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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.

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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Closed pull request #1573 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add/webfonts loading

10 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Optimizing scripts, cdn, w/e…. leave it to plugins. “Don’t reinvent the wheels. Wheels belong outside,…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree. The good thing here, is that the future of WordPress is block themes,…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A majority of the tweaks required to reach 90+ on mobiles are front end CSS…

2 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To be honest I don't think that "do better than X" is something that should…

5 days ago
Submitted pull request #35625 to WordPress/gutenberg:
POC: Register webfonts from theme.json

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for the feedback Taki! Core is fast indeed when in isolation, and I…

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Done.

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for the feedback @mattoperry! Yes, we have a great opportunity here to do…

6 days ago
Merged pull request #30825 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Autogenerate heading anchors

6 days ago
Created issue #35591 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Webfonts API implementation in `theme.json`

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Those are all excellent points Tony, thank you! And your comment does bring up an…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm glad to see you're interested in this Mark, and you're absolutely right. There are…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for the feedback Timi! Do you envision this proposed team to focus solely…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for your feedback Jason, it's great to see people be as excited about…

1 week ago
Submitted pull request #95 to WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
WIP: Implement the webfonts API

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal for a Performance team, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We believe that WordPress needs an official Performance team responsible for coordinating efforts to increase…

1 week ago
Submitted pull request #35538 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix relative URLs for inlined styles

1 week ago
Submitted pull request #1752 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix relative URLs for inlined stylesheets

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Delete all users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the plugin deletes all users from the database - except the "admin" user (or…

1 week ago
Pull request #49 merged into WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Opt-in to print styles for rendered blocks only and inlining them

2 weeks ago
Pull request #51 merged into WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Fix font paths

2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #34895 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Embed: Add Pinterest as an embed provider

2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #33541 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Cover block: Only use white text when the background of the cover...

2 weeks ago
Pull request #50 merged into WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Remove .otf & .woff font-files

2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #32510 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Block API: Allow more than 1 block stylesheets

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #51 to WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Fix font paths

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #50 to WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Remove .otf & .woff font-files

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #49 to WordPress/twentytwentytwo:
Opt-in to print styles for rendered blocks only and inlining them

2 weeks ago
Pull request #35342 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Allow the specification of blocks allowed within columns

2 weeks ago
Created ticket #54206 on Core Trac:
Use strict comparison for in_array

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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/)

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks ago
Created ticket #54166 on Core Trac:
Updating errors due to PHP timeouts

4 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…

4 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…

2 months 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…

3 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

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