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Erica Varlese
@evarlese on WordPress.org, @erica on Slack
Bio
Hi! I’m Erica. I’ve been a Community Deputy, WordCamp organizer, translator, and Polyglots team rep. My WordPress journey began a little more than 10 years ago, when I started my blog while working as a freelance writer. In my offline life, I love travel, coffee, and learning languages.
Interests
Diversity and inclusion, learning new languages, localization, travel, writing, reading.
Contributions Sponsored
Automattic sponsors Erica Varlese to contribute 20 hours per week to the Community team.
- Member Since: August 19th, 2011
- Location: New Jersey, United States
- GitHub: varlese
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Contribution History
Erica Varlese’s badges:- Community Contributor
- Community Team
- Core Contributor
- Credits Graduate
- Photo Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Test Contributor
- Training Contributor
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Started mentoring WordPress Campus Connect CEU San Pablo 2026
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Completed the course WordPress Credits Mentor’s Course on learn.wordpress.org
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Pull request #87 merged into WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Create an email template for outreach to institutions -
Created issue #88 in the WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker repository:
Develop a student to mentor pathway -
Submitted pull request #87 to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Create an email template for outreach to institutions -
Started mentoring WordPress Campus Connect Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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Completed the course Community team event mentor training on learn.wordpress.org
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Made 4 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress.
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Made 4 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress.
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Wrote a comment on the post Proxy Access: @evarlese, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Just tested and it looks like it's working :) Thank you! -
Made 13 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress.
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Wrote a comment on the post Proxy Access: @evarlese, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Here you go! [code]ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBDUYqvB3aKriG/DwAz3/jCG98t/W1m949BLgsqxhcAQvJHQo/BCbZUUK46TzVPePOrjYT9Z+btHgtCXpV+9nwZ0= evarlese@chat.wordpress.org[/code] -
Completed the course WordPress Credits on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course WordPress Credits Mentor’s Course on learn.wordpress.org
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Is the 107th person to arrive at WordCamp Montclair, NJ, USA 2025
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Wrote a new handbook page, Global Sponsorship – Monthly Report Administration, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Creating the Monthly Report to send to Globals Add a calendar reminder for the end… -
Completed the course Part 3: Advanced Site Design using the Site Editor on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Part 2: Personalized Site Design and Theme Blocks on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Part 1: Simple Site Design and Site Editing on learn.wordpress.org
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Wrote a comment on the post Create Tours for Make P2s, on the site Make WordPress.org:
This is such an exciting update to see! Thank you so much to all of… -
Wrote a new post, Community Summit Discussion Notes: Open Source participation in global legislation, on the site WordPress Community Summit:
From the session schedule: Historically, the WordPress project has avoided taking clear public stances on… -
Updated a handbook page on Translate WordPress.
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Wrote a new post, Community Summit Discussion Notes: How does the Make Team ecosystem work and how are we connected?, on the site WordPress Community Summit:
From the schedule session: There are 22 Make Teams (and counting!) that build WordPress. Each… -
Translated 109 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Reviewed 220 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Updated a handbook page on Translate WordPress.
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Wrote a new post, Polyglots Monthly Newsletter: May 2023, on the site Translate WordPress:
To subscribe to our newsletter and receive updates in your inbox, you can sign up… -
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – May 10, 2023 (13:00 UTC), on the site Translate WordPress:
If there's time to include it, I would love feedback on the draft Handbook update… -
Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
I'm going to "gently" close the comments on this post based on the timeline shared… -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Reviewed 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Based on the feedback so far, I've updated the images to include the optional Super… -
Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you! The descriptions in your earlier comment were really helpful, and I think should… -
Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you, Lidia! I remember when I was first learning about the Italian locale team,… -
Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you, Nao! Based on your comment, and the other comments here, it seems worthwhile… -
Wrote a comment on the post Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you for such a thoughtful reply, @psmits1567! I found it really helpful to hear… -
Wrote a new post, Defining the Polyglots contributor ladder, on the site Translate WordPress:
Expectations for translators and translation editors were a common piece of feedback I received in… -
Wrote a comment on the post Idea: translate.wordpress.org tour, on the site Translate WordPress:
I hadn't seen these walkthroughs from the Indonesian community before. Thank you so much for… -
Wrote a comment on the post Idea: translate.wordpress.org tour, on the site Translate WordPress:
Yes! I agree with you and @kharisblank - that video is an amazing resource, and… -
Wrote a new post, Idea: translate.wordpress.org tour, on the site Translate WordPress:
Something I've been thinking about for some time is a tour for translate.wordpress.org. Product tours… -
Wrote a comment on the post Polyglots outreach effort retrospective, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you so much for sharing, @kharisblank - and congratulations on a successful sprint! This… -
Wrote a comment on the post Polyglots outreach effort retrospective, on the site Translate WordPress:
> This week at the Contributor Day of WordCamp Torino I will ask to other… -
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Translate WordPress.
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Wrote a new post, Polyglots outreach effort retrospective, on the site Translate WordPress:
Inspired by the Community team's Meetup reactivation project, in November 2022, I proposed starting a… -
Wrote a new post, New translation project: wp20.wordpress.net, on the site Translate WordPress:
It's nearly WordPress' birthday! WordPress will turn 20 on May 27, 2023. You can follow… -
Created issue #852 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
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Closed issue #203 on the WordPress/Marketing-Team repository:
Polyglots March 2023 newsletter - Review request -
Gave props in Slack:
Props @kharisblank @chaion07 @tokyobiyori for writing and coordinating the February and March Polyglots newsletters! :tada: -
Created issue #203 in the WordPress/Marketing-Team repository:
Polyglots March 2023 newsletter - Review request -
Created issue #181 in the WordPress/Marketing-Team repository:
Polyglots February Newsletter - Review request
Contributor
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GlotPress
Active Installs: 600+
Total photo contributions: 3
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Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 12
- WordPress Credits Mentor's Course December 18, 2025
- Community team event mentor training December 8, 2025
- WordPress Credits November 14, 2025
- Part 3: Advanced Site Design using the Site Editor* May 16, 2024
- Part 2: Personalized Site Design and Theme Blocks* May 16, 2024
- Part 1: Simple Site Design and Site Editing* May 14, 2024
- Incident Response Team training August 5, 2021
- Basic principles of conflict resolution April 28, 2020
- Writing in the WordPress voice April 28, 2020
- Community meeting etiquette April 27, 2020
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project April 27, 2020
- Open source basics and WordPress April 27, 2020
- *Course is no longer available.
Plugins
General Translation Editor
Português do Brasil (Portuguese (Brazil)) Meta Translation Editor - #pt_BR
Português do Brasil (Portuguese (Brazil)) Plugins Translation Editor - #pt_BR
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Debug Bar
Active Installs: 20,000+
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WP Crontrol
Active Installs: 300,000+