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Timothy Jacobs

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@timothyblynjacobs New York joined May 2012

timothybjacobs.com github.com/TimothyBJacobs slack: @timothybjacobs
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    Bio

    I’m a Lead Software Engineer with ten years of experience. I’m most passionate about Security, REST APIs and Performance.

    Interests

    fencing, doctor who, graphic design, photography, chess

    Badges

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    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Plugin Developer
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    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Speaker '17

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    Specializations

    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Core 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    July 2024
    Jul 22 Mon · 02:33
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Blank page after upgrade to WordPress 6.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry about that @pyereniuk. I've just pushed an update to add WP 6.6 compatibility, you're…
    February 2024
    Feb 15 Thu · 02:28
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Implement a PHP autoloader in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I really like that idea too. I wonder if it would make sense to highlight…
    November 2023
    Nov 08 Wed · 21:52
    Meta high
    Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
    Props for helping with 6.4.1 RC1 @jorbin @hellofromTonya @afragen @Clorith @desrosj @pbiron @schlessera @azaozz @tomsommer…
    May 2023
    May 17 Wed · 20:01
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Command Center: Request for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Primary, I’m surprised/disappointed that this is limited to the Site Editor. (And the two listed…
    December 2022
    Dec 22 Thu · 17:38
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Two-Factor Auth progress for WordPress.org, on the site Make WordPress.org:
    Is SVN integration part of the scope?
    October 2022
    Oct 20 Thu · 01:27
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Fatal error activating the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @borjamerino, As @nlpro mentioned, WordPress does include the sodium_compat library which should ensure that…
    September 2022
    Sep 12 Mon · 01:07
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'm not sure adding more optional features into Core is what we want. If the…
    Sep 01 Thu · 05:21
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    Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in Gutenberg 14.0? (31 August), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Was there a bug with the Performance tests this release? That seems like an unexpectedly…
    August 2022
    Aug 22 Mon · 15:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to lockout notification despite deactive setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey All, The UI holds onto unsaved settings in a local cache. We don't want…
    July 2022
    Jul 22 Fri · 18:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Add a dominant color background to images., on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'm quite a big fan of this. While it may not have large material performance…