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 [54705] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure global styles are rendered for third-party blocks.
1 day ago
Mentioned in [54703] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure global styles are rendered for third-party blocks.
1 day ago
Mentioned in [54691] on Core SVN:
Twenty Twenty-Three: Merge the latest changes from GitHub.
3 days ago
Mentioned in [54686] on Core SVN:
Twenty Twenty-Three: Merge the latest changes from GitHub.
4 days ago
Merged pull request #45236 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add :visited to theme.json schema
4 days ago
Pull request #43177 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
remove comments from compiled styles
5 days ago
Merged pull request #45150 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Post comment count: Add spacing support
1 week ago
Merged pull request #45184 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Post comments link: Add spacing support
1 week ago
Merged pull request #45101 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Comment template: Add spacing support
1 week ago
Closed pull request #45138 on WordPress/gutenberg:
[Cleanup] Remove data-object-fit
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're already working on that in the performance-lab repository as a module on that plugin.…
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #3501 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix block registration from metadata
1 week ago
Created ticket #56865 on Core Trac:
$args taking effect too late in register_block_type_from_metadata
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #45138 to WordPress/gutenberg:
[Cleanup] Remove data-object-fit
1 week ago
Merged pull request #45102 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Comments: Add spacing support
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
SQLite is very capable to handle enormous amounts of data - and in fact it…
1 week ago
Merged pull request #45006 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add `ariaLabel` support to block supports reference documentation
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54517] on Core SVN:
Global Styles: Improve performance of WP_Theme_JSON::get_merged_data method.
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #44772 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Performance regression in WP 6.1 for `theme.json` processing
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3470 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
WIP: Autoloading WordPress classes
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54493] on Core SVN:
Editor: Fix performance regression in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54472] on Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Add unit test for non-existing block-styles registration.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Improved PHP performance for core blocks registration, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There are 2 ways to register a block: register_block_type_from_metadata, and register_block_type. The 1st one can…
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54415] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Avoid extra calls to `realpath()` in block scripts and styles registration.
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3416 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Convert $wpinc_path_norm to a static var
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #56758 on Core Trac:
Performance: Avoid extra calls to realpath
3 weeks ago
Created issue #44772 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Performance regression in WP 6.1 for `theme.json` processing
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54406] on Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Use `require_once` instead of `require`.
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54399] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure block styles in `theme.json` are rendered.
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54398] on Core SVN:
Themes: Replace `array_map()` usage in `WP_Theme_JSON::get_default_slugs()`.
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3410 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Use a `foreach` loop instead of `array_map` in `WP_Theme_JSON::get_default_slugs`
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #56745 on Core Trac:
Performance/Bug: calling array_map repeatedly inside ...
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3409 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Use require_once instead of require for dynamic blocks
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #56738 on Core Trac:
Use require_once instead of require to load block files
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #44685 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix typo in WP_Navigation_Page_Test
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54367] on Core SVN:
Editor: Ensure block script is enqueued, regardless of `ronder_callback`.
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #44551 into WordPress/gutenberg:
CS/QA: various minor fixes
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3395 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
remove unnecessary condition from assets-loading
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #44550 into WordPress/gutenberg:
CS: always use parentheses when instantiating objects
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #3393 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add SQLite to the tracked extensions
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54364] on Core SVN:
Code Modernization: Check the return type of `parse_url()` in `url_to_postid()`.
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54358] on Core SVN:
Editor: Reintroduce styles that were removed for classic themes.
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #547 to WordPress/performance:
SQLite integration module
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54339] on Core SVN:
REST API: Ensure `args` is an array of arrays in `register_rest_route()`.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [54330] on Core SVN:
Editor: Correctly load RTL stylesheets in `register_block_style_handle()`.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [54327] on Core SVN:
Blocks: Remove extra `get_theme_file_path()` calls in `register_block_style_handle()`.
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #3341 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
cache $theme_path_norm
1 month ago
Created ticket #56666 on Core Trac:
Bug/performance: No need to make repeat calls to `get_theme_file_path` ...
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #3336 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
fix $has_style_file condition
1 month ago
Created ticket #56664 on Core Trac:
Blocks try to load non-existent block-styles on the frontend
1 month ago

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