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

I am 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 my contributing time to Core, I 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

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

Activity
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Wrote a comment on the post [Request for feedback] Updater Proof of Concept, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just an update here, yesterday I implemented this extra action and the contents of the…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post [Request for feedback] Updater Proof of Concept, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@andraganescu Hmmm when an update succeeds, the temp-backup gets deleted. When there's an update failure,…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post [Request for feedback] Updater Proof of Concept, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Good point. I combined the 2 and named the folder temp-backup 👍

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post [Request for feedback] Updater Proof of Concept, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The goal of this project is to make the process of updating a plugin or…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That shouldn't happen... I'd start by checking if you enqueue the common stylesheet (wp_enqueue_script( 'common'…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Maybe I misunderstood... Are you referring to styles getting loaded on the editor, or the…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm assuming you're using a "classic" theme (not block-based), and have opted-in to load styles…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Loading individual styles does not necessarily mean that they have to be inlined... They are…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm assuming you're using a "classic" theme (not block-based), and have opted-in to load styles…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Work on this implementation started well before the existence of a block manager so it…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For custom blocks, why not using the render callback function to enqueue assets? It depends…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A new ticket was created for this on trac (#53616) and a patch was included.

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53616, in Core Trac:
Registered block styles should only be rendered when the block exists ...

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53604, in Core Trac:
Excerpts don't handle `innerBlocks` for groups and nested columns properly

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes, that changed a few months ago, file_get_contents is now allowed.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
CLS is not the same as FOUC... and we're not talking about major style shifts,…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This post refers to block-styles as in the blocks CSS styles, not the block-styles API.…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It depends on what you want to check... If you want to check which blocks…

3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Block-styles loading enhancements in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.8 improves the way we load block-styles by introducing 2 new features: Load styles…

3 months ago
Committed [2556251] to Plugins Trac:
update readme

3 months ago
Committed [2556245] to Plugins Trac:
v1.0.6

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53497, in Core Trac:
Avoid using "FSE" in function-names and inline docs

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Is this plugin still maintained and supported?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's always good to be vigilant :) I'll go ahead and mark this ticket as…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Is this plugin still maintained and supported?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it is. Did you encounter any issues?

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53368, in Core Trac:
Auto-generated skip-link gets added in classic templates and not just ...

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53358, in Core Trac:
Allow themes to add inline styles for all blocks when using lazy ...

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Help needed to use color picker alpha package, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello there @sumopurohit There are instructions in the link you posted... Did you follow them?…

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #53180, in Core Trac:
Regression: Error

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 28 April 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To answer my own question, it looks like @sarayourfriend is currently going through all instances…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 28 April 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd like to know what the status of g2 is... From random PRs I get…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Full Site Editing Scope for WP5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
that in no any conditions it breaks some code/sites made in the past and that’s…

6 months ago
Wrote a new post, Themes Team Meeting Notes – March 23, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
You can find the full meeting transcript on Slack (login required) Meeting coordinator: @kaflegNotes kept…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Font preview in dropdown?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Possible? Yes. Wise? Not so much. You'd still have to download a few gigabytes of…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Native TypeScript support in Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As a sponsored contributor I have the time and energy to learn and use something…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Font preview in dropdown?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no preview in the dropdown. In order to have a preview in the…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Also worth noting that the usage stats for IE11 are always a bit skewed... When…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’m still a little confused about what happens to the styles that aren’t inlined. Nothing…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There were a lot of different implementations and concepts before we ended up with this…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Would Stats Dashboards Help Your Team?, on the site Team Updates:
Yeah, the stats we currently look at are opened tickets on trac, closed tickets and…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Need for (page/post) Speed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've actually been discussing the emojis thing with @jonoaldersonwp and the main difficulty there is…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm all for dropping IE support... There's lots of things we can't use right now…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Would Stats Dashboards Help Your Team?, on the site Team Updates:
Theme/Plugin Review: Number of theme/plugin submissions, publications, and rejections (with reasons?). IMO the "reasons" part…

7 months ago
Created a new ticket, #52620, in Core Trac:
Add `path` data to block stylesheets to allow improving their loading ...

7 months ago
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg 9.9: New JSON structure for theme.json files, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Gutenberg 9.9 changes the structure of theme.json files for experimental Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to I can’t log in with my account when I reset my wordpress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there is an "admin" user and it's not you, then that user will be…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Sidebar Controls & Component System, on the site Make WordPress Design:
G2 is one of the most exciting projects I've seen in a long time... It's…

10 months ago
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…

10 months 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…

10 months 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…

10 months 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…

11 months ago

Developer

Anything Block

Active Installs: Less than 10
Block Styles

Active Installs: Less than 10
Bootstrap Admin

Active Installs: 20+
Carbon Offset

Active Installs: 10+
Inserter

Active Installs: 30+
Kirki Customizer Framework

Active Installs: 600,000+
Less PHP Compiler

Active Installs: 9,000+
Local Gravatars

Active Installs: 20+
Magazi Admin Theme

Active Installs: 10+
MarketPress Statistics

Active Installs: 20+
Recipes

Active Installs: 80+
Remove Core Editor Google Font

Active Installs: Less than 10
WordPress Mail Changer

Active Installs: 100+
WordPress Reset

Active Installs: 10,000+

Contributor

Rollback Update Failure

Active Installs: 3,000+

Gridd

Active Installs: 100+
Ornea

Active Installs: 90+
Q

Active Installs: 100+

Plugins

Themes

Ελληνικά (Greek) Plugins Translation Editor - #el

Anything Block

Active Installs: Less than 10
Block Styles

Active Installs: Less than 10
Carbon Offset

Active Installs: 10+
Inserter

Active Installs: 30+
Kirki Customizer Framework

Active Installs: 600,000+
Less PHP Compiler

Active Installs: 9,000+
Local Gravatars

Active Installs: 20+
Recipes

Active Installs: 80+
Remove Core Editor Google Font

Active Installs: Less than 10
WordPress Reset

Active Installs: 10,000+

Ελληνικά (Greek) Themes Translation Editor - #el

Ελληνικά (Greek) Translation Contributor - #el

Kirki Customizer Framework and Recipes