Aaron Campbell

WordPress Core Contributor @ GoDaddy

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Aaron Campbell

WordPress Core Contributor @ GoDaddy

Wewoka, OK

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Biography

I have more than sixteen years of web development experience, have been a regular contributor to WordPress for the last nine years, and even co-lead the WordPress 3.6 release. I have experience writing quality code that is both fast and scalable, and have a knack for translating ideas and goals into functional sites. I’ve worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. I’ve been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but I consider both to be strong complements. When not buried in code, I enjoy spending time with my wife and son, attending or hosting beer tastings, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books.

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Wrote a new post, WordCamp US Contributor Day 2019, on the site Team Updates: Hosting Reviewed and commented on a draft document outlining criteria for inclusion of hosts on…

2 weeks ago

Wrote a comment on the post Call for Volunteers: 2020 Global Sponsorship Working Group, on the site Make WordPress Communities:I just found out about this today (sorry, my bad), but I would definitely love…

1 month ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, USA 2019 coming up on October 19th

2 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: It might be a bit anecdotal, but unfortunately we can't get numbers for all those…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: I think that's a good suggestion. I'll try to remember to bring it up at…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: All discussions in public channels on the Making WordPress Slack are logged and can be…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:If we continue down that road, I’m confident that we’ll see sites on recent versions…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:I just checked: on GoDaddy's Managed WordPress there are 50 plugins that are completely or…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:I'm definitely in favor of auto-updating major versions, for everyone that doesn't opt-out, after making…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:Even if only half have a problem, that’s a million sites. As a few people…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board, on the site Team Updates:My understanding is that the growth councils were already disbanded and would be brought back…

4 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core: The problem is that we don't have the people power to continue to support all…

4 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core: I definitely like the idea of reducing the number of versions we backport to. Not…

4 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board, on the site Team Updates:This is exciting! There's a lot of potential here for sure. A group of people…

4 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Request for Public Post Preview on WordCamp Sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities: Yep, that's the one we'll use. It's on quite a few core properties too. Definitely…

7 months ago

Wrote a new post, Request for Public Post Preview on WordCamp Sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities: Hey all, The WordCamp US team has run into several times recently where it would…

7 months ago

Created a new ticket, #4427, in Meta Trac: Add Public Posts Preview plugin to WordCamp.org sites

7 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Logos in Slide Decks and WordCamp Videos, on the site Make WordPress Communities: Just wanted to add my +1 to what Taco is saying here. Since WordCamps don't…

7 months ago

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019 2019 coming up on November 1st

9 months ago

Created a new ticket, #45737, in Core Trac: Starter Content: Add support for terms and taxonomies

11 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post WCUS Contributor Day Leads Needed, on the site Translate WordPress: Awesome! So far there are six people that specified Polyglots team, but there are a…

12 months ago

Wrote a new post, WCUS Contributor Day Leads Needed, on the site Translate WordPress: Hey all, I hope this is the right way to do this again (It's how…

1 year ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Five for the Future acknowledgement page, on the site Team Updates:I think you're right that it might not make sense if I'm freelancing as "Aaron…

1 year ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Five for the Future acknowledgement page, on the site Team Updates:This is fantastic! Thanks to all involved. 1. Yes, I think requiring a user to…

1 year ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Philadelphia, PA, USA 2018 coming up on October 27th

1 year ago

Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda: August 22nd (4.9.9 Week 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:That issue has been being actively worked on by the security team for a while…

1 year ago

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2018 coming up on December 7th

1 year ago

Committed [43547] to Core Trac: Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 3 version bump.

1 year ago

Committed [43546] to Core Trac: WordPress 4.9.8 RC 3.

1 year ago

Committed [43539] to Core Trac: Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 2 version bump.

1 year ago

Committed [43538] to Core Trac: WordPress 4.9.8 RC 2.

1 year ago

Committed [43534] to Core Trac: Post WordPress 4.9.8 RC 1 version bump.

1 year ago

Committed [43533] to Core Trac: WordPress 4.9.8 RC 1.

1 year ago

Committed [43516] to Core Trac: Post WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 2 version bump.

1 year ago

Committed [43515] to Core Trac: WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 2.

1 year ago

Wrote a comment on the post Remove masterplan.wordpress.net, on the site Make WordPress Systems: I just upped the priority on this one. I don't know why this site has…

1 year ago

Committed [43498] to Core Trac: Post WordPress 4.9.8 Beta 1 version bump.

1 year ago

Wrote a new post, Remove masterplan.wordpress.net, on the site Make WordPress Systems: We just had a security report against http://masterplan.wordpress.net/. It was invalid, but I'm guessing we…

1 year ago

Wrote a new post, WordPress 4.9.7, on the site Make WordPress Core: WordPress 4.9.7 is now available. This maintenance and security release fixes 17 bugs. Download WordPress…

1 year ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Fayetteville, AR, United States 2018 coming up on June 23rd

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Grand Rapids 2018 coming up on June 30th

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2018 coming up on June 14th

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Atlanta 2018 coming up on April 13th

2 years ago

Wrote a new post, .svn directory accessible on jobs.wordpress.net, on the site Make WordPress Systems: https://jobs.wordpress.net/wp-content/themes/jobswp/.svn/entries Reported in https://hackerone.com/reports/319275 which I'm closing as N/A since this has no security impact…

2 years ago

Wrote a new post, SVN directory visible on support.wordcamp.org, on the site Make WordPress Systems: See: https://support.wordcamp.org/.svn/entries I'm not sure where that SVN repo lives. I assume it's likely public,…

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Phoenix, AZ, United States 2018 coming up on February 16th

2 years ago

Committed [1778014] to Plugins Trac: Tagging version 2.9.0: * Remove screen icon code * Update WordPress ...

2 years ago

Wrote a new post, The War on SQLi, or What Happened in 4.8.2 and 4.8.3, on the site Making WordPress Secure: WordPress is complex software used by a large percentage of the internet in millions of…

2 years ago

Wrote a new post, WCUS Contributor Day Leads Needed, on the site Translate WordPress: Hey all, I'm organizing the WordCamp US contributor day. I need someone, or better yet…

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp DFW Texas, USA 2017 coming up on November 11th

2 years ago

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