Hugh Lashbrooke – @hlashbrooke

Member Since: April 23rd, 2012
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Website: hugh.blog
GitHub: hlashbrooke
Job Title: Community Manager
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I am a Community Manager for WordPress, sponsored by Automattic. I’ve been a lover of WordPress since 3.0 — especially its extensibility — and I’ve come to be fully immersed in the code, community and culture of WordPress. I speak and blog about crafting plugins, the WordPress community, open-source, and community management. Though I’m a developer at heart, my passion is to work on programs that support the worldwide WordPress community. When I’m not answering questions in Slack or blogging about the latest news in WordPress, my focus is on God and my family.

Interests

God, Family, WordPress, Star Wars (in that order)

WordPress Origin Story

After railing against the very idea of a CMS I discovered WordPress 3.0 and was blown away by how easy it was to use and extend. That has only improved with time and now I’m loving my work on the Community Team.

Contributions Sponsored

Hugh Lashbrooke contributes 40 hours per week to the Community team.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
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Favorites
Translations

Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/training

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Learn WordPress is live and work is gathering towards getting it ready for a full…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and forward to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks! Looks like it's all working as expected.

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes in WordCamp and Meetup Application tracker, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
These are excellent updates - thank you for highlighting these and for working on them!

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp.org improvements and changes made during Q1 and Q2 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This is a great round-up of what's been going on with development here - thanks…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Enabling G Suite for WordCamp.org emails, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for all your work on making this possible - very exciting!

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dedicated communication place for deputies, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for moving this forward @sippis - looking forward to the follow-up proposal.

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and forward to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I have updated the post, but to clarify our needs here, we need learn@wordpress.org created…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Preparing for a full launch of Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
There has been one application for a plugin development workshop in Tamil, which is great…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Preparing for a full launch of Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This looks like a good list to me. I agree with @sippis above that an…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Call for Learn WordPress Volunteers (Video/Translation/Discussion Group), on the site Make WordPress Communities:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/polyglots: Comment on Call for Learn WordPress Volunteers (Video/Translation/Discussion Group)

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for Learn WordPress Volunteers (Video/Translation/Discussion Group), on the site Translate WordPress:
+make.wordpress.org/community/ +make.wordpress.org/training/

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
This is in the WordCamp HS instance, so don't think you have access there? They…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
OK cool - well that certainly makes it easier than I was expecting! In that…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Yeah, I can create the mailbox in HS, so no issue there. It then has…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/systems: Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
We need a new email address set up for the new learn.wordpress.org platform that we…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dedicated communication place for deputies, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Great discussion here - thanks to everyone for engaging so much on this topic! I…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Team Updates:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress is Live

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/updates/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress.tv:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress is Live

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/tv/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress Training:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress is Live

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress is Live

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/meta/ +make.wordpress.org/tv/ +make.wordpress.org/training/ +make.wordpress.org/updates/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Learn WordPress is now live: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/08/12/learn-wordpress-is-live/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Learn WordPress is Live, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I’m excited to announce that the all-new Learn WordPress platform is now available! This post…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Managing discussion group signups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Good point about breakout rooms - I've found those to be very effective in the…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Managing discussion group signups, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I really like the idea of using Meetup.com - it has all the features we…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress.tv:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
+make.wordpress.org/tv/ ?

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Translate WordPress:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/community: Comment on Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Some of the x-posts didn't work, so triggering them again here: +make.wordpress.org/meta/ +make.wordpress.org/tv/ +make.wordpress.org/polyglots/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Translate WordPress:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/community: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/community: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Training:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/community: Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Learn WordPress: Project Details and Roadmap, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Since there is general agreement about the proposal for a new online content format that…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Building community beyond events, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
While this has a sense of urgency now as a temporary replacement to in-person events,…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | August 6 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Another post needing feedback: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/08/06/proposal-workshop-submission-and-review-process-for-learn-wordpress/

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: Workshop Submission and Review Process for Learn WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Since we’ve been talking about moving beyond events when it comes to online WordPress content,…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Building community beyond events, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Oh I'm glad you asked to clarify that then yeah - the idea is that…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Building community beyond events, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I 100% agree - not all workshops will fit into a single video. My hope…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Building community beyond events, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
My intent with that is that meetup group organisers would, for example, say to their…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Announcement: Flagship Events in 2021, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
With the continued progression of COVID-19, there are serious concerns regarding the safety of our…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I really like that idea!

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Building community beyond events, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I posted about the dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org over here: https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2020/07/30/dev-requirements-for-learn-wordpress-org/

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/meta: Comment on Dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org, on the site Make WordPress.org:
For some reason the community x-post above didn't work, so trying again: +make.wordpress.org/community/

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev requirements for learn.wordpress.org, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Oh that could be very handy - we could use that for the discussion group…

1 month ago