Aaron D. Campbell – @aaroncampbell

Member Since: December 31st, 2006
Location: Seminole, OK
Website: aarondcampbell.com
Job Title: WordPress Core/Ecosystem
Employer: GoDaddy
Find me on:

Bio

Aaron is an international speaker, open source advocate, and outgoing introvert. He’s been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than a decade, and is currently employed by GoDaddy as the head of WordPress core and ecosystem. He has over eighteen years of web development experience and worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. He’s been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but considers both to be compliments. When not buried in code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, riding his motorcycle, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books.

Interests

Spending time with Wife and Son, Rock Climbing, Motorcycling, beer

Contributions Sponsored

Aaron D. Campbell contributes 20 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Hosting.

Contribution History

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

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Favorites

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks @sergeybiryukov for the effort here, these name changes and adjustments are definitely overdue. I…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Devchat meeting summary – June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Following up on the removal of #core from auto-joined channels in Slack - @carike created…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 to `trunk` And now to be clear on my position: I think words matter.…

1 month ago
Committed [2323950] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 1.3.1

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Changing .site-description, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@afflannery The simplest explanation here is that the Go style for setting the font size…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @thecozyloft, I'm not one of the developers on the theme in question but I…

2 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US Online 2020

2 months ago
Committed [2301610] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 1.3.0

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Update: Progress on Goals, on the site Team Updates:
Thanks for this Josepha, it's really great to have this all in one place! I…

5 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Phoenix, Arizona 2020

6 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2020

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp US Contributor Day 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Hosting Reviewed and commented on a draft document outlining criteria for inclusion of hosts on…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for Volunteers: 2020 Global Sponsorship Working Group, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I just found out about this today (sorry, my bad), but I would definitely love…

10 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, USA 2019

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It might be a bit anecdotal, but unfortunately we can't get numbers for all those…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think that's a good suggestion. I'll try to remember to bring it up at…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
All discussions in public channels on the Making WordPress Slack are logged and can be…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If we continue down that road, I’m confident that we’ll see sites on recent versions…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I just checked: on GoDaddy's Managed WordPress there are 50 plugins that are completely or…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm definitely in favor of auto-updating major versions, for everyone that doesn't opt-out, after making…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Even if only half have a problem, that’s a million sites. As a few people…

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board, on the site Team Updates:
My understanding is that the growth councils were already disbanded and would be brought back…

12 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:
The problem is that we don't have the people power to continue to support all…

12 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:
I definitely like the idea of reducing the number of versions we backport to. Not…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board, on the site Team Updates:
This is exciting! There's a lot of potential here for sure. A group of people…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request for Public Post Preview on WordCamp Sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Yep, that's the one we'll use. It's on quite a few core properties too. Definitely…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Request for Public Post Preview on WordCamp Sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hey all, The WordCamp US team has run into several times recently where it would…

1 year ago
Created a new ticket, #4427, in Meta Trac:
Add Public Posts Preview plugin to WordCamp.org sites

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Just wanted to add my +1 to what Taco is saying here. Since WordCamps don't…

1 year ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019 2019

1 year ago
Created a new ticket, #45737, in Core Trac:
Starter Content: Add support for terms and taxonomies

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WCUS Contributor Day Leads Needed, on the site Translate WordPress:
Awesome! So far there are six people that specified Polyglots team, but there are a…

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, WCUS Contributor Day Leads Needed, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hey all, I hope this is the right way to do this again (It's how…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Five for the Future acknowledgement page, on the site Team Updates:
I think you're right that it might not make sense if I'm freelancing as "Aaron…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Five for the Future acknowledgement page, on the site Team Updates:
This is fantastic! Thanks to all involved. 1. Yes, I think requiring a user to…

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Philadelphia, PA, USA 2018

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: August 22nd (4.9.9 Week 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:
That issue has been being actively worked on by the security team for a while…

2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2018

2 years ago
Committed [43547] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 3 version bump.

2 years ago
Committed [43546] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.9.8 RC 3.

2 years ago
Committed [43539] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 2 version bump.

2 years ago
Committed [43538] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.9.8 RC 2.

2 years ago
Committed [43534] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 1 version bump.

2 years ago
Committed [43533] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.9.8 RC 1.

2 years ago
Committed [43516] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 2 version bump.

2 years ago
Committed [43515] to Core Trac:
WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 2.

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Remove masterplan.wordpress.net, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I just upped the priority on this one. I don't know why this site has…

2 years ago
Committed [43498] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 1 version bump.

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, Remove masterplan.wordpress.net, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
We just had a security report against http://masterplan.wordpress.net/. It was invalid, but I'm guessing we…

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 4.9.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 4.9.7 is now available. This maintenance and security release fixes 17 bugs. Download WordPress…

2 years ago