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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Wrote a comment on the post English (UK) & other language date formats are wrong, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi @sarumbear. > When the Site Language is set to English (UK) the date format… -
Committed [2671760] to Plugins SVN:
Tested up to bumped to 5.9 in tagged release 1.3.0 -
Mentioned in [51508] on Core SVN:
Docs: Correct a comment about WebP constants in `wp-includes/compat.php`. -
Mentioned in [51474] on Core SVN:
Docs: Correct a comment about WebP constants in `wp-includes/compat.php`. -
Created ticket #53680 on Core Trac:
Correct inline documentation about `IMAGETYPE_WEBP` and `IMG_WEBP` -
Mentioned in [50921] on Core SVN:
Plugins: Add support for `Update URI` header. -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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/23197 -
Mentioned in [48896] on Core SVN:
Bootstrap/Load: Remove the ability to alter the list of environment types in `wp_get_environment_type()`. -
Mentioned in [48894] on Core SVN:
Bootstrap/Load: Remove the ability to alter the list of environment types in `wp_get_environment_type()`. -
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… -
Committed [2350448] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.2.0 -
Committed [2350447] to Plugins SVN:
Preparing for 1.2.0 release -
Mentioned in [48060] on Core SVN:
Themes: Add additional later escaping to `post_class()` and `body_class()` functions. -
Mentioned in [47255] on Core SVN:
Administration: Remove a blank space in the Recent Comments dashboard widget if avatars are disabled on Discussion Settings screen. -
Mentioned in [47207] on Core SVN:
Coding Standards: Adjust coding standards to always omit parentheses for `include`/`require` statements. -
Mentioned in [46271] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Import Twenty Twenty, the new default theme for WordPress 5.3. -
Mentioned in [45926] on Core SVN:
I18N: Improve translator comments. -
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… -
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. -
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Categories, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added as PTEs for en_GB. -
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Avirato Hotels Promotional Packs, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added as PTEs. -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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. -
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. -
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Neve and Hestia, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for en_GB. -
Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots, we’re the plugin…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@leap13 Pinging for a response. -
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.… -
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. -
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… -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor request for my plugin, on the site Translate WordPress:
Approved :-) -
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… -
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),… -
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… -
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,… -
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… -
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)… -
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… -
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… -
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. -
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.json
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Calendar Category
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Diagnosis
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Disable Search Slug
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Genesis Accessible
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Genesis Admin Bar Plus
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Genesis JS / No JS
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Geoplugin Currency Shortcode
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Signature Widget for Genesis
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Twivatar
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Visual Subtitle
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Genesis 404 Page
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Genesis Footer Links Nofollow
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Parse.ly
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Plugin Toggle
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Portfolio Post Type
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WordPress Widgets Refresh
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO
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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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