Jake Spurlock

Member Since: October 3rd, 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: jakespurlock.com
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
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
tnx amigo

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Facebook recently announced that all oEmbed requests for Facebook and Instagram content will be deprecated…

7 days ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.5 Retrospective: We want to hear from you!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
While the release team is wrapping up the 5.5 processes, we wanted to reach out…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: September 2nd 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
With 5.5 released, I'd like to put together a retrospective on the release process. I'm…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Deprecated JavaScript globals, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Good observation and I think that following up with a 5.5 retrospective would be a…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #46833, in Core Trac:
Facebook embed blocks not previewable and cause console errors in ...

1 month ago
Closed ticket #50559, in Core Trac:
Facebook video embedding

1 month ago
Closed ticket #51149, in Core Trac:
Syntax Error due to WordPress 5.5 – WPBakery Page Builder

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:
Well, WordPress has always had a very liberal policy for backporting security fixes, so as…

1 month ago
Committed [2364366] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.5.8 from GitHub

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Core Dev Chat Agenda, August 12, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #50907, in Core Trac:
Add a method to opt-in to core auto-updates.

2 months ago
Committed [48785] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.5

2 months ago
Committed [48781] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 5.5 RC 3 version bump.

2 months ago
Committed [48780] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.5 RC 3.

2 months ago
Reopened ticket #50891, in Core Trac:
Updated docs for default metadata values

2 months ago
Closed ticket #50891, in Core Trac:
Updated docs for default metadata values

2 months ago
Committed [48777] to Core Trac:
Options, Meta APIs: Update the docs around default metadata values. ...

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #5361, in Meta Trac:
Generate 5.5 Gutenprops

2 months ago
Committed [2354269] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.1.6 from GitHub

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for August 5th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog Posts Outcomes…

2 months ago
Committed [2352563] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.1.5 from GitHub

2 months ago
Committed [2350236] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.3

2 months ago
Committed [2350235] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.3

2 months ago
Committed [2350229] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.2

2 months ago
Committed [2350228] to Plugins Trac:
Version bump and cleanup:

2 months ago
Committed [2350226] to Plugins Trac:
Merging

2 months ago
Committed [2350224] to Plugins Trac:
Readme bump

2 months ago
Committed [2350221] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.5.2

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5 Field Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.5 is shaping up to be “the best version of WordPress ever“! This will…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.6: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Core auto-updates!

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for July 29th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for bringing that up and charting.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 29th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 22nd, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Recently Published Dev…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 15th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted Blog Posts…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 8th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Also, @davidbaumwald will…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for July 1st, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's July! Holy smokes. Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today:…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think that while this a good idea, we wouldn't be able to remove the…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

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:
+1000

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 17th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Extensible Core Sitemaps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Do search engines have a way to discover sitemaps? Something like a link in the…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for June 10th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Core Sitemaps merge announcement: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/06/10/merge-announcement-extensible-core-sitemaps/

4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 9th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: . Highlighted/Need Feedback Blog…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Team Reps for 2020+, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats!

4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for June 3rd, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
👋 Howdy, y'all. Here is the agenda for the weekly core dev chat happening tomorrow:…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2020 WordPress Release Squads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
💥 This looks great! Excited about being part of 5.5 and 5.6!

4 months 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…

4 months 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?…

5 months ago