Ian Dunn – @iandunn | WordPress.org

Member Since: October 16th, 2005
Location: Seattle
Website: iandunn.name
GitHub: iandunn
Job Title: Community Gardener
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I’m a developer and full-time contributor to WordPress. My primary role is building tools to support WordCamps and other community efforts.

WordPress Origin Story

I started blogging with Blogger.com back in 2002, but after a few years I decided to migrate to a self-hosted WordPress site in order to get more control over the theme and back-end.

I learned how to build a new theme for the site, and then wrote a few small plugins to add functionality. Not long after that, I built a theme and a tour-scheduling plugin for a friend’s band, and started getting asked to do more projects.

In 2006 I helped start a small web development shop, and have been developing custom plugins and themes professionally ever since.

Contributions Sponsored

Ian Dunn contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Meta.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

Activity
Plugins

Committed [10572] to Meta Trac:
Pattern API: Use `search` param instead of `/search` endpoint. Only ...

1 day ago
Committed [10563] to Meta Trac:
wporg-main: Use dynamic cachebuster for convenience.

5 days ago
Committed [10562] to Meta Trac:
wporg-main: Move hosting section above downloads for UX. Most people ...

5 days ago
Committed [10561] to Meta Trac:
w.org Homepage: Link directly to Swag store. The interstitial doesn't ...

5 days ago
Committed [10560] to Meta Trac:
Style: Update styles for Mobile page in r16840

5 days ago
Committed [10559] to Meta Trac:
w.org Homepage: Link to _user_ documentation rather than developer. ...

6 days ago
Committed [10557] to Meta Trac:
Events: Weight country over preferred name when ordering. See #5562.

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #52249, in Core Trac:
Events: Show user multiple location choices to disambiguate

7 days ago
Closed ticket #44022, in Core Trac:
Location information of admin users leaked

7 days ago
Committed [10553] to Meta Trac:
Events: Add failing tests to show exact-match bug. See #5562.

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #5562, in Meta Trac:
Events: Exact city matches fail because of state abbreviations

1 week ago
Committed [10551] to Meta Trac:
Events: Add Seattle IP to track geolocation regressions. That subnet ...

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Sandbox out of disk space, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
throwing a rm /tmp/trace.*; rm /tmp/cachegrind.*; line into a file ... to make the php…

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Sandbox out of disk space, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Hi, I'm not able to run the ip2location update script, because I'm out of disk…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting blog post hosted on one ip to similar blog post hosted on other IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you thinking about it being penalized as duplicate content? I don't think that'll happen…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting blog post hosted on one ip to similar blog post hosted on other IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is: * https://wordpress.org/support/article/tools-export-screen/ * https://wordpress.org/support/article/tools-import-screen/ If you're concerned about search engine rankings, though, it's…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #51056, in Core Trac:
Fetch_feed parsing of permalinks triggers simplepie preg_match warnings

4 weeks ago
Committed [49806] to Core Trac:
Feed: Merge multiple header values to avoid fatal error. When ...

4 weeks ago
Committed [49805] to Core Trac:
Feed: Replace `join()` with `implode()` for safety. Canonical ...

4 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #51056, in Core Trac:
Fetch_feed parsing of permalinks triggers simplepie preg_match warnings

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #51056, in Core Trac:
Fetch_feed parsing of permalinks triggers simplepie preg_match warnings

4 weeks ago
Committed [49803] to Core Trac:
Feed: Merge multiple header values to avoid fatal error. When ...

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting blog post hosted on one ip to similar blog post hosted on other IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Jitender, you don't need to setup .htaccess and a plugin. I was offering two different…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Importation blogger/blogspot to wordpress : issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The link above has instructions, and WordPress.com has good documentation for their specific tools, like…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: 16th December 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd like to get some broader feedback on #51966. It'd could make some fundamental changes…

4 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #52084, in Core Trac:
Blogger Importer: Fatal constructor error in PHP8

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Importation blogger/blogspot to wordpress : issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmmm, that could be the issue. If you have access to edit your PHP configuration,…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #2626, in Plugins Trac:
Importing: Adapt blessed plugin to support for PHP7.x

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #52074, in Core Trac:
RSS Importer: Fatal error, call to undefined function ...

1 month ago
Posted a reply to installation failed – download failed – unauthorized ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, that does sound like bad problem :( Does it still happen if you temporarily…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Problem with .htaccess file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, it might just be a browser caching issue. If you do a "hard refresh"…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting blog post hosted on one ip to similar blog post hosted on other IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you want a simpler solution, it'd probably be to keep the blog.xyz.com site running,…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting blog post hosted on one ip to similar blog post hosted on other IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, if you want to shut down blog.xyz.com, but still have the URLs redirect, then…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to 2-step Authenticator Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, you'll need to check the documentation for the plugin that you're using for 2-factor…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Importation blogger/blogspot to wordpress : issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, after you run the update process, does it give you any error messages, or…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Importation blogger/blogspot to wordpress : issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Er, actually, it looks like that plugin is limited to 20 posts. Is that the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Importation blogger/blogspot to wordpress : issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, does the importer give you any errors, or is there anything that looks wrong?…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can’t center widgets inside column, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, it looks like you're using the Elementor plugin, so you'll need to ask them…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to I can’t tag or edit the dates after the update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, that makes sense. When someone loads your website, the request gets directed to Cloudflare…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot Edit or add posts or pages after update!!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, glad we tracked it down :) Yeah, I would ask WooCommerce for help, and…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Found 2 Elements With Non-Unique Id #_wpnonce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, thanks, I'm seeing that now too, on wp-admin/post-new.php, in Chrome. The multiple fields are…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to switching out “project” for actual site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by "project". WordPress itself doesn't have a "go…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Preview/Summary Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Facebook has a debugging tool that will help figure out problems like this: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheinformer.ng%2F2020%2F12%2F11%2Fhuman-rights-activists-sent-an-open-letter-to-president-buhari%2F…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Found 2 Elements With Non-Unique Id #_wpnonce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, does it happen on all pages? Can you take a screenshot with all the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot Edit or add posts or pages after update!!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Toby, when you get the error, what's the code at the bottom of it?…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Checkout Does Not Submit Order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, it sounds like you're talking asking about WooCommerce, is that right? If so, please…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Black blank pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, it looks like the that's the Swipebox overlap covering all the content. It's included…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to I can’t tag or edit the dates after the update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I haven't been able to reproduce that, but one thing that seems off from…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to WordPress v5.6 broke my site! Many pages are blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear it!

1 month ago
Posted a reply to I can’t tag or edit the dates after the update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does that still happen if you temporarily disable all plugins, and switch to one of…

1 month ago