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Brandon Payton

Software Engineer at Automattic

@bpayton Hamilton, IN joined May 2017

github.com/brandonpayton slack: @Brandon Payton
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    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

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    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 11 Wed · 13:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress, on the site WordPress News:
    For nearly two decades, WordPress has been known for a simple, powerful idea: that anyone…
    November 2024
    Nov 08 Fri · 15:40
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Playground Meeting Summary – November 8, 2024, on the site WordPress Playground:
    The Playground team met to discuss recent updates, ongoing projects, and community questions. When? November 8,…
    September 2024
    Sep 27 Fri · 18:30
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Running Multiple Playgrounds with WordPress Playground, on the site WordPress Playground:
    We’re delighted to announce several new Playground management features for the WordPress Playground website. We’ve…
    October 2020
    Oct 27 Tue · 02:51
    Forums med
    Created a topic, PHP 7.2 syntax errors in 2.1.0 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there, It looks like there are PHP 7.2 syntax erro…
    September 2020
    Sep 24 Thu · 17:57
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    Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty-One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I love this!
    December 2019
    Dec 12 Thu · 17:33
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposed JavaScript Coding Standards Revisions for Prettier Compatibility, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    This. ✨
    Dec 12 Thu · 17:32
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposed JavaScript Coding Standards Revisions for Prettier Compatibility, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    However I don’t think the proposed formatting of ternary operators is good. Generally complex/long ternary…
    December 2018
    Dec 22 Sat · 07:04
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Image editor not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @toby1kenobi, This sounds like a strange issue. Are other instances of the images rendering…
    Dec 22 Sat · 04:00
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    Posted a reply to Exporting Reusable blocks from the Export Screen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Here's a bit more info: wp-admin/export.php adds a radio button for each post type that…
    Dec 21 Fri · 22:12
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    Posted a reply to Exporting Reusable blocks from the Export Screen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @nick6352683, I experimented with enabling export for reusable blocks. function srbe_support_reusable_block_export( $post_type_args, $post_type )…

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