Paul Bearne (@pbearne) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: November 13th, 2006
Location: Southern Ontario
Website: bearne.ca
GitHub: pbearne
Job Title: Senior WordPress Full Stack Developer
Employer: Paul & Gina Bearne (Freelance Consultancy)
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Bio

I am fueled by a passion for new developments in technology and how the application of these can deliver an awesome user experience while effectively meeting business needs.

Although, over the years I have developed a number of complementary skill bases, my focus is now WordPress architecture, concept design, coding for complex projects and integrating external data sources.

I have made core commits to every version of WordPress since 3.9 and continue to support the wider WordPress community through meetups, WordCamps, etc.

In 2018 I co-founded Matador Sorftware and launched a commercial WordPress Plugin for the recruitment industy, adding to my growing list of plugins.

Interests

Walking, Kayaking, Reading, Theater, PHP, Javascript, CSS

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress in 2006 when asked to explore the use of collaborative tools internally for a multinational corporation, setting up a 200+ multi-blog site using WPMU on IIS7. As part of this project, I created my first plugin, Author Avatars, (https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatars/ ), which currently has 8,000+ active installs. I recently updated this to include Gutenberg support.

From this point on, the community, the flexibility and the velocity of WordPress has made it my platform of choice.

I specialize in creating highly performant scalable, accessible and SEO friendly code (plugins and themes) for large WordPress sites that are often multi-site, multi-language, VIP and/or e-commerce.

In 2018, with a partner, I launched a premium plugin for the recruitment industry, Matador Jobs (https://matadorjobs.com/) and in June Matador Jobs became an official Bullhorn partner (https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/matador-jobs/).

I continue to support my growing list of plugins (https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/#content-plugins ) and the wider WordPress community, founded the Kingston WordPress Meetup and speak regularly at WordCamps.

Contributions Sponsored

XWP sponsors Paul Bearne to contribute 20 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Documentation, Marketing, Test.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Test Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Closed pull request #303 on WordPress/performance:
The backfill code for Dominant color
3 days ago
Mentioned in [53326] on Core SVN:
Tests: Add unit tests for some XML-RPC functions:
5 days ago
Mentioned in [53321] on Core SVN:
Tests: Add unit tests for `wp_fuzzy_number_match()`.
5 days ago
Wrote a new post, WP_User_Query now accepts fields options in WordPress 6.0 , on the site Make WordPress Core:
Prior to the WordPress 6.0 release the function WP_User_Query would only accept ID and all_with_meta/all…
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Changes to do_parse_request filter in WordPress 6.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
6.0 Dev Note: this update adds a return value to the parse_request method of the…
1 week ago
Wrote a new post, New filter to modify content images in WordPress 6.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.0 introduces a new filter wp_content_img_tag to allow adjustment of images in a blob…
1 week ago
Mentioned in [53255] on Core SVN:
Users: Make sure `WP_User_Query` can be filtered using the `fields` parameter.
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Change Bio Length in Block?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I will have a look at the code to see if I can workout the…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [Author Avatars List/Block] Change Bio Length in Block?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
yes but it needs to go into your function.php file in a child theme (if…
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53227] on Core SVN:
Build, Test Tools: Test PHP and WP compatibility functions.
2 weeks ago
Created issue #309 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Dominant color background for lazy-loading images needs to back fill existing images
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [Author Avatars List/Block] Change Bio Length in Block?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi you can control via a filter https://authoravatars.wordpress.com/documentation/filters/filter-aa_user_bio_length/ this is mayu work for you add_filter(‘AA_user_bio_length’,…
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #303 to WordPress/performance:
The backfill code for Dominant color
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #2596 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
added tests for wp_nonce_field and wp_referer_field
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #55578 on Core Trac:
tests for wp_nonce_field() and wp_referer_field()
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [53149] on Core SVN:
Media: Run the `wp_content_img_tag` filter once per image.
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #282 to WordPress/performance:
Add Dominant Color module to provide color background for lazy-loading images
1 month ago
Mentioned in [53066] on Core SVN:
Query: Add tests following [53065].
1 month ago
Mentioned in [53065] on Core SVN:
Query: Cache comments feeds in `WP_Query`.
1 month ago
Closed pull request #1742 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#54239_test_wp_fuzzy_number_match
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #2487 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
54239 test wp fuzzy number match
1 month ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2022
1 month ago
Mentioned in [53028] on Core SVN:
Media: Introduce `wp_content_img_tag` filter.
1 month ago
Committed [2700271] to Plugins SVN:
version bump
1 month ago
Committed [2700270] to Plugins SVN:
version bump
1 month ago
Committed [2700269] to Plugins SVN:
version bump
1 month ago
Committed [2700267] to Plugins SVN:
version bump
1 month ago
Mentioned in [52836] on Core SVN:
Taxonomy: Only store term_ids and object_ids in `WP_Term_Query` query caches.
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2394 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Wp img tag add adjust
2 months ago
Created ticket #55347 on Core Trac:
There should be filter for image tag in wp_filter_content_tags()
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2384 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
added caching to get_page_by_title and tests
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2378 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
added caching to wp_old_slug_redirect and tests
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2371 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
created test for WP_List_Util::pluck and WP_List_Util::sort
2 months ago
Created ticket #55300 on Core Trac:
tests for WP_List_Util::pluck and WP_List_Util::sort
2 months ago
Mentioned in [52814] on Core SVN:
Bootstrap/Load: Stop unnecessary queries when using the `do_parse_request` filter.
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2368 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Delete Cache by Group
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2360 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Renamed `$array` when used in `@param` tags
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #2335 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
tests for _wp_check_alternate_file_names
3 months ago
Created ticket #55199 on Core Trac:
test _wp_check_alternate_file_names
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #2332 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
test for _wp_check_existing_file_names
3 months ago
Created ticket #55192 on Core Trac:
unit tests for _wp_check_existing_file_names
3 months ago
Created issue #173 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Add site profiles so we can make recommendations for a site of...
3 months ago
Mentioned in [52700] on Core SVN:
Cache: Add `wp_cache_*_multiple` functions.
3 months ago
Mentioned in [52678] on Core SVN:
Themes: Fix for Classic themes using default presets.
3 months ago
Mentioned in [52675] on Core SVN:
Fix: Classic themes using default presets are not working.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to [Bullhorn Career Portal WordPress Plugin] Salary Range, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi I don’t believe you can do a range in OSCP as there are no…
3 months ago
Created a topic, Fix for WP 5.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi All the plugin fails in WP 5.9 Here is a fork with …
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #2242 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fixes #54106 and adds tests
3 months ago
Mentioned in [52611] on Core SVN:
Date/Time: Add a unit test for the return type of `current_datetime()`.
4 months ago
Submitted pull request #2201 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
test for wp_nonce_url
4 months ago