Ian Dunn – @iandunn | WordPress.org

Member Since: October 16th, 2005
Location: Seattle
Website: iandunn.name
GitHub: iandunn
Job Title: Community Gardener
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I’m a developer and full-time contributor to WordPress. My primary role is building tools to support WordCamps and other community efforts.

WordPress Origin Story

I started blogging with Blogger.com back in 2002, but after a few years I decided to migrate to a self-hosted WordPress site in order to get more control over the theme and back-end.

I learned how to build a new theme for the site, and then wrote a few small plugins to add functionality. Not long after that, I built a theme and a tour-scheduling plugin for a friend’s band, and started getting asked to do more projects.

In 2006 I helped start a small web development shop, and have been developing custom plugins and themes professionally ever since.

Contributions Sponsored

Ian Dunn contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Meta.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Contributor
Community Team
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Meta Team
Security Team
Security Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WordPress.tv Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

Activity
Plugins

Wrote a comment on the post Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's a fair point. It may also be more accurate to look at attendance numbers…

22 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
🤔, I think that's a good point, but I also wonder how confident we can…

2 days ago
Committed [9705] to Meta Trac:
Official WordPress Events: Only use session time when dates match. ...

2 days ago
Committed [9704] to Meta Trac:
Official WordPress Events: Insert break between logs for readability.

2 days ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Showing online workshops in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Showing online workshops in the Events Widget

5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Showing online workshops in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hmm, those xposts should have worked since you're an author on those sites. Let's see…

5 days ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/core: Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/core: Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Showing Online WordCamps in the Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Core:
TLDR: Should online WordCamps be added to the Events widget? If so, who should they…

6 days ago
Closed ticket #3253, in Meta Trac:
Sensitive Post type data Can be Exported via WXR

6 days ago
Closed ticket #3190, in Meta Trac:
Sponsor Invoices: "paid" emails are coming from multiple sites

6 days ago
Closed ticket #3141, in Meta Trac:
Make WordCamp shortcodes render in Jetpack email notifications

6 days ago
Closed ticket #3116, in Meta Trac:
Support new "heading" parameter for sessions and speakers shortcodes

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Yeah, those are really good points. I think implementing #2 is a better solution than…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I was thinking it'd be better to just switch to the existing mobile layout if…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Here's a few examples: https://2019.europe.wordcamp.org/schedule/ https://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/program/saturday-schedule/ (not using the shortcode) https://2012.nyc.wordcamp.org/speakers/saturday-schedule/ (not using the shortcode,…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@mrwweb, did you run into any problems with flexibility around the # of tracks? The…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I agree that it's a big problem, and something we should solve now. I also…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+1

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #49538, in Core Trac:
Can't get a subset of `_embedded` using `_fields`

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Embracing YouTube – Meeting 1, on the site Make WordPress.tv:
From a technical perspective, it sounds like their API supports that. I haven't looked closely,…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Embracing YouTube – Meeting 1, on the site Make WordPress.tv:
From a Meta team perspective, I don't see any technical barriers to any of that.…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New SSH key for Timi Wahalahti, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
cc @barry

2 months ago
Closed ticket #1082, in Meta Trac:
Rebranding WordCamp Central

2 months ago
Closed ticket #603, in Meta Trac:
Translatable slug in WordCamp Custom Post Types

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Marx blacklisted by Barracuda, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks!

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Speaker Feedback Tool – Final Outline, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think those are good points. I worry that adding a 4th question might result…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp.org slow load times, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
@barry, any thoughts on this?

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Changes to application workflow for better communication, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Fixed in b8e6074e. I also noticed there was a bug where the Meetup applications emails…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #4841, in Meta Trac:
Create an email that is sent to the applicant and the gets CC to ...

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49274, in Core Trac:
Grunt copy:files should ignore node_modules

3 months ago
Closed ticket #49265, in Core Trac:
switch_to_blog() and restore_current_blog() reuse switch_blog action

3 months ago
Committed [47105] to Core Trac:
Multisite: Add `$context` parameter to `switch_blog` action. The ...

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49265, in Core Trac:
switch_to_blog() and restore_current_blog() reuse switch_blog action

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49263, in Core Trac:
Switching blog doesn't switch locale

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Needs feedback: Proposal for improving the Dashboard Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Rather than having a separate UI field for editing the radius, I think it'd be…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Needs feedback: Proposal for improving the Dashboard Events Widget, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
we can’t see our own next meetup event next week because a few days before…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to custom markers code doesn´t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you theme is producing some JavaScript errors, which you can see in…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp.org slow load times, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I've been noticing intermittently slow load times for wordcamp.org lately, and others have reported it…

3 months ago
Closed ticket #3623, in Meta Trac:
Sessions: Possibility to add end times

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Next WordCamp.org ticket scrub on January 16th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress.org:
This ticket scrub will happen on [time relative]2020-1-16 18:00 UTC[/time] in the #meta-wordcamp channel. The…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Marx blacklisted by Barracuda, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
@barry, this is still causing problems for us. http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?66.155.40.24 The web server is also blacklisted…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
That sounds good 👍🏻

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Good idea!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
🤔, I tried "hello Miss Holly!" and the API gave it a score of 0.059576653,…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Ah, I see what you mean now. That's a good idea 👍🏻 Doing it for…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think we're doing that now, except for the last session of the day. We…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Why has this plugin been shut down?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There aren't any security concerns, we're still running the code on WordCamp.org, and it's still…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Good idea!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, thanks for the feedback! Could you post examples of the harmless comments that triggered…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Block: Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@melchoyce, the mockup doesn't show what the end times for the last sessions of the…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Also @sewmyheadon, who's done a lot of standalone events in Seattle, and might have some…

4 months ago