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Member Since: December 6th, 2009
Location: Greece
Website: aristath.github.io
Job Title: WordPress Core Contributor
Employer: Yoast
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Bio

Ari is a WordPress Core Contributor at Yoast, where we believe SEO is for everyone, and a team representative for the WordPress Themes Team.

Previously worked at ThemeFusion as a Senior Developer.

Before devoting most of his contributing time to Core, he was active in the global WordPress Community Team, as a volunteer.

Interests

Web Sustainability, Accessibility, Programming, Arduinos, Carpentry, Gardening

WordPress Origin Story

Started in 2005 while building small client sites.

Contributions Sponsored

Ari Stathopoulos contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Themes.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

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Translations

Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for this suggestion Francesca! It always seemed weird to be that the terms…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Slow site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I assume your site is using FTP to access the filesystem instead of using the…

7 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-based Themes Meeting Agenda: November 18, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I'd like to suggest a time change for this meeting if possible... Moving the meeting…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try adding this PHP somewhere... add_filter( 'kirki_output_inline_styles', '__return_true', 9999 ); That _should_ override any previously…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmmm I just noticed you're using maxstore-pro and not the free version. Have you tried…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I tried installing your theme locally and I can't replicate the issue... Have you checked…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Loading time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That doesn't sound right... Usually it's no more than a few milliseconds! Could you post…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Filter for get_local_gravatars_fallback_url functional?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Actually the filter works fine and it is correct. The empty value it passes is…

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5504, in Meta Trac:
Allow uploading block-based themes

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One: Dark Mode Discussion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
it would surely done by the use of a cookie. No cookie is used. If…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Meeting notes Tuesday October 13, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Weekly Updates: (the list includes both new tickets as well as updates too.Current statistics can…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Themes Team Meeting Agenda for October 13, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I would like to propose moving the meeting time a bit earlier... For many of…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
When did this discussion happen, exactly? If I'm not mistaken it was in July, I…

2 months ago
Committed [2398101] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.1

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Ah OK, I understand now. Yes, you can edit the defaults. This is currently worked…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Could you please elaborate? What do you mean by "updating theme.json values"?

2 months ago
Committed [2394943] to Plugins Trac:
initial commit

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In the very intial stages it was decided not to use SASS, and then it…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There will always be requests to add various features. A 2ndary nav location could work,…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
CSS is only part of what the JSON file does. Themes will be able to…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg 9.1: New JSON structure for FSE theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Following up from the post about the Gutenberg 9.1 release, there were a few changes…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A font enqueue API for WP core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
My only concern is whether the filetypes and formats could be vulnerable to xss —…

2 months ago
Committed [2391368] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
There's nothing stopping them from doing that

2 months ago
Closed ticket #51402, in Core Trac:
2 issues: Welcome Guide pop-up and call to fonts.googleapis.com

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
I noticed a lack of multisite support in this file, even though fonts are stored…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
It seems like using one option called ‘downloaded_font_files’ breaks a requirement for themes to prefix…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, New package to allow locally hosting webfonts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
The current guidelines for themes prohibit the use of CDNs to load assets due to…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #42473, in Core Trac:
Categories List on Post page Errors

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: September 16 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's a lot of things that - as developers - we could do for the…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for 9th September 2020, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'd like to bring up 2 issues for the meeting: 1. A discussion about font-family…

3 months ago
Closed ticket #40849, in Core Trac:
Featured items are no longer displayed

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block-based Themes Meeting Summary: Sept. 2, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Updates Potential upgrade path for existing themes: github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/24803Theme authors should offer their perspective to help…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Meeting notes Tuesday, August 25 2020, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
weekly updates: In the past 7 days: 412 tickets were opened425 tickets were closed:401 tickets…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like the fact that there is a schedule. I'm not particularly fond of the…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block-based Themes Meeting Summary: Aug 19, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
This week we held our bi-weekly block-based themes meeting in the #themereview channel. The conversation…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to REST API ERRORS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jasonsahli The Neve theme has a class called Pagination. Inside that class, they have a…

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #50980, in Core Trac:
Extra query to get WPLANG option on each page-load when the option ...

4 months ago
Committed [2342351] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.1

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Using the block editor for theme-parts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
What (if any) performance considerations are being taken into account? None. How will requiring multiple…

5 months ago
Wrote a new post, Printing navigation-block HTML from a legacy menu in themes, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Full-Site Editing (or FSE for short) is scheduled to be released with WordPress 5.6. In…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Using the block editor for theme-parts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Thank you Joy. I tweaked the code above and added a check for that. Yes,…

5 months ago
Wrote a new post, Using the block editor for theme-parts, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Full Site Editing (FSE for short) is scheduled to be included in WordPress 5.6 in…

5 months ago
Committed [2323307] to Plugins Trac:
copy-paste error

6 months ago
Committed [2323305] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.0

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #85055, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Gridd – 3.0.8

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #85049, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Gridd – 3.0.7

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #85047, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Gridd – 3.0.6

6 months ago
Created a new ticket, #85045, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Gridd – 3.0.5

6 months ago
Committed [2315309] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.5

6 months ago

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