| CARVIEW |
Jeffrey Paul
@jeffpaul on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
VP of Open Source at Fueled + 10up. WordPress 4.7 release deputy, 4.8 release lead, 4.9 release deputy, 5.8 release coordinator, 6.1 release core tech lead, 6.8 release coordinator. Tide product maintainer. Founder of Race For Vets.
Formerly @jbpaul17 and member since April 10th, 2007. Migrated to @jeffpaul on May 10, 2018.
Interests
beer, bourbon, triathlons, veterans, technology, digital media, agile, WordPress, product management, RaceForVets.com, GotYour6.org, TeamRWB.org
WordPress Origin Story
Many moons ago I ran my personal site off Geeklog when one day host, CMS, and data all went… kaboom! I took a look at the ecosystem and on March 9th, 2007 I went with WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
- Location: Chicagoland
- Website: jeffpaul.com
- GitHub: jeffpaul
- Job Title: VP of Open Source
- Employer: Fueled + 10up
-
Find me on:
Contribution History
Jeffrey Paul’s badges:- Core AI Contributor
- Core AI Team
- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Photo Contributor
- Playground Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Test Contributor
- Tide Contributor
- Tide Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
-
Merged pull request #22 into WordPress/ai:
Add/roadmap -
Created issue #71963 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Explore better alternatives to filter/map/reduce patterns for derived block data -
Created issue #71826 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Graduate Block Level Commenting from Experiments -
Created issue #71825 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
REST API: add tests for block comments -
Created ticket #64012 on Core Trac:
Avoid counting post editor admin inline comments alongside user comments -
Created issue #71774 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments: iterate on implemented UI to more closely match provided designs -
Committed [3364277] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.1.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3364261] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.1.0 from GitHub -
Merged pull request #80 into WordPress/abilities-api:
Update CONTRIBUTING.md -
Submitted pull request #22 to WordPress/ai:
Add/roadmap -
Created issue #71681 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: improve comment input labels -
Created issue #71680 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: make the "n more replies" text clickable -
Created issue #71679 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: deleting comment loses focus -
Created issue #71678 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: reply or comment deleted, focus needs adjusted to relevant... -
Created issue #71677 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: screen reader reads `Comment added successfully.' but the focus... -
Created issue #71676 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: Options button is focused, Some element in the sidebar... -
Created issue #71675 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block Comments Accessibility: block comment sidebar is expanded, but the screen reader... -
Wrote a comment on the post Docs team participation in WordPress releases, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
@estelaris as noted in last week's core devchat, I've gone ahead and updated the core… -
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
-
Wrote a comment on the post Docs team participation in WordPress releases, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
@ninianepress I know that coming out of today's core devchat that @estelaris is going to… -
Wrote a comment on the post Docs team participation in WordPress releases, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
@estelaris first off, thanks for publishing this (and cross-posting to make/core! Its much easier for… -
Posted a reply to Great plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@masamis thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run… -
Wrote a new handbook page, Contributing via Code, on the site WordPress AI:
When contributing code to the WordPress AI Team's repositories, it’s important to ensure that all… -
Pull request #7 merged into WordPress/wp-ai-client:
Update license information to GPL-2.0-or-later -
Submitted pull request #7 to WordPress/wp-ai-client:
Update license information to GPL-2.0-or-later -
Merged pull request #18 into WordPress/ai:
Fix markdown link formatting in README.md -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
-
Pull request #14 merged into WordPress/ai:
Add context to readme from WCUS Contributor Day -
Updated a handbook page on WordPress AI.
-
Created ticket #8069 on Meta Trac:
Create Core AI Contributor group / association -
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @justlevine for leading the Core AI team’s remote efforts during WCUS Contributor Day… -
Submitted pull request #14 to WordPress/ai:
Add context to readme from WCUS Contributor Day -
Created issue #13 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Image Generation -
Created issue #12 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Content Summarization -
Created issue #11 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Excerpt Generation -
Created issue #10 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Title Generation / Rewriting -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
-
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda – August 20, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, I've updated make/meetings as well as the sidebar on make/core with the new time. -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note that we've now announced the WordPress 6.9 Release Squad. Big thanks to everyone who… -
Wrote a new post, Announcing the WordPress 6.9 Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The WordPress 6.9 release squad is officially assembled! This cycle continues the smaller, focused squad… -
Posted a reply to Simple, effective and without unnecessary frills, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@orsp thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run… -
Translated 6 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
-
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The plan is for the Core Performance Team Rep(s) to help coordinate from their side… -
Pull request #1 merged into WordPress/ai:
Update license to GPL-2.0-or-later -
Wrote a new post, AI Experiments Plugin, on the site WordPress AI:
The AI Experiments Plugin brings all AI Building Blocks together into practical implementations, serving as… -
Submitted pull request #1 to WordPress/ai:
Update license to GPL-2.0-or-later -
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
-
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Planning for WordPress 6.9 is underway with a proposed release date of December 2, 2025.… -
Translated 11 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
-
Posted a reply to Professional, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@yeknafar thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…
Developer
-
Pong Block
Active Installs: Less than 10
Contributor
-
Ad Refresh Control
Active Installs: 400+
-
Ads.txt Manager
Active Installs: 100,000+
-
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
Active Installs: 5,000+
-
Block Catalog
Active Installs: 100+
-
Block for Apple Maps
Active Installs: 1,000+
-
Convert to Blocks
Active Installs: 2,000+
-
Debug Bar for Sophi
Active Installs: Less than 10
-
Eight Day Week Print Workflow
Active Installs: 10+
-
Embed Block for Figma
Active Installs: 100+
-
Insecure Content Warning
Active Installs: 10+
-
Insert Special Characters
Active Installs: 4,000+
-
Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress
Active Installs: 2,000+
-
New Relic Reporting for WordPress
Active Installs: 800+
-
PHP Compatibility Checker
Active Installs: 200,000+
-
Publisher Media Kit
Active Installs: 100+
-
Restricted Site Access
Active Installs: 20,000+
-
Retro Winamp Block
Active Installs: 200+
-
Safe Redirect Manager
Active Installs: 40,000+
-
Safe SVG
Active Installs: 1+ million
-
Simple Local Avatars
Active Installs: 100,000+
-
Simple Page Ordering
Active Installs: 100,000+
-
Simple Podcasting
Active Installs: 200+
Support Rep
-
ElasticPress
Active Installs: 8,000+
-
Mailchimp List Subscribe Form
Active Installs: 60,000+
-
Simple New Post Emails
Active Installs: 10+
-
Sophi
Active Installs: 200+
Total photo contributions: 138
View all photos contributed by Jeffrey Paul to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 2
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project February 21, 2024
- Open source basics and WordPress January 17, 2024
Plugins
-
Accessible Reading
-
ActivityPub
-
Ad Refresh Control
-
Admin Color Schemes
-
Ads.txt Manager
-
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
-
App Connect
-
Application Passwords
-
Attachment Taxonomies
-
Automattic For Agencies Client
-
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
-
BigCommerce For WordPress
-
Block for Apple Maps
-
Blocks Everywhere
-
Chatrix
-
Cloud Blocks
-
Convert to Blocks
-
Custom Block Patterns
-
Customize Posts
-
Customize Snapshots
-
Eight Day Week Print Workflow
-
Friends
-
GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
-
Gutenberg
-
Health Check & Troubleshooting
-
Hotfix
-
HyperDB
-
IndieAuth
-
IndieBlocks
-
IndieWeb
-
Insecure Content Warning
-
Insert Special Characters
-
Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
-
Jetpack VaultPress
-
JS Widgets
-
Lang Attribute for the Block Editor
-
Mailchimp List Subscribe Form
-
MathML Block
-
Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress
-
Modern Images WP
-
New Relic Reporting for WordPress
-
Notification - Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress
-
OptionTree
-
PHP Compatibility Checker
-
Plugin Check (PCP)
-
Post Forking
-
Post Format Block
-
Post Meta Viewer
-
Preferred Languages
-
Public Post Preview
-
PWA
-
Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
-
Reactions
-
Regenerate Thumbnails
-
Remoji - Post/Comment Reaction and Enhancement
-
Restricted Site Access
-
Retro Winamp Block
-
Revision Notes
-
RICG Responsive Images
-
Safe Redirect Manager
-
Safe SVG
-
Simple Local Avatars
-
Simple New Post Emails
-
Simple Page Ordering
-
Simple Podcasting
-
Sophi
-
Stream
-
Super Admin All Sites Menu
-
Tableberg - Advanced Table Block For Block Editor
-
Team Collaboration Plugin for WordPress Editorial teams- Multicollab
-
The Icon Block
-
Two-Factor
-
Typewriter block
-
User Switching
-
View Transitions
-
Webmention
-
WooCommerce
-
WooCommerce Square
-
WordPress Beta Tester
-
WP Accessibility
-
WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version
User rating
-
WP Rollback - Rollback Plugins and Themes
User rating
-
WP-Lister Lite for eBay
-
WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
-
Yarns Microsub Server
-
Yoast Duplicate Post
