Andrew Nacin (@nacin) – WordPress user profile

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Lead Developer of WordPress

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January 2026

Jan 07 Wed · 05:50

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Wrote a new handbook page, Reporting Security Vulnerabilities, on the site Make WordPress Core:
While we try to be proactive in preventing security problems, we do not assume they'll…

February 2021

Feb 20 Sat · 19:49

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Wrote a comment on the post Committers, Maintainers, and Emeriti, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Denoting some committers as active and some as dormant/inactive/emeriti seems like a great idea! I…

August 2019

Aug 21 Wed · 00:20

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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It sounds like you're keeping the site up to date though, right?

Aug 20 Tue · 06:43

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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
While we can’t be responsible for those not willing to log into their admin area…

Aug 20 Tue · 06:07

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I just spent some time reading through a good amount of the discourse from 2013…

Aug 17 Sat · 17:19

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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Conceptually, a user who doesn't want blocks should be installing the Classic Editor plugin,not avoid…

Aug 17 Sat · 17:14

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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Are you saying that minor release auto updates also needed to be opt-in? I think…

Aug 17 Sat · 00:57

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Good points, all valid. I absolutely agree that there's more "silent" breakage in major versions,…

Aug 17 Sat · 00:48

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think part of the problem here is that the relative nastiness of particular Windows…

Aug 17 Sat · 00:39

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I definitely agree there are likely some scenarios we will find that would give us…