Hugh Lashbrooke – @hlashbrooke

Member Since: April 23rd, 2012
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: hugh.blog
Job Title: Community Manager
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I am a Community Manager for WordPress, sponsored by Automattic. I’ve been a lover of WordPress since 3.0 — especially its extensibility — and I’ve come to be fully immersed in the code, community and culture of WordPress. I speak and blog about crafting plugins, the WordPress community, open-source, and community management. Though I’m a developer at heart, my passion is to work on programs that support the worldwide WordPress community. When I’m not answering questions in Slack or blogging about the latest news in WordPress, my focus is on God and my family.

Interests

God, Family, WordPress, Star Wars (in that order)

WordPress Origin Story

After railing against the very idea of a CMS I discovered WordPress 3.0 and was blown away by how easy it was to use and extend. That has only improved with time and now I’m loving my work on the Community Team.

Contributions Sponsored

Hugh Lashbrooke contributes 40 hours per week to the Community team.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Contributor
Community Team
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

Activity
Plugins
Favorites

Wrote a new post, Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
In light of the COVID-19 epidemic, several WordCamps have decided to either cancel or postpone.…

15 mins ago
Wrote a comment on the post do_action hackathon Cheltenham 2019 – building four websites in a day!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Love this recap - thanks Claire!

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes in Meetup Organizer Application form, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Excellent work! Thanks for adding this and getting it live!

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Applying lessons from agile to event organization: the sprint retro, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This is excellent, and something that will be so useful for WordCamp organisers! Thanks for…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps: Submit Your Votes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Selected Community Team reps are announced here: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/02/06/community-team-reps-for-2020-2/

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Now that voting for this year's Community Team reps has concluded, I'm pleased to announce…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2020 Global Sponsors, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Huge thanks to @courtneypk and the whole team for working so hard on this! And…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 6 February 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 15 August 2019. Meeting…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA is now available for all WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
So great to see this live at last!

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps: Submit Your Votes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Voting has concluded and the new team reps will be announced on Thursday during the…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for an official WordCamp app for iOS, watchOS and tvOS, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
OK - that all sounds good. Yeah - the PWA for WordCamp.org was started by…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for an official WordCamp app for iOS, watchOS and tvOS, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This looks like a great app and I think it would be a really solid…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Speaker Feedback Tool - Final Outline

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/meta/

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Since the last request for feedback regarding the scope and requirements for the proposed speaker…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
All excellent - agreement all round :)

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 to all of this!

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I agree about a centralised CoC for meetup groups - we could probably copy the…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for wrangling all of these into a comment here @francina!

1 month ago
Created a topic, Form has no submit button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a contact form using the Form block on my site …

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Needs feedback: Proposal for improving the Dashboard Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
You left this same comment on the Trac ticket, so I replied on there: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3592#comment:12…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 16 January 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I agree - would be great to see that!

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 16 January 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our first bi-monthly Community Team chat of the year is happening this Thursday,…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Nominations are now closed and voting is open until the end of January 2020. Voting…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Reps: Submit Your Votes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
In December we opened up nominations for new Community Team Reps to replace myself and…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Feedback Request: Speaker Feedback Tool Scope, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks to everyone who commented on the latest update on the Speaker Feedback Tool! We…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 19 December 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 19 December 2019 -…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I also nominate @adityakane.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I also nominate @sippis, as well as @_dorsvenabili :)

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I like that!

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 5 December 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 5 December 2019. Meeting…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Call for Speakers, on the site WordCamp Cebu 2020:
The centerpiece of any WordCamp is the presentations and with that, we need speakers! WordCamp…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Upcoming WordCamp and Meetup Application Vetting Sprints, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'll be there for the 29 November ad 3 December ones definitely, and probably one…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Call for Sponsors, on the site WordCamp Cebu 2020:
Give back to WordPress WordCamp Cebu 2020 is looking for generous sponsors to support the…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Most hated wp plugin ever, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't help you with this as I don't know how, but if you open…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Most hated wp plugin ever, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you please open a new support thread to ask that?

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Display Post on Today’s Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK - last attempt from me: add_action('pre_get_posts', 'cgy_same_day'); function cgy_same_day( $query ) { if (…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Display Post on Today’s Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not 100% sure, but try either of these: add_action('pre_get_posts', 'cgy_same_day'); function cgy_same_day( $query )…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | Thursday, 21 November 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 21 November 2019. Meeting…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg is straight garbage!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks :)

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg is straight garbage!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have read many negative posts and reviews, and have read even more positive posts…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg is straight garbage!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You still haven't given any details about what makes Gutenberg difficult to use for you,…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg is straight garbage!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I understand that you don't like it, but is there anything in particular that you…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to needs getting used to but ingenious, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review - I'm glad you're enjoying Gutenberg!

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Good Experiece, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review - I'm glad you've had a good experience!

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Great block editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review - I'm glad you're enjoying Gutenberg!

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg is much better than TinyMCE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your review! The things you mention are being actively worked on (especially the…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Very nice modern editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review - glad you're enjoying the new editor!

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Ughh, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Divya, What options do you feel are difficult to find for new users? Are…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Just bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It would be helpful if you gave some specifics here – is there a particular…

4 months ago