Peter Wilson (@peterwilsoncc) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: November 2nd, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Website: peterwilson.cc
GitHub: peterwilsoncc
Job Title: WordPress Core Developer
Employer: Awesome Motive
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Web Developer based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Peter Wilson contributes 40 hours per week to the Core team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Team
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
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Committed [2566890] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate WordPress 5.8 support.

5 days ago
Closed ticket #53367, in Core Trac:
Update the $_old_files array for 5.8

6 days ago
Committed [51460] to Core Trac:
Upgrade/Install: Add additional files to `$_old_files` for 5.8. ...

6 days ago
Closed ticket #53686, in Core Trac:
Update the `caniuse` data for 5.8

6 days ago
Committed [51458] to Core Trac:
Build/Test Tools: Update the `caniuse` browser data and regenerate ...

6 days ago
Committed [2566790] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate support for WordPress 5.8.

6 days ago
Committed [2566779] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 4.1.0.

6 days ago
Committed [2564688] to Plugins Trac:
Update URL from development version.

1 week ago
Committed [2564687] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme with recommendations from content team.

1 week ago
Committed [2564686] to Plugins Trac:
Release 1.0.0.

1 week ago
Reopened ticket #53397, in Core Trac:
Update the WordPress Packages with the Gutenberg fixes during the 5.8 ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #41886, in Core Trac:
Code Editor: Auto scroll or click button to go to error.

2 weeks ago
Committed [51414] to Core Trac:
Widgets: Validate HTML before saving block widgets. Props talldanwp, ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [2562418] to Plugins Trac:
Indicate support for WP 5.8 (tested against RC2).

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53397, in Core Trac:
Update the WordPress Packages with the Gutenberg fixes during the 5.8 ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [51363] to Core Trac:
Block Editor: Update packages with latest fixes for 5.8 RC2 Includes ...

3 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #53397, in Core Trac:
Update the WordPress Packages with the Gutenberg fixes during the 5.8 ...

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.7.2 has been released, on the site Translate WordPress:
WordPress 5.7.2 has been released. It is a security release. There are no string changes…

2 months ago
Committed [2523848] to Plugins Trac:
Readme update.

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda for April 28, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Here is the agenda for this week's developer meetings to occur at the following times:…

3 months ago
Committed [2521225] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.6.0.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress currently releases security updates for versions 3.7 and upwards (21 versions at the time…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, , on the site Translate WordPress:
WordPress 5.7.1 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There is one…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to The worst nightmare from security point of view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@drozdz Thanks for your review. It's worth noting that our plugin follows the WordPress capabilities…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Experiment: Coordinating Sponsored Contributor Teams, on the site Team Updates:
I think I can provide a little background on the why now question. In October…

4 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 5.7.1 maintenance release schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Since the release of WordPress 5.7 a small number of bugs have been identified will…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev chat summary: March 17, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the 0500 UTC meeting, @markparnell led the chat with the same agenda. @francina lead…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Trial run: Consistent minor release squad leaders for each major branch, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm happy to help out in one of these roles for the 5.7.x releases. I…

4 months ago
Committed [2496358] to Plugins Trac:
Readme fix: indent code sample so kses doesn't strip it.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Update the plugin description, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Jon, I'll update it to something along the lines of "This plugin disables WordPress…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committers, Maintainers, and Emeriti, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think this is a good suggestion and agree with both revoking commit and listing…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Test Scrub for WordPress 5.7 and office hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It would be helpful if the latest patch for #5272 could be tested. To recreate…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Stale Issues in Gutenberg Repository, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What concerns (if any) do you have about implementing this? I'm not a big fan…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 8 issue: Fatal error when error_reporting is disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The trac ticket is #52226 for anyone following along. A minor change and reply is…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to “hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major release of WP” warning message., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@aldakur The version tested up to is taken from the stable version's files, in your…

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, New action wp_after_insert_post in WordPress 5.6., on the site Make WordPress Core:
The new action wp_after_insert_post has been added to WordPress 5.6 to allow theme and plugin…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: September 30th 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd like to discuss #45114 during the open floor. The ticket is regarding the post…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@aaroncampbell Good point, I've updated it for clarity. (cc @whyisjake)

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks @sergeybiryukov, I'm very much for renaming the closes statuses -- on more than one…

1 year 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 would like to see the name changed too. I don't have any investment in…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposals: an APAC Dev Chat + Town Hall Meetings, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@francina The APAC dev chat was discussed in the APAC triage meeting today. The general…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Formal deprecation of some unused Customizer classes in WordPress 5.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, I've updated the links.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post REST API: Introduce dashboard namespace, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd be inclined toward wp-dashboard myself to match the prefixing used by Core's database tables,…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Devchat after the hour: November 20, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm coming in late to the discussion as I've been turning this over for a…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the discourage search engine setting in WordPress, the option is per site. There's no…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.3 is scheduled for early November, I've updated the page linked to on each…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
I considered this but as server configurations may change, there is no way to guarantee…

2 years ago
Wrote a new post, Changes to prevent search engines indexing sites., on the site Make WordPress Core:
In WordPress 5.3 the method used to discourage indexing will change on sites enabling the…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Requirements Check-in, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
Rather than thinking about this question in terms of individual extensions, I've been thinking about…

2 years ago
Created a topic, PHP Warning in wp-cron., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In #46417, it was noted this plugin is throwing a warn…

2 years ago