Aaron Jorbin
@jorbin FANTASY LAND joined May 2009
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Core Contributor
'15
Core Team
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Hosting Contributor
'18
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
'22
Security Team
'22
Tide Contributor
'25
CONTENT
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Documentation Contributor
'17
Photo Contributor
'22
COMMUNITY
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bbPress Contributor
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WordCamp Organizer
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WordCamp Speaker
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Translation Contributor
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Translation Editor
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Job History
Contributor, Core Committer, Release Lead
Feb 2010 – Present
WordPress
Contribute to over 30 major versions of WordPress, 20+ as a maintainer, core committer, and mentor.
Prioritize tickets to ensure successful and impactful releases.
Triage incoming issues after a major release to ensure maintenance releases are scheduled and executed
appropriately.
Create guidelines for use by contributors in areas including communication, release process, and triaging.
Organize a local meetup group and grow it from less than 20 to over one thousand members in three years.
Plan WordCamp NYC, WordCamp Publishers, & WordCamp US.
Mentor two Google Summer of Code students.
Speak at conferences and events around the world.
Prioritize tickets to ensure successful and impactful releases.
Triage incoming issues after a major release to ensure maintenance releases are scheduled and executed
appropriately.
Create guidelines for use by contributors in areas including communication, release process, and triaging.
Organize a local meetup group and grow it from less than 20 to over one thousand members in three years.
Plan WordCamp NYC, WordCamp Publishers, & WordCamp US.
Mentor two Google Summer of Code students.
Speak at conferences and events around the world.
Technical Architect
Dec 2014 – Dec 2015
Condé Nast
Architected system & performance improvements for six publications.
Migrated infrastructure for six publications onto AWS.
Launched three publications onto WordPress.
Assisted in creating and rolling out standard job titles and descriptions and creating a standard hiring process.
Migrated infrastructure for six publications onto AWS.
Launched three publications onto WordPress.
Assisted in creating and rolling out standard job titles and descriptions and creating a standard hiring process.
Director of Engineering
Sep 2016 – May 2018
Some Spider
Directed product engineering by an internal team & contractors.
Relaunched flagship property, increasing time on site by 16% YoY .
Modeled revenue & costs around video distribution strategies to allow for data informed decisions.
Managed the launch of multiple new brands.
Instituted CI/CD processes leading to increased deployments with fewer side effects.
Relaunched flagship property, increasing time on site by 16% YoY .
Modeled revenue & costs around video distribution strategies to allow for data informed decisions.
Managed the launch of multiple new brands.
Instituted CI/CD processes leading to increased deployments with fewer side effects.
Sr. Director of Editorial Technology
May 2018 – Dec 2022
Penske Media Corporation
Hired multiple engineers and lead training and onboarding; doubled the number of engineers and improved
diversity in the process.
Established and strengthen relationships with multiple vendors including negotiating new and expiring contracts.
Lead multi-year effort to update and standardize content editor across 20+ brands.
Rolled out Engineering Career Ladder with standardized salaries and normalized titles.
Oversaw the day-to-day work of multiple teams including direct and matrix reports.
Delivered success on multiple large high profile projects each year.
Enacted the first corporate hackathon and set up processes for future editions.
Improved corporate open-source contributions.
Initiated accessibility improvements including multiple product/engineering training and an organization-wide
workshop.
Redesigned the analytics product used by 20+ brands and senior executives.
diversity in the process.
Established and strengthen relationships with multiple vendors including negotiating new and expiring contracts.
Lead multi-year effort to update and standardize content editor across 20+ brands.
Rolled out Engineering Career Ladder with standardized salaries and normalized titles.
Oversaw the day-to-day work of multiple teams including direct and matrix reports.
Delivered success on multiple large high profile projects each year.
Enacted the first corporate hackathon and set up processes for future editions.
Improved corporate open-source contributions.
Initiated accessibility improvements including multiple product/engineering training and an organization-wide
workshop.
Redesigned the analytics product used by 20+ brands and senior executives.
Key Accomplishments
- WordPress Core Committer
- Introduced Automated JS Testing to WordPress
- Built grunt-patch-wordpress
- Lead WordPress Core\'s compatibility with PHP 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2
- Deputy Release Lead for WordPress 4.7
- Release Lead for over over a dozen maintaince and security releases
- Introduced Automated JS Testing to WordPress
- Built grunt-patch-wordpress
- Lead WordPress Core\'s compatibility with PHP 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2
- Deputy Release Lead for WordPress 4.7
- Release Lead for over over a dozen maintaince and security releases
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
8contributions
high7
medium1
score22
Last 90 days
14contributions
high9
medium5
score32
Last 12 months
47contributions
high34
medium13
score115
Specializations
evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days
Core 100% of attributed activity
Contributions
Type
May 2026
May 28
Thu · 02:47
high
Wrote a new post, Hotfix available for #65286, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's been just over a week since WordPress 7.0 was released. Planning for a maintenance…
It's been just over a week since WordPress 7.0 was released. Planning for a maintenance…
May 21
Thu · 16:16
med
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.0 Field Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It sounds like you would like to get involved with testing WordPress. The Core Test…
It sounds like you would like to get involved with testing WordPress. The Core Test…
May 21
Thu · 00:33
high
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
May 21
Thu · 00:32
high
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @estelaris, @Clorith, @chaion07 for facilitating the 7.0 release today!
Props to @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @estelaris, @Clorith, @chaion07 for facilitating the 7.0 release today!
May 20
Wed · 18:39
high
Received props from @sumitsingh in Slack:
Props to @amykamala, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @estelaris, and all attendees for the amazing job…
Props to @amykamala, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @estelaris, and all attendees for the amazing job…
May 20
Wed · 18:10
high
Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
May 19
Tue · 23:38
high
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @troychaplin @zunaid321 @Emon @miroku @josevarghese @Shazzad @Ankit K Gupta @kausaralm @ruba1956 @brechtryckaert @chiscoleiton…
Props to @troychaplin @zunaid321 @Emon @miroku @josevarghese @Shazzad @Ankit K Gupta @kausaralm @ruba1956 @brechtryckaert @chiscoleiton…
May 14
Thu · 16:56
high
Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix, @audrasjb and @l0idor helping with the various release tasks :thank-you: :heart: Props…
Props to @ellatrix, @audrasjb and @l0idor helping with the various release tasks :thank-you: :heart: Props…
April 2026
Apr 29
Wed · 17:33
med
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.0 Release Party Updated Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The world will find out when WordPress 7.0 is released. Personally, I hope it's Taylor…
The world will find out when WordPress 7.0 is released. Personally, I hope it's Taylor…
Apr 29
Wed · 15:12
med
Wrote a comment on the post Help us help others contribute to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Trac has an xml-rpc api. It's currently blocked from outside of the .org network so…
Trac has an xml-rpc api. It's currently blocked from outside of the .org network so…
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