Helen Hou-Sandi

Member Since: September 2nd, 2009
Location: NYC / San José, Costa Rica
Website: helen.blog
GitHub: helen
Job Title: Director of Open Source Initiatives
Employer: 10up
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Bio

I’m the Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up and a Lead Developer for the WordPress project.

Interests

Cooking, open source, new music (as in contemporary classical), old school and third coast hip hop

Contributions Sponsored

Helen Hou-Sandi contributes 25 hours per week to the Core team.

Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat – APAC Edition Meeting Summary – August 20 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Moving comment here: if the dev chats are named after UTC, two changes would need…

3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noting up front that I am in favor of predictability and not particularly opinionated about…

5 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post E2E (End-To-End) Testing in Core Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Something I've been playing with recently that's a layer up from this is dev containers…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To close the circle on this, a decision was made and earlier today I updated…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We have the ability to set the default branch name for new repos made under…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Media.net unoptimisable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@chrismenning1990 Do you have an ads.txt file already on your server? And are you able…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hello - this is a common misconception in open source especially and in work at…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm pro-trunk myself :) That said, perhaps it is worth taking a moment to consider…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Team Reps for 2020+, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Finally! 😉 It was my pleasure to serve a 6 month term that started in...…

3 months ago
Committed [2313304] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2312793] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2312783] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.8.1 from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2312629] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.8 from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2312620] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.7 from GitHub

3 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone - we decided to remove this warning because it seemed to be triggering…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: GitHub Theme Review, on the site Theme Review Team:
Let me know if there's anything we can do to help figure out what's possible…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@simshomekitchen Could you open a separate topic for your issue so we can troubleshoot that…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello everyone - if you're seeing the expected content at yoursite.com/ads.txt, then don't worry, you…

5 months ago
Committed [2258297] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

6 months ago
Committed [2257815] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.6 from GitHub

6 months ago
Committed [2257810] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.5 from GitHub

6 months ago
Committed [2257808] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.4 from GitHub

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure thing, you can email opensource@10up.com :)

9 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you'd like to follow along with what I think the issue is, I've opened…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thought of one thing that might shed some light here if you're able: could you…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, hope springs eternal I suppose :) You *should* be able to add a file…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Agh, yeah, so I think what's happening is that when it goes to the detection…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know for sure what's happening, I have a suspicion that AdSense is requesting…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear that! I wonder if somehow your site is responding to the check…

9 months ago
Committed [2201647] to Plugins Trac:
Delete accidentally deployed non-prod files

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Allow site access via access code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @hrizvi - while I imagine you could probably use Restricted Site Access as a…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Please Give a New Update., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there - is anything broken in WordPress itself or are you looking for a…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to misleading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! I'm guessing you don't want to try the plugin again, but if there's…

1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2019

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Locked Me Out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's very odd, I agree that none of those plugins should have anything to do…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Locked Me Out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @brian-homer - I'm sorry you're having a bad experience here. Do you by any…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Handle restricted visitors->Show them a simple message does not accept html tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone - this is a long-standing issue that has a lot to do with…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Restrict All pages except a small number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible to do this via code; however, it's not something that's targeted for…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Compatibility with WP 5.2 version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! We've formally bumped the tested-up-to version but yes, it works great!

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Missing Text Domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alexclassroom Yes, I do know that the string can change eventually and I really do…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Missing Text Domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there - I'm a little confused about this as inc/admin.php is only 232 lines…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to multisite query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It works for subdomain networks, but not path-based ones, as the ads.txt spec requires that…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Can you limit number of pages viewable by visitors?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think what you’re probably looking for is a full-featured membership plugin. Restricted Site Access…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There are no concrete plans but my opinion is that the .org repos should remain…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Well, you've already started with the Trac keywords overhaul! Identifying what has worked well and…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress is in SVN, not CVS. I also mentioned merge requests, which is GitLab terminology…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As noted in the post, the discovery phase for core and other workflows needs to…

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can you believe it - we’ve made it through a State of the Word without…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 9 Projects for 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’d like to nominate @desrosj to help organize and lead a Triage Team. :)

2 years ago
Posted a reply to A new feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sure that is possible but you will want to look for user registration plugins…

2 years ago