Gary Jones
@garyj on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: December 22nd, 2010
- Location: Basingstoke, UK
- Website: garyjones.io
- Job Title: Premier Engineering Lead at WordPress VIP
- Employer: Automattic
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contribution History
Gary Jones’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Created a new ticket, #53680, in Core Trac: 
 Correct inline documentation about `IMAGETYPE_WEBP` and `IMG_WEBP`2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org: 
 I have to agree. I read the original post as "We have these cool toys…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org: 
 Running the PHPCompatibilityWP standard over submissions, if the Requires PHP: heading is set (or defined…5 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org: 
 not using translation functions How would one detect a string meant for front-end visibility, versus…5 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Plugins are disabled temporary when viewing the wp-activate.php page file, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Seems like this has been around a while: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/231971 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thank you Juliette (and Matt, Joost, and Sergey) for putting the proposal together. I think…1 year ago 
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										Committed [2350448] to Plugins Trac: 
 Tagging version 1.2.01 year ago 
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										Committed [2350447] to Plugins Trac: 
 Preparing for 1.2.0 release1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Multisite Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It doesn't do anything special at the network-level, but you should be able to activate…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Apologies - I missed the earlier response. @leap13 - you have now both been added.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Categories, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Added as PTEs for en_GB.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Promotional Packs, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Added as PTEs.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Promotional Packs, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 No strings have been submitted as per https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process As per https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2019/08/08/pte-request-for-avirato-hotels-categories/#comment-284479 the strings should be…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Categories, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Thanks for submitting strings for en_GB. Unfortunately, it's clear that you simply copied the en_US…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for increasing recommended PHP version in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I'm +1 for showing the notice, but wondered what the user experience is like when…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for increasing recommended PHP version in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Even if there is a valid reason for not updating, I think it would still…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for NG-Mail2Telegram, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Strings never got submitted, so can't be reviewed.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Revision Manager…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Strings never got submitted, so they can't be reviewed.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Neve and Hestia, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Done for en_GB.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 @leap13 Pinging for a response.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for New blog lite, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 I've approved 8 en_GB strings, and amended the last one for it to make sense.…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Hi - as per our en_GB process (https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process), please submit strings for review first.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for HelpHub meeting 8 July 2019, on the site Make WordPress Documentation: 
 An item for AOB please: Can we get the second example (and intro line above…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Statify Widget, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 There are no strings suggested for https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-gb/default/wp-plugins/statify-widget/. As per our process, please submit strings.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Revision Manager…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 For en-GB, as per our process, please submit strings.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for NG-Mail2Telegram, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Please submit en_GB strings, as per our process.2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Editor request for my plugin, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Approved :-)2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Hi. I can only see 5 strings submitted by @leap13, which isn't enough to really…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WP Club…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Hi there, I've checked and approved all 900+ strings (and only had to fix one),…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Editor request for my plugin, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 As per our en-GB process, please submit strings for en-GB, and we can take a…2 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Thanks for guiding this Luciano :-) Oliver - I've taken a look at backscroll here,…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA: Plugin proposal and designs, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 I think the mockups imply there are four things going on here: 1. custom pages…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Gutenberg Manager, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 We hoped that the US english could be enought. There are subtle (but culturally significant)…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Follow Up on Recent Trac Bulk Edit, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 > Each component having hundreds of open tickets makes it difficult for new contributors to…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Revisions to JavaScript Coding Standards, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 +1 of these, though I'd like to see a more complex example given for multi-line…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process for the en_GB process for becoming a PTE.3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Technical organisation post-5.0, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 WP itself doesn’t have a composer.json Actually, it does: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/composer.json3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Report on the Accessibility Status of Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Accessible: 
 Gary Jones3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in core-privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Great job - thank you Heather and the rest of the team. It's a shame…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hi polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Done for en-GB.3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post WP-CLI v2.0.0 Release Notes, on the site WP-CLI: 
 Awesome job to everyone who contributed!3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to I was really ready to give this a good shot, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @boatmik It's not necessarily intuitive, but by opening the blocks editor, and adding a Classic…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello polyglots. Kindly add me…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Please submit strings for en_GB, as per https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WP BrowserUpdate, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 @macsteini The submitted strings were not accurate enough for me to make you a PTE,…3 years ago 
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										Posted a reply to Did exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Would like to translate it as well, but https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-gb/default/wp-plugins/unconfirmed complains that's it's not ready to…3 years ago 
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										Created a topic, Did exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Googled for "wordpress cancel pending users", this plu…3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, I am the…, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 For en-gb, please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/#process3 years ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Translations approval, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 British English is done.3 years ago 
Developer
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											Calendar CategoryActive Installs: 300+ 
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											  DiagnosisActive Installs: 200+ 
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											Disable Search SlugActive Installs: 30+ 
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											  Genesis AccessibleActive Installs: 1,000+ 
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											Genesis Admin Bar PlusActive Installs: 300+ 
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											  Genesis JS / No JSActive Installs: 200+ 
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											Genesis Style TrumpActive Installs: 1,000+ 
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											Geoplugin Currency ShortcodeActive Installs: 10+ 
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											Signature Widget for GenesisActive Installs: 300+ 
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											TwivatarActive Installs: Less than 10 
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											Visual SubtitleActive Installs: 300+ 
Contributor
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											  Genesis 404 PageActive Installs: 8,000+ 
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											Genesis Footer Links NofollowActive Installs: 70+ 
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											  Parse.lyActive Installs: 1,000+ 
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											  Plugin ToggleActive Installs: 900+ 
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											  Portfolio Post TypeActive Installs: 100,000+ 
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											Rewrite Rules InspectorActive Installs: 10,000+ 
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											  Send Images to RSSActive Installs: 7,000+ 
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											  Shortcake (Shortcode UI)Active Installs: 20,000+ 
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											Text Widget oEmbedActive Installs: 40+ 
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											  WordPress Widgets RefreshActive Installs: Less than 10 
Plugins
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											  ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO
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											  AMP
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											Content Audit
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											Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
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											Disable XML-RPC
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											  Enable Media Replace
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											  Epoch - A native Disqus alternative with a focus on speed and privacy
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											Force Regenerate Thumbnails
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											  Genesis JS / No JS
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											  Genesis Simple Sidebars
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											  Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP
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											  Imagify – Optimize Images & Convert WebP
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											Markdown on Save
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											  Media Files Tools
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											  MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
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											  Multisite Enhancements
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											  Offline Content
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											  Old Post Notification
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											OPcache Dashboard
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											Page Excerpts
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											  Parse.ly
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											  Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields
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											Post UI Tabs
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											  Query Monitor
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											  Remove Orphan Shortcodes
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											Rename Media Files
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											Rootspersona
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											  Scriptless Social Sharing
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											  Search Regex
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											  Simple Comment Editing
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											Subresource Integrity (SRI) Manager
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											  WCAG 2.0 form fields for Gravity Forms
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											WordPress GitHub Sync
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											  WP SEO Structured Data Schema
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											WP-Markdown
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											WP-Sweep
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											YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter



 
			