Matt Mullenweg
@matt on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 4th, 2003
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Website: ma.tt
Interests
Contribution History
Matt Mullenweg’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Marketing Contributor
- Photos Team
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2022
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Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for pointing that out! Definitely needs some love. We should promote updates to… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think the forums and reviews for plugins are really excellent feedback mechanisms, and canonical… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think canonical plugins will need to be things that can be done entirely client-side… -
Wrote a comment on the post WebP in Core for 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think dynamically generating thumbnails on demand and caching them to disk would be an… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I can almost guarantee you're already using SQLite right now, as it's built into iOS,… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like this! I talked a bit about SQLite on stage at the Q&A at… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A previous post on Canonical Plugins from 2009: Canonical Plugins (Say What?) -
Wrote a comment on the post WebP in Core for 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Follow-up post: Canonical Plugins Revisited -
Wrote a new post, Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The plugin directory is great, but many plugins are controlled by a single dev or… -
Wrote a new post, WebP in Core for 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've been reading through all the conversation and issues here. I am interested in supporting… -
Wrote a comment on the post TT3 default theme: Announcing style variation selections, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How do we navigate variations like this and theme preview, and what's the flow for… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
From a user point of view, I think someone clicking on "learn" and "documentation" would… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Drop downs are like sliders — a way to squeeze everything in when people can't agree… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I agree, we need to integrate it into the global header, but there's no room… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
If the design by committee and debate in comments and subsequent meetings had produced something… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I see it's been dropped from the homepage, but still present many other areas including… -
Wrote a new post, Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Items in our main navigation are totally out of control. The ... it shows when… -
Wrote a comment on the post Developing the redesigned Home and Download Pages, on the site Make WordPress.org:
33 days since project kickoff doesn't feel quick to me, but I think it's worth… -
Wrote a comment on the post Developing the redesigned Home and Download Pages, on the site Make WordPress.org:
This is not a good use of time, nor does it further the actual goals… -
Wrote a comment on the post Project Kickoff: WordPress.org Homepage and Download page redesign, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This should take a week or two to launch, not months, and the most interesting… -
Will be presenter for the workshop: Test Workshop
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Will be presenter for the workshop: Test Workshop
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Will be presenter for the workshop: Test Workshop
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Will be presenter for the workshop: Test Workshop
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Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”, on the site WordPress News:
Say hello to “Arturo” and WordPress 6.0, inspired by Grammy-winning jazz musician, Arturo O’Farrill. With… -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2022
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2021 (Online) 2021
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Mentioned in [50786] on Core SVN:
Bootstrap/Load: Add Function for reliable timing data -
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Supportive of dropping support, and if someone visits on an explicitly dropped browser like IE11… -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp India (Online) 2021
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Wrote a comment on the post Stale Issues in Gutenberg Repository, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am strongly opposed to stale bots. I also agree our open issues are too… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dual licensing Gutenberg under GPL v2.0 and MPL v2.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think Gutenberg has a chance to become a cross-CMS standard, giving users a familiar… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
People have been reaching out thinking I support this proposal. I support it being posted… -
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for May 11th Site Health Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This group can't unilaterally decide to drop older PHP versions, so please check with me… -
Closed ticket #51043 on Core Trac:
PHP: bump minimum version requirements -
Created a topic, I wouldn’t recommend using this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unsplash is sketchy. I used to promote them and contri… -
Reopened ticket #42775 on Core Trac:
Support uploading files in HEIF and HEVC formats -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
EDIT: This proposal originally suggested using main, I have modified it to use trunk based… -
Mentioned in [47903] on Core SVN:
Toolbar: Display a "View Post" link when viewing comments for a single post on Comments screen. -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe Online 2020
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp España Online 2020
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Accessibility Team position on default full screen mode in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
On the back behavior, let's not forget that the browser back button still works and… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Accessibility Team position on default full screen mode in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
I could see how those criteria could be a concern, but removing possibly dozens of… -
Wrote a comment on the post Fullscreen mode enabled by default in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is on me as release lead — I've been meaning to get this in for… -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2020
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.3: Site Admin Email Verification Screen, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How should we measure the effectiveness at solving the stated problem, and what intervals are… -
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Native JSON Extension Now Required, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How are we going to track the stats of sites not upgrading for this reason?… -
Mentioned in [46271] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Import Twenty Twenty, the new default theme for WordPress 5.3.
Developer
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Admin IP Watcher
Active Installs: 100+
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Cache Images
Active Installs: 2,000+
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Hello Dolly
Active Installs: 800,000+
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Matt's Community Tags
Active Installs: 10+
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No WWW
Active Installs: 300+
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Notifly
Active Installs: 90+
Contributor
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Akismet Spam Protection
Active Installs: 5+ million
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bbPress
Active Installs: 200,000+
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HyperDB
Active Installs: Less than 10
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I Tell You What
Active Installs: Less than 10
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Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
Active Installs: 5+ million
