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
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Wrote a comment on the post 5.6 Cohort Kick-off Notes, on the site Team Updates:
Provide clear steps to setting up a testing environment and demo how to test for…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to UPDATES ????, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not being updated because this is a free plugin and I don't have…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group Kick-off Meeting Agenda | Friday, 4 September 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Meeting recap: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/09/04/learn-wordpress-working-group-kick-off-meeting-recap/

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Learn WordPress working group kick-off meeting recap, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Slack meeting In attendance:@chaion07 @courane01 @hlashbrooke @rmarks @ricky.blacker @sippis @adityakane Purposes Learn has three main…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Learn WordPress Working Group Kick-off Meeting Agenda | Friday, 4 September 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
As previously announced, a working group is being formed to focus on the maintenance and…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@courane01, @iignacio, @rmarks, @rickyblacker, @kpdaa, @adityakane, @manzwebdesigns & @chaion07: Thanks for filling out the Doodle!…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Great! Then could you fill in the Doodle please too: https://doodle.com/poll/2ainpz8egxsttht4

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks to @courane01, @iignacio, @rmarks, @rickyblacker, @kpdaa, @adityakane & @manzwebdesigns, as well as @chaion07 who…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Learn WordPress Working Group: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We'll discuss all that and finalise roles when we meet :)

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

1 month 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…

1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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!

1 month 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.

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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)

1 month 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/

1 month 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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

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

2 months 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

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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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/

2 months 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/

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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

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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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/

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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…

2 months 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,…

2 months 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/

2 months 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,…

2 months ago