Ari Stathopoulos (@aristath) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org

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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

Yoast sponsors Ari Stathopoulos to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Themes.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Core Team
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

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Plugins
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Translations

Mentioned in [54339] on Core SVN:
REST API: Ensure `args` is an array of arrays in `register_rest_route()`.
1 day ago
Mentioned in [54330] on Core SVN:
Editor: Correctly load RTL stylesheets in `register_block_style_handle()`.
1 day ago
Mentioned in [54327] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Remove extra `get_theme_file_path()` calls in `register_block_style_handle()`.
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #3341 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
cache $theme_path_norm
1 day ago
Created ticket #56666 on Core Trac:
Bug/performance: No need to make repeat calls to `get_theme_file_path` ...
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #3336 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
fix $has_style_file condition
2 days ago
Created ticket #56664 on Core Trac:
Blocks try to load non-existent block-styles on the frontend
2 days ago
Closed pull request #3327 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Try improving get_option() performance
2 days ago
Mentioned in [54309] on Core SVN:
General: Remove `file_exists()` checks after calling `realpath()`.
2 days ago
Merged pull request #44358 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix typo from #44083
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #3327 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Try improving get_option() performance
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #3325 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Remove file_exists() checks after calling realpath()
3 days ago
Created ticket #56654 on Core Trac:
Bug/performance: No need to call file_exists() on variables that use ...
3 days ago
Mentioned in [54291] on Core SVN:
Block Editor: Remove repetitive calls to `file_get_contents()` in block editor settings.
5 days ago
Mentioned in [54290] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Remove duplicate use of `realpath()` in `register_block_style_handle()`.
5 days ago
Submitted pull request #3318 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix repeat calls to file_get_contents
5 days ago
Created ticket #56637 on Core Trac:
Bug/performance: Repetitive calls to file_get_contents
5 days ago
Submitted pull request #3317 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
remove duplicate $style_file calculation
6 days ago
Created ticket #56636 on Core Trac:
Bug/performance: duplicate use of realpath()
6 days ago
Mentioned in [54276] on Core SVN:
Editor: Improve block loading PHP performance.
1 week ago
Merged pull request #44313 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update json2php to v0.0.5
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #44313 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update json2php to v0.0.5
1 week ago
Mentioned in [54260] on Core SVN:
Editor: Introduces fluid typography and uses Style Engine.
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I understand that your opinion is it should be in a plugin, you have voiced…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Why can’t we just skip the “SQLite Phase”, and use the basis of existing solutions…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don’t doubt that as you said, this “would be a colossal task”. I’d like…
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #44214 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Experiment: POC for forms/inputs blocks
2 weeks ago
Created issue #44186 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Feature suggestion: Form & input blocks
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54156] on Core SVN:
Editor: Backport Style Engine API functions, classes and tests.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54155] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Allow registering multiple items for all supported asset types
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hello there @DjZoNe! Could you please explain why you feel this way? What's wrong with…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A single droplet should be able to handle all these sites at the same time...…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The current implementation is pretty simple, but there are definitely steps we can take to…
2 weeks ago
Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you Matt, that's perfect timing! For anyone coming to this post and reading the…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As mentioned in other comments, concurrency is no longer an issue with SQLite 3.7+ using…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Their code of conduct refers to people who want to contribute to SQLite and be…
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54133] on Core SVN:
Code Modernization: Add `AllowDynamicProperties` attribute to all (parent) classes.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I see great potential for growth in this proposal, you don't. That's fine... Different opinions…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
not working well in sites with multiple authors Apparently that was an issue in older…
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54132] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Add new `render` property in `block.json` for block types
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It already is tied... Your browser uses SQLite internally. Your phone/tabled and all other devices…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the link!
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Concurrent read/writes are no longer an issue since SQLite 3.7 as mentioned above (WAL). The…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree, that code of conduct reads more like a Bible/Quran, but can you say…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
All SQLite implementations I've seen are basically forks and descendants of that old plugin... So…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes, that's what I was referring to in my comment above too. However, these queries…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
… and “search” takes a massive dive. Very true! I had not considered search. On…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The people that will do that are probably the ones that already do it with…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What are the limitations of running WP on SQLite? Why not use it for all…
2 weeks ago

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