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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

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Created a new ticket, #54206, in Core Trac:
Use strict comparison for in_array

3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
After reading all the feedback here as well as the ticket on trac,, the implementation…

4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When I hear the word "font", my mind goes to the font-files. When I hear…

4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
But in the above doc it hasn’t been mentioned how to add the font via…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
preloading is beneficial when used properly. However, you are correct. It can be damaging if…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Update: Changed the default value of preload to false and updated the post to reflect…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
it sounds like when registering a webfont from Google Fonts there is something happening so…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
`@font-face` declarations are inlined, but the font-files themselves are pre-loaded to avoid FOUC (https://web.dev/codelab-preload-web-fonts/)

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're hoping it does. The patch still needs to be reviewed and merged, so if…

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Implementing a Webfonts API in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Plugin and theme developers have been able to enqueue scripts and styles for years, but…

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #54166, in Core Trac:
Updating errors due to PHP timeouts

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Theme upload survey results & next steps, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
This is amazing news, thank you for all the work Dion! Enabling SVN access for…

2 weeks ago
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…

1 month 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,…

2 months 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 👍

2 months 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'…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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 ...

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

4 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

5 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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

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Anything Block

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Magazi Admin Theme

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Recipes

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WordPress Mail Changer

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WordPress Reset

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Contributor

Rollback Update Failure

Active Installs: 3,000+

Gridd

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Ornea

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Q

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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: 30+
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