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John Parris

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@mindctrl United States joined May 2009

johnparris.com github.com/mindctrl slack: @johnparris
    Teams Core Documentation Hosting

    Bio

    Probably barefoot right now. Also probably thinking about WordPress right now.

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    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Hosting Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
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    Test Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
    3contributions
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    Last 12 months
    11contributions
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    Specializations

    evenly split across 3 teams · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 25 Wed · 18:23
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking Left Navigation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Haven't thought deeply about this, but I like the idea of giving users the power…
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:04
    Meta high
    Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
    Huge Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum, @westonruter, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @mindctrl,…
    Mar 05 Thu · 15:00
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum ,@chaion07, @davidbaumwald,@desrosj, @mindctrl, @4thhubbard, @JeffPaul,…
    February 2026
    Feb 26 Thu · 16:41
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @zunaid321, @ravigadhiyawp, @huzaifaalmesbah, @aion11, @lumiblog, @jigar9998, @chaion07, @Ankit K Gupta, @vishitshah, @abduremon, @shailu25,…
    Feb 25 Wed · 18:34
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @mindctrl for making so many valuable contributions to the Core and Hosting teams…
    Feb 11 Wed · 18:47
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @mindctrl for ongoing contributions to, and investment in, the Hosting Team Handbooks! Thank…
    November 2025
    Nov 19 Wed · 15:27
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Preparing the Post Editor for Full iframe Integration, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    > To help developers identify legacy blocks, WordPress 6.9 now displays a browser warning when…
    Nov 04 Tue · 15:55
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @davidbaumwald @iamshubhamsp @ravigadhiyawp @rezwanshiblu1952 @shailu25 @mabfahad @karthickmurugan @amitbhosale @shsajalchowdhury @jigar9998 @mobarak @nikunj8866 @abduremon…
    July 2025
    Jul 11 Fri · 14:24
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: PHPStan in the WordPress core development workflow, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    +1 for this. I recently caught a couple of subtle bugs in my code, thanks…
    Jul 08 Tue · 16:00
    Meta high
    Received props from @estelaris in Slack:
    Props to @courane01, @mwillman1991, @jigar9998, @zunaid321, @shanemuir, @sukhendu2002, @ravigadhiyawp, @kishanjasani, @kausaralm, @sajjad67, @mukesh27, @benjamingosset, @azharderaiya,…

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