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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Posted a reply to I can’t tag or edit the dates after the update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@marcusbae Could you possibly post which editor you are using, your active theme, and any…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Is WP even a blog anymore?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@onaccs WordPress can be a lot of things to a lot of people as they…

2 months ago
Committed [49778] to Core Trac:
The 5.6 branch is now 5.6.1-alpha.

2 months ago
Committed [49777] to Core Trac:
Tag 5.6

2 months ago
Committed [49776] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.6.

2 months ago
Committed [49775] to Core Trac:
Update `$_old_files` for 5.6. See #39943. Merges [49774] to the 5.6 ...

2 months ago
Committed [49774] to Core Trac:
Update `$_old_files` for 5.6. See #39943.

2 months ago
Committed [49773] to Core Trac:
App Passwords: Ensure redirection description is shown on mobile ...

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.6 RC 5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A fifth and final release candidate for the WordPress 5.6 release has been packaged to…

2 months ago
Committed [49768] to Core Trac:
Post WordPress 5.6 RC 5 version bump.

2 months ago
Committed [49767] to Core Trac:
WordPress 5.6 RC 5.

2 months ago
Closed ticket #51919, in Core Trac:
Bump bundled theme versions for 5.6

2 months ago
Committed [49766] to Core Trac:
Bundled Themes: Bump theme versions ahead of WordPress 5.6. The ...

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.6 RC 4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hot on the heels of RC 3, again in preparation for the final release of…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.6 RC 3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In preparation for the final release of WordPress 5.6 on December 8, an RC 3…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, X-post: Theme previews in the time of blocks, on the site Make WordPress Core:
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/themes: Theme previews in the time of blocks

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Theme previews in the time of blocks, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Hello! As you may have seen mentioned in Slack, with the help of @dinhtungdu and…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Change master branch name on GitHub wordpress-develop security mirror to public-trunk, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Going to go a different route for now, marking as done/resolved.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP5.6 | Auto-Update Implementation Change, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To elaborate a bit on the "reassurance and repair" aspect, which you can also read…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One: Dark Mode Discussion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I asked about a web property we work on with dark mode and their user…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Code review/commit office hours for 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I will be running daily office hours for the rest of the 5.6 cycle in…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One: Dark Mode Discussion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I have tried and failed to write some kind of novel for the past bit…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Change master branch name on GitHub wordpress-develop security mirror to public-trunk, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
We are now running automated tests on core using the GitHub Actions runner with the…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing the Widgets Screen in Gutenberg 9.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I was not able to join the test scrub earlier but just spent a couple…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Introducing GitHub Actions for Automated Testing, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As of [49162], Core is now running automated tests using GitHub Actions as a runner,…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think we're all set here, having @georgestephanis and @timothyblynjacobs assemble a props list (.org…

4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Revisiting Starter Content (on .org and beyond), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Do you remember starter content? In 4.7, we continued on our quest to make it…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I have a UX request for this, just wanted to note here before moving it…

4 months ago
Committed [2391923] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.1 from GitHub

4 months ago
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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

4 months 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! :)

4 months 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?

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

4 months 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…

4 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 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:
Noting up front that I am in favor of predictability and not particularly opinionated about…

5 months 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…

5 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:
To close the circle on this, a decision was made and earlier today I updated…

5 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:
We have the ability to set the default branch name for new repos made under…

5 months 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…

6 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…

7 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…

7 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...…

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

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

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

8 months ago