core Trac:
Switching blog doesn't switch locale

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Needs feedback: Proposal for improving the Dashboard Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Rather than having a separate UI field for editing the radius, I think it'd be…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Needs feedback: Proposal for improving the Dashboard Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
we can’t see our own next meetup event next week because a few days before…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to custom markers code doesn´t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you theme is producing some JavaScript errors, which you can see in…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp.org slow load times, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I've been noticing intermittently slow load times for wordcamp.org lately, and others have reported it…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #3623, in Meta Trac:
Sessions: Possibility to add end times

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Next WordCamp.org ticket scrub on January 16th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress.org:
This ticket scrub will happen on [time relative]2020-1-16 18:00 UTC[/time] in the #meta-wordcamp channel. The…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Marx blacklisted by Barracuda, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
@barry, this is still causing problems for us. http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?66.155.40.24 The web server is also blacklisted…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
That sounds good 👍🏻

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Good idea!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
🤔, I tried "hello Miss Holly!" and the API gave it a score of 0.059576653,…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Ah, I see what you mean now. That's a good idea 👍🏻 Doing it for…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think we're doing that now, except for the last session of the day. We…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Why has this plugin been shut down?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There aren't any security concerns, we're still running the code on WordCamp.org, and it's still…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Good idea!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, thanks for the feedback! Could you post examples of the harmless comments that triggered…

1 month ago
Committed [9387] to Meta Trac:
Main: Update meetup group count to `817`.

1 month ago
Committed [9386] to Meta Trac:
WP.org: Update local environment market share to `35`.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@melchoyce, the mockup doesn't show what the end times for the last sessions of the…

2 months ago
Committed [9385] to Meta Trac:
Breathe: Update function name. See ...

2 months ago
Committed [9383] to Meta Trac:
Breathe: Update description of Pledged Contributors template. See ...

2 months ago
Committed [9354] to Meta Trac:
Breathe: Add description to Pledged Contributors template.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Also @sewmyheadon, who's done a lot of standalone events in Seattle, and might have some…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
IIRC, something like this has been discussed before, and there could be some important information…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Project: standalone contributor meetings in France

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Translate WordPress:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Project: standalone contributor meetings in France

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I love the goal of inspiring more contributor events, and I think this is a…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The primary place I was thinking of is https://central.wordcamp.org/schedule/; I agree that people don't really…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I don't think we'd need an Export button, since each Speaker post could instead have…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We could also try and use the images that they set as their site logo…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Design:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Scheduled WordCamps in need of feature image/description, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Is it always difficult to get most people to add them? It looks like even…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
TL;DR: Yeah, I think that'd be be a good option. I was initially hesitant because…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Er, maybe the front end is also an option, since we might need to do…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I like that idea. Are you picturing that as just using wp-admin/edit-comments.php, or a custom…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Yeah, that's a really good point. Although, if we've got them stored in comment_meta, it'd…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Yeah, those are really good points. I think I'm leaning more that way now.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, New SSH key for Timi Wahalahti, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Was @sippis' proxy access automatically blocked (maybe similar to a few people last month)? We've…

2 months ago
Committed [9329] to Meta Trac:
O2 Follow: Add warning about using data in other contexts.

2 months ago
Closed ticket #48921, in Core Trac:
WP_User_Query doesn't support querying by known user IDs

2 months ago