Helen Hou-Sandi

Member Since: September 2nd, 2009
Location: NYC / San José, Costa Rica
Website: helen.blog
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 Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don't have a strong opinion about core inclusion at the moment, this comment is…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How best to gather Component/Focus Updates as we head towards release, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ignoring the relationship to the release for a moment, I'd propose trying the following: Each…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
First, I verified that we do in fact continue to pull cached embeds from post…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Being supportive can be a way to be constructive! :)

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Would you like to reword this to be something constructive?

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello – I need a…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Working, thanks so much!

7 days ago
Closed ticket #14465, in Core Trac:
Update Plugins Hangs while displaying 'updating'

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello – I need a…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Whoops, neglected to check back for a reply. Yes, replacing the key is fine and…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50805, in Core Trac:
i18n: Merge similar translation strings in rest api block types

2 weeks ago
Committed [48982] to Core Trac:
i18n: Ensure block type strings in the REST API end with a full stop. ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #51231, in Core Trac:
prepare_attributes_for_render should pass $attribute_name to ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [48969] to Core Trac:
REST API: Include attribute name in schema validation error message. ...

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50706, in Core Trac:
Block Editor: Apply allowed_block_types filter to registered blocks

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Hello – I need a…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Hello - I need a new SSH key added for myself ( @helen ) for…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50414, in Core Trac:
Privacy policy setting page bottom, it needs to remove colon instead of Or.

3 weeks ago
Committed [48965] to Core Trac:
Privacy: Remove extraneous colon from settings screen. Props ...

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Update – Timezones and Daylight Saving Time, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would like to see the currently-20:00UTC dev chat remain pinned to UTC time (that…

4 weeks ago
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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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 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:
To close the circle on this, a decision was made and earlier today I updated…

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:
We have the ability to set the default branch name for new repos made under…

1 month 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 months 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…

3 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…

3 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...…

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

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

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

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

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

4 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 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…

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

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

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

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

7 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 :)

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

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

10 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…

1 year 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