Gary Jones – @garyj | WordPress.org

Member Since: December 22nd, 2010
Location: Basingstoke, UK
Website: garyjones.io
Job Title: WordPress Engineer and Agency Owner
Employer: Gamajo
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Bio

I work for WordPress VIP (Automattic) as an Enterprise Engineer.

More plugins can be found on GitHub.

WordPress Origin Story

I first tried WordPress while living in Malaysia in 2007-2008. It was definitely something different than editing .html files by hand on Geocities!

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Posted a reply to Multisite Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It doesn't do anything special at the network-level, but you should be able to activate…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Apologies - I missed the earlier response. @leap13 - you have now both been added.

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Categories, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added as PTEs for en_GB.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Promotional Packs, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added as PTEs.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Promotional Packs, on the site Translate WordPress:
No strings have been submitted as per https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process As per https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/08/08/pte-request-for-avirato-hotels-categories/#comment-284479 the strings should be…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Categories, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thanks for submitting strings for en_GB. Unfortunately, it's clear that you simply copied the en_US…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for increasing recommended PHP version in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm +1 for showing the notice, but wondered what the user experience is like when…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for increasing recommended PHP version in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Even if there is a valid reason for not updating, I think it would still…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for NG-Mail2Telegram, on the site Translate WordPress:
Strings never got submitted, so can't be reviewed.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Revision Manager…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Strings never got submitted, so they can't be reviewed.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Neve and Hestia, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for en_GB.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@leap13 Pinging for a response.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for New blog lite, on the site Translate WordPress:
I've approved 8 en_GB strings, and amended the last one for it to make sense.…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi - as per our en_GB process (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process), please submit strings for review first.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for HelpHub meeting 8 July 2019, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
An item for AOB please: Can we get the second example (and intro line above…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Statify Widget, on the site Translate WordPress:
There are no strings suggested for https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-gb/default/wp-plugins/statify-widget/. As per our process, please submit strings.

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Revision Manager…, on the site Translate WordPress:
For en-GB, as per our process, please submit strings.

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for NG-Mail2Telegram, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please submit en_GB strings, as per our process.

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor request for my plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Approved :-)

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi. I can only see 5 strings submitted by @leap13, which isn't enough to really…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WP Club…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi there, I've checked and approved all 900+ strings (and only had to fix one),…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor request for my plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
As per our en-GB process, please submit strings for en-GB, and we can take a…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thanks for guiding this Luciano :-) Oliver - I've taken a look at backscroll here,…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA: Plugin proposal and designs, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think the mockups imply there are four things going on here: 1. custom pages…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Gutenberg Manager, on the site Translate WordPress:
We hoped that the US english could be enought. There are subtle (but culturally significant)…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow Up on Recent Trac Bulk Edit, on the site Make WordPress Core:
> Each component having hundreds of open tickets makes it difficult for new contributors to…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Revisions to JavaScript Coding Standards, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 of these, though I'd like to see a more complex example given for multi-line…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process for the en_GB process for becoming a PTE.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Technical organisation post-5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WP itself doesn’t have a composer.json Actually, it does: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/composer.json

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Report on the Accessibility Status of Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Gary Jones

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in core-privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great job - thank you Heather and the rest of the team. It's a shame…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for en-GB.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP-CLI v2.0.0 Release Notes, on the site WP-CLI:
Awesome job to everyone who contributed!

2 years ago
Posted a reply to I was really ready to give this a good shot, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@boatmik It's not necessarily intuitive, but by opening the blocks editor, and adding a Classic…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello polyglots. Kindly add me…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please submit strings for en_GB, as per https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WP BrowserUpdate, on the site Translate WordPress:
@macsteini The submitted strings were not accurate enough for me to make you a PTE,…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Did exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would like to translate it as well, but https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-gb/default/wp-plugins/unconfirmed complains that's it's not ready to…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Did exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Googled for "wordpress cancel pending users", this plu…

2 years ago
Reopened ticket #3713, in Meta Trac:
GlotPress negative counts

2 years ago
Created a new ticket, #3713, in Meta Trac:
GlotPress negative counts

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
For en-gb, please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Translations approval, on the site Translate WordPress:
British English is done.

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for OG Tags, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done. I fixed up one incorrect `recognizes` -> `recognises`, and rejected another string as it…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I want to become…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Also, GlotPress is reporting that your plugin is not yet internationalized correctly, so you'll need…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I want to become…, on the site Translate WordPress:
For #en_GB, please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I have suggested…, on the site Translate WordPress:
If you let me know which locale you intended, and who the correct GTE would…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I have suggested…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @candeadaniela, You've submitted what appears to be translations of a variant of Spanish, but…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post , on the site Translate WordPress:
I've checked your previously approved strings, and all looks good. en-GB done.

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Just following-up here. My apologies for not doing so sooner. Of the 59 strings in…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Can this be modified to include empty search results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jack, > Can this be modified to include empty search results? It probably can,…

2 years ago