Simon Pollard
@simonp303 on WordPress.org, @simonp on Slack
- Member Since: April 1st, 2014
- Location: Bristol, UK
- Website: dc-activ.com
- Job Title: Web Developer
- Employer: dc active
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contribution History
Simon Pollard’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Meetup Organizer Meetup Organizer
- WordCamp Organizer WordCamp Organizer
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										Wrote a new post, What is a contributor day?, on the site WordCamp Bristol 2019: 
 A contributor day is a special kind of day where existing and new contributors to…11 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, What is a contributor day?, on the site WordCamp Bristol 2019: 
 A contributor day is a special kind of day where existing and new contributors to…11 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol Schedule Announced, on the site WordCamp Central: 
 We are super excited to announce the schedule for WordCamp Bristol 2019! We had an…11 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol is looking for Sponsors, on the site WordCamp Central: 
 This is the second WordCamp Bristol, and it’s growing. Actually, it’s doubling in size. Bristol…1 year ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordCamp Bristol – We are pleased to announce our Call for Speakers!, on the site WordCamp Central: 
 WordCamp is coming to the fabulous city of Bristol, one of the biggest tech cities…1 year ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #46274, in Core Trac: 
 Description for Gutenberg button to include the word "link"1 year ago 
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										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Bristol 2019 1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Technical organisation post-5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I just want to echo comments on the jaw dropping comment of "2 updates a…1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Meta Box Compatibility Flags, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Totally agree here - why on earth would you not default to assuming not compatible.…1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 This sounds perfect to me - I have requested this numerous times.1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Classic Editor Plugin Support Window, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 A lot of people have been pleading for this kind of logic to be applied...…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Should not be part of core, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It just needs an ability to be turned off - there are far too many…2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Should not be part of core, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This should remain a plugin that people can choose to …2 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #43068, in Core Trac: 
 Ability to disable Gutenberg in wp-config.php2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Unfortunately I am unable to share any code as this site is a secret and…2 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It is a custom parent theme - very basic and uses two plugins: ACF and…2 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Bespoke Theme Not Showing Templates in 4.9.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I have a custom theme, that is very basic. It was runn…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Showcase Update, on the site English (UK) Team: 
 A few I have built in WordPress British Rowing https://www.britishrowing.org/ Velo Birmingham https://velobirmingham.com/ Play Sports…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – Beginners Night: How to install WordPress and How to create your own theme, on the site English (UK): 
 This month is a beginner's themed night and will cover two introductory topics - how…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – WooCommerce and Building complex layouts using CSS’s flexbox – April 4th, on the site English (UK): 
 https://www.meetup.com/Bristol-WordPress-People/events/238556147/ This month we have arranged two speakers to cover two very different topics to…3 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Hard coded html outside of functions, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Out of interest why do you do things like this (in con…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a new post, WordPress Bristol – Building a plugin as a business and speeding up WordPress – 7th March, on the site English (UK): 
 https://www.meetup.com/Bristol-WordPress-People/events/237757536/3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post More Local Events (and better tools for supporting local events), on the site Make WordPress Community: 
 Having money to cover the venue for the meetup I run (Bristol, UK) is great…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Performance improvements for images in WordPress 4.5, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 So it appears if the size of an image matches the size of a specified…4 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Performance improvements for images in WordPress 4.5, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Apologies if this is a silly question - if a user uploads an image that…4 years ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #29177, in Core Trac: 
 Undefined index: path - line line 5722 of class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php.6 years ago 



 
			