Aaron Campbell

WordPress Core Contributor @ GoDaddy

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Aaron Campbell

WordPress Core Contributor @ GoDaddy

Wewoka, OK

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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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WordPress.tv

Bridget Willard, Aaron D. Campbell,Jocelyn Mozak: Creating and Marketing your Startup with WordPress (Panel)

WordCamp Seattle 2019

Aaron D. Campbell: Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site

WordCamp Seattle 2019

Aaron D. Campbell: Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site

WordCamp Atlanta 2019

Aaron D. Campbell: Succeeding as an Introvert

WordCamp Phoenix 2019

Aaron D. Campbell: The Future: Why the Open Web Matters

WordCamp Lancaster 2019

Aaron D. Campbell: Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site

WordCamp Grand Rapids 2018

Aaron Campbell: Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site

WordCamp Grand Rapids 2018

Aaron D. Campbell: Succeeding as an Introvert

WordCamp Europe 2018

Aaron D. Campbell: What WordPress is Doing to Keep Your Site Safe

WordCamp Atlanta 2018

WordPress Community Interview With Aaron D. Campbell

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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:I'm absolutely in favor of this. Is it perfect? No, but it's a big improvement…

3 days ago

Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core: Maybe we should add the emphasized bit here for clarity? In response to this change,…

6 days ago

Created a new ticket, #51139, in Core Trac: Allow "tested up to" PHP version statement for plugins & themes

1 month ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core:Thanks @sergeybiryukov for the effort here, these name changes and adjustments are definitely overdue. I…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Devchat meeting summary – June 24th, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core: Following up on the removal of #core from auto-joined channels in Slack - @carike created…

3 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:+1 to `trunk` And now to be clear on my position: I think words matter.…

3 months ago

Committed [2323950] to Plugins Trac: Tagging version 1.3.1

4 months ago

Posted a reply to Changing .site-description, on the site WordPress.org Forums: @afflannery The simplest explanation here is that the Go style for setting the font size…

4 months ago

Posted a reply to Comments Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums: Hey @thecozyloft, I'm not one of the developers on the theme in question but I…

4 months ago

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US Online 2020

4 months ago

Committed [2301610] to Plugins Trac: Tagging version 1.3.0

5 months ago

Wrote a comment on the post Update: Progress on Goals, on the site Team Updates:Thanks for this Josepha, it's really great to have this all in one place! I…

7 months ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Phoenix, Arizona 2020

8 months ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2020

10 months ago

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…

11 months 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…

12 months ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, USA 2019

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago

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

1 year 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…

1 year ago

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019 2019

2 years ago

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

2 years 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…

2 years 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…

2 years 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…

2 years 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…

2 years ago

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Philadelphia, PA, USA 2018

2 years 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…

2 years ago

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2018

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years 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…

2 years ago

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