Jonathan Bossenger (@psykro) – WordPress user profile

Jonathan Bossenger

Developer Advocate at Automattic

@psykro Cape Town, South Africa joined Jan 2011

jonathanbossenger.com github.com/jonathanbossenger slack: @Jonathan

Teams Core AI Documentation Plugins Training

Bio

I like to get stuff done. Husband and father of two energetic boys. Brazilian jiu-jitsu for fun and stress release.

Interests

Gaming
Brazilian jiu-jitsu

WordPress Origin Story

In 2015 I attended my first WordCamp in Cape Town, met some amazing people, discovered WordPress as a development tool, and I’ve not looked back since.

Badges

CODE

7 badges

C Core AI Contributor '25 Core Contributor '20 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '21 Meta Team '21 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

3 badges

Documentation Contributor '18 Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '23

COMMUNITY

4 badges

Community Team '17 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '18

PRACTICE

2 badges

Training Contributor '22 Training Team '23

POLYGLOTS

1 badge

Translation Contributor '16

Current Job

Developer Advocate

May 2022 – Present

Automattic

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

2contributions

high2

medium0

score6

Last 90 days

13contributions

high8

medium5

score29

Last 12 months

75contributions

high51

medium24

score177

Specializations

share of activity across teams · last 365 days · 8 attributed contributions

Documentation 100% of attributed activity

Contributions

Type

May 2026

May 12 Tue · 17:47

Meta high

Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph and @psykro for feedback and reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/whats-new-for-developers-may-2026/.

May 04 Mon · 14:54

Meta high

Wrote a new handbook page, Guide to talking at WordPress meetups and WordCamps about the Core AI projects, on the site WordPress AI:
WordPress Core AI is a fast-moving target, but in a good way. There’s real shipping…

April 2026

Apr 28 Tue · 12:28

Forums med

Posted a reply to removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds good, here's the GitHub issues URL if you need it: https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/ai-provider-for-openrouter/issues

Apr 28 Tue · 10:47

Forums med

Posted a reply to removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@arothman I'm going to close this out for now, feel free to open a new…

Apr 20 Mon · 09:52

Meta high

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026

Apr 10 Fri · 16:40

Meta high

Gave props in Slack:
Props to @greenshady and @areziaal for their amazing review of the https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/04/whats-new-for-developers-april-2026/ post on the…

Apr 10 Fri · 16:39

Meta high

Wrote a new post, What’s new for developers? (April 2026), on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
Learn about all the new updates coming to WordPress for developers, covering plugins and tools,…

Apr 07 Tue · 18:02

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Request for feedback: Guide to speaking at meetups and WordCamps about the Core AI projects, on the site WordPress AI:
Over the past few weeks, members of the #core-ai team have been working on a…

March 2026

Mar 27 Fri · 13:08

Forums med

Posted a reply to Works 100s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for testing and leaving a kind review @bradvin

Mar 25 Wed · 15:27

Meta high

Wrote a new post, WP Packages is Working the Way Open Source Should, on the site WordPress News:
When WP Engine acquired WPackagist on March 12, the WordPress developer community faced a familiar…