Jake Spurlock

Member Since: October 3rd, 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: jakespurlock.com
GitHub: whyisjake
Job Title: Technical Account Engineer
Employer: Automattic / WordPress VIP
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Bio

Jake is a Technical Account Engineer at Automattic and the release lead on the Core Security team.

Interests

Photography, skiing, and WordPress…

Contributions Sponsored

Jake Spurlock contributes 20 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Meta.

Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Security Team
Theme Developer
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

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Closed ticket #45398, in Core Trac:
Remove tinymce_version from _WP_Editors::editor_settings()

2 days ago
Committed [47860] to Core Trac:
Editor: Remove TinyMCE global version. The global variable is not ...

2 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for May 27, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For 5.4.2, we are looking to bring the changes in #49956 all the way back…

2 days ago
Committed [47847] to Core Trac:
Bundled Themes: Add missing RTL styles for to fix inconsistent margins ...

6 days ago
Closed ticket #49435, in Core Trac:
Twenty Twenty: inconsistent top and bottom margins for .alignwide and ...

6 days ago
Committed [47846] to Core Trac:
Bundled Themes: Add missing RTL styles for to fix inconsistent margins ...

6 days ago
Committed [47843] to Core Trac:
REST API: Ensure proper namespacing when registering routes. The PR ...

7 days ago
Closed ticket #49749, in Core Trac:
Registering rest routes with a slash-prefixed namespace give ...

7 days ago
Committed [47842] to Core Trac:
REST API: Ensure proper namespacing when registering routes. The PR ...

7 days ago
Closed ticket #45865, in Core Trac:
Twenty Nineteen: Consider decreasing the font size for widget titles

1 week ago
Committed [47831] to Core Trac:
Bundled Themes: Twenty Nineteen decrease the font size for widget ...

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5 Planning Roundup, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd love to help more with this release. What's the role of the release coordinator?…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The constants have been removed, but the filters are still there. wp_themes_auto_update_enabled and wp_plugins_auto_update_enabled.

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would be much more inclined to enable auto-updates for plugins knowing that these ONLY…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Kudos to @audrasjb for the excellent work leading this project!

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Why class-wp-query.php was changed in WordPress 5.4.1?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there @mypacecreator. That query type was tricky to negotiate down to a single post…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5: Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
/cc @audrasjb

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5: Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Forgot to mention this, but I think that bringing the plugin and theme auto-updates into…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Summary: 22nd April, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@jorgefilipecosta shared a comment prior to the meeting detailing the plan for 5.4.1 which was…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 22nd April, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Planning for the 5.4.1 release Wednesday at 16:00 UTC.

1 month ago
Committed [2286073] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2286072] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2257843] to Plugins Trac:
Bump the version

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for volunteers: Release Model Working Group, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Also interested, looking for ways to get security releases out a little faster...

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for December 4, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thursday + Thursday would be great.

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for December 4, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’m available for the proposed release, but unavailable for the chat today. Schedule is feeling…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: November 20, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
👆✖️💯

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think WordPress needs to move back to a scheduled, predictable release cycle. Totally agree,…

6 months ago
Closed ticket #4820, in Meta Trac:
`is_500` and `is_offline` missing from the VVV meta environment.

7 months ago
Created a new ticket, #4820, in Meta Trac:
`is_500` and `is_offline` missing from the VVV meta environment.

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updates to Image Processing in WordPress 5.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Decisions, not Options

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Beautiful! 👏

9 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.2.3 RC 1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.2.3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for testing! So please do – every…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Asia Logo: A Design Journey, on the site WordCamp Asia 2020:
Great work, beautiful logo!

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.2.3 Release Planning, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This timeline looks great, I think we have a great opportunity to fix some issues…

10 months ago
Created a new ticket, #4668, in Meta Trac:
Can I get my user name fixed on the trac committer list?

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The decision to upgrade should be in the hands of the owner of the web…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think there are questions around agency, consent, legalities, business impact for hosting providers, business…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's the cool thing about this then, you would be able to follow your current…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Examples of coordination here: https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That would def. be done, and many hosts have moved into the managed side of…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would think in this scenario then you might have a deploy process that is…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
From a hosting perspective, do you have any stats on percentages on older versions? I…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post plugins.svn is very slow, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
/me wonders what you did...

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There is an option to only allow minor updates while ignoring major. I would imagine…

10 months ago
Wrote a new post, Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Almost six years ago, WordPress 3.7 was released and one the of the major features…

10 months ago
Created a new ticket, #4614, in Meta Trac:
Can we get a security team badge?

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Seattle 2019 is looking for sponsors, on the site WordCamp Central:
GoodOne!!!!!!

11 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp for Publishers: Columbus 2019

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post The Get Involved table at WCEU 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/security

1 year ago