Hugh Lashbrooke
@hlashbrooke on WordPress.org, @Hugh Lashbrooke on Slack
- Member Since: April 23rd, 2012
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Website: hugh.blog
- Job Title: Community Manager
- Employer: Automattic
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Hugh Lashbrooke’s badges:- 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
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Wrote a new post, Taking Charity Hackathons Online, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
For the last few years, we have included the do_action Charity Hackathon event series in…8 hours ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | 5 March 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Also worth mentioning in this chat: https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2020/03/04/wordcamp-travel-and-covid-19/2 weeks ago
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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.…2 weeks ago
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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!4 weeks ago
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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!1 month ago
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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…1 month ago
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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-2020-2/1 month ago
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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…1 month ago
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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…1 month ago
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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…2 months ago
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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!2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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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 Outline2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/meta/2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
All excellent - agreement all round :)2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1 to all of this!2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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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!2 months ago
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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 …2 months ago
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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…2 months ago
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I also nominate @adityakane.3 months ago
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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 :)4 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal Update: Speaker Feedback Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I like that!4 months ago
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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…4 months ago
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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…4 months ago
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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…4 months ago
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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…4 months ago
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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…4 months ago
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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?4 months ago
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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 (…4 months ago
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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 )…4 months ago
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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
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Posted a reply to Gutenberg is straight garbage!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks :)4 months ago
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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