Michael Burridge (@mburridge) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: July 23rd, 2014
Location: Bristol, UK
Job Title: Developer Relations Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

WordPress enthusiast and evangelist. Works at Automattic.

Plugin and theme developer (author of FAQ Concertina).

Member of the WordCamp Europe organising team: Attendee Services team lead for WordCamp Europe 2018 and WordCamp Europe 2019.

Lead organiser of the very first do_action day in Europe.

Lead organiser for WordCamp Bristol 2017.

Active member of the Bristol WordPress People meetup group.

Passionate about WordPress I omnivorously read, learn, and absorb everything and anything I can find that’s to do with WordPress.

Interests

Music (I play guitar, keyboard, percussion, and a variety of exotic instruments that you’ve probably never heard of), cycling, cooking/baking, adventure travel (I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro).

WordPress Origin Story

So there I was following a perfectly normal IT career path, not looking where I was going, and…!

Contributions Sponsored

Michael Burridge contributes 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Documentation.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

Activity
Plugins
Favorites

Committed [2668439] to Plugins SVN:
tagging version 1.4.8

2 days ago
Wrote a new post, Summary of Docs Team Meeting Jan 11, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
Attendance @milana_cap, @daisyo, @atachibana, @kafleg, @mburridge, @estelaris, @jdy68, @wizzard_, @utz119, @juanmaguitar, @mitchblue006, @femkreations, @kenshino, @sukafia…

3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52335] on Core SVN:
Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates from GitHub.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, New directory names for block-based (FSE) themes, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
TL/DR As of the currently available WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 release the directory names in…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post FSE Program Testing Call #11: Site Editing Safari, on the site Make WordPress Test:
Oh, one additional thing I just noticed. Although I said in (1) above that theme…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post FSE Program Testing Call #11: Site Editing Safari, on the site Make WordPress Test:
I also had the same problem that @evarlese encountered, i.e. it's not obvious that you…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
creating a small work group focused on this could be the most effective way to…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That said IANAL.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Regarding this: The Section (a) restrictions above reads that Docker Desktop is allowed for personal…

2 months ago
Mentioned in [52081] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Import Twenty Twenty-Two, the new default theme for WordPress 5.9.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Updated guidelines for In-Person WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
maybe the first fully outdoor WordCamp will be a fact Putting the camp back into…

5 months ago
Wrote a new post, Summary of Docs Team Meeting Aug 31, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
Housekeeping Attendance: @zzap, @atachiba, @basil, @TC, @Kris Hazari, @Kartik Shukla, @femkreations, @estelaris, @themiked, @joyously, @Michael Burridge…

5 months ago
Committed [2569403] to Plugins SVN:
1.4.7 - metaboxes compatible with both classic editor and block editor

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work right, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for that clarification @rorygoff. I've created an issue (https://github.com/mburridge/faq-concertina/issues/7) to address the matter of…

6 months ago
Committed [2569240] to Plugins SVN:
Updates 'Tested up to' to 5.8

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Link to FAQ article in title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @123host I've created [an issue](https://github.com/mburridge/faq-concertina/issues/5) to address this. Thanks for the suggestion.

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Has this plugin been abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @123host I haven't done much with it over the past couple of years, I…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work right, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @rorygoff Thanks for your comments. FAQ Concertina uses a custom taxonomy for categories. If…

7 months ago
Committed [2565337] to Plugins SVN:
Adds support for revisions

7 months ago
Committed [2565090] to Plugins SVN:
Updates 'Tested up to' to 5.7

7 months ago
Committed [2565070] to Plugins SVN:
Updates 'Tested up to' to 5.7

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Button in a table, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
<table> <tr> <td> <button type="button">Click me</button> </td> </tr> </table>

2 years ago
Committed [2276434] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.4.5 - JavaScript bug fix.

2 years ago
Committed [2276425] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.4.4 - adds developer features - hooks and REST-API support..

2 years ago
Committed [2276423] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.4.4 - adds developer features - hooks and REST-API support..

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp PWA is now available for all WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Wow, so awesome to see this rolled out to all WordCamps. Looking forward to seeing…

2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2020

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Contributor Orientation Tool, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This is a great idea. I agree with Mel’s suggestion above that the logic of…

2 years ago
Mentioned in [8964] on Meta SVN:
Day of Event Template: Initial commit.

3 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2019

3 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2019

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Progressive Web App for WordCamps, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Aside: It would be great if a user could login with their WordPress.org account to…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Converting WordCamp Shortcodes to Gutenberg Blocks, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
On mobile devices less than 600px a single column should be the default. But having…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Converting WordCamp Shortcodes to Gutenberg Blocks, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The option to select the number of columns for the attendee listing (defaults to 3…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to how to change “faqconc” slug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No response after one month - marking as resolved.

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Direct link to an answer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi I posted the above in haste and then when I re-read your question I…

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Direct link to an answer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Yes this should be possible as every FAQ in the list has a…

4 years ago
Posted a reply to how to change “faqconc” slug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sebastian What is it that you want to change? The slug for the custom…

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Excellent Product, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Ken Thanks so much for your kind remarks, I'm very pleased you like the…

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Won’t Expand, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad everything's working okay, and thanks for using FAQ Concertina. I'll mark this as resolved.…

4 years ago
Posted a reply to Won’t Expand, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Apologies for the delay in responding to this. I've just taken a look…

4 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2018

4 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom 2017

4 years ago
Posted a reply to first installation of WP on Synology DS216J, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As far as I am able to ascertain the Synology DS216J is a NAS device.…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to Perfect!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm glad you're happy with the plugin. regards…

5 years ago
Wrote a new post, Glowing reviews of WordCamp Bristol, on the site WordCamp Bristol 2017:
It is generally agreed that WordCamp Bristol was a great success. We've had amazing comments…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to W3C HTML validation errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Gary I have just uploaded version 1.4.3 which fixes this problem. regards Michael

5 years ago
Committed [1671044] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.4.3 - adds support for shortcodes, removes duplicate ID error ...

5 years ago
Posted a reply to W3C HTML validation errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Gary Apologies for the delay in responding to this. Thanks for bringing this issue…

5 years ago
Posted a reply to Questions and answers read in paragraph form, not drop-down, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there So sorry for the delay in responding to this, I've been quite busy…

5 years ago

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