Joost de Valk
@joostdevalk on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: July 19th, 2007
- Location: Wijchen, The Netherlands
- Website: yoast.com
- GitHub: jdevalk
- Job Title: Founder & Chief Product Officer
- Employer: Yoast
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Joost de Valk’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Marketing Contributor Marketing 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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Committed [2277658] to Plugins Trac:
Initial commit to wp.org21 hours ago
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Committed [2274841] to Plugins Trac:
Update plugin banner4 days ago
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Posted a reply to SVG CSS issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That CSS for svg is targeting all the SVG's on the page, instead of just…6 days ago
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Committed [2272891] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging release 13.4.16 days ago
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Created a topic, SVG CSS issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, we had to disable the plugin on yoast.com becau…6 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for all the feedback!! Considering all this feedback so far, and after chatting with…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
That'll fix some stuff, but it won't solve that these things don't rank if there…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Fullscreen mode enabled by default in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’m very unhappy with this change this late in the process, without a lot of…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks @chanthaboune! Let me know if you need our help in any way.1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Well, we have a fair few contacts at Google between @matt and myself, but that…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We could also choose middle ground here and "just" create centralized WordCamp.org speaker (and possibly…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Noindexing old WordCamps is not my preferred solution. They can certainly have valuable information that…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Nope.1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
People searching online should be able to find a WordCamp, by searching for that WordCamp's name at…1 month ago
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Created a new ticket, #49558, in Core Trac:
Remove noreferrer from wp_targeted_link_rel and other uses1 month ago
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Posted a reply to product:retailer_item_id Missing Yoast WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @ehlanafoley, I've fixed this issue in WooCommerce SEO this week. As we're planning to…3 months ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2020
4 months ago
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Committed [2200519] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.94 months ago
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Committed [2200518] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 1.9 to trunk4 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #48763, in Core Trac:
Twenty Twenty: SmoothScroll is broken5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Why does Yoast not auto update?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, WordPress only updates itself automatically, not your plugins... People can opt in to automatic…6 months ago
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Created a topic, Read this *before* you post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey! Before you create your own thread on these forum…6 months ago
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Committed [2107627] to Plugins Trac:
Committing assets for 1.810 months ago
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Committed [2107626] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.810 months ago
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Committed [2107624] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 1.8 to trunk10 months ago
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Committed [2107292] to Plugins Trac:
Committing assets for 1.610 months ago
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Committed [2107291] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.610 months ago
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Posted a reply to JSON+LD outputs twice!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's probably because another plugin or code is trying to remove stuff with yoast in…12 months ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Athens 2019
12 months ago
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Posted a reply to My website broken after every Yoast SEO update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @jennylili I'm very sorry to hear that. Could you be more specific? What breaks?…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 3rd April, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Would like to add https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/467631 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #46764, in Core Trac:
Admin search functionality1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #46763, in Core Trac:
Improve plugin search results with already active plugins1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Duplicate Site Title in Snippet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No I'd actually suggest changing your settings, removing the all caps sitename and making it…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Duplicate Site Title in Snippet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok so: https://cloudup.com/cBakU6pGdHs As you can see, in your site's output, the title is correct,…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Duplicate Site Title in Snippet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope that seems clean. Ok can you screenshot your title template under SEO -> Search…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Duplicate Site Title in Snippet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Georgi, if it doesn't show it in the snippet editor, that often means that…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Google Indexing API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @tariqaltaf, no we're not using that API. Currently that API is restricted to particular…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to After Yoast 10.0 update – cannot get og:image for Facebook to show, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Phillip, was it a subpage of the site you linked? Or the homepage? Because…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Gutenberg page changes, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
The “problem” The Gutenberg page on /gutenberg/ talks exclusively about what we’ve started calling the…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Call for design: WordPress Showcase, on the site Make WordPress Design:
wireframes for mobile: https://pragmatic-web.invisionapp.com/share/FPQ78M9V4HE1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Call for design: WordPress Showcase, on the site Make WordPress Design:
As to be discussed in a bit in the design meeting, a first stab at…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: January 30th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's definitely how I see it too @iandunn, all I did at that point was…1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #46254, in Core Trac:
Change URL for Cookies error1 year ago
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