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Brian Alexander
@ironprogrammer on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
** I’m currently open to new work opportunities. **
I’m a husband, father, and hacker living in Portland, Oregon, where I primarily contribute to WordPress Core and Gutenberg, garden Trac and GitHub tickets, and help contributors get involved in WordPress testing and development. In my free time, I play drums and pickleball, make cold process soap, and tend my flock of chickens.
I’ve had the opportunity to serve as:
– Test Co-Lead for WordPress 6.0, 6.1, and 6.3
– Test Team Rep for 2022-2023
– Contributor Day Test Lead/Co-Lead for WCEU 2022, WCUS 2022 (Slack), and WCUS 2023/2024
– Mentor to other test leads
You can usually find me lurking in the WordPress #core and #core-test Slack channels.
Interests
wordpress, drums, pickleball, table tennis, cycling, swimming, soap making, urban farming, reading, coffee, food, beer, cider
WordPress Origin Story
I’ve been hacking on WordPress since version 2.3. I started with personal blogging for a few things I wanted to share online (like making your own yogurt). Turns out that while I love writing, I’m a horrible blogger, so I eventually found a place helping other folks build and maintain their own WordPress sites.
- Member Since: May 19th, 2011
- Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
- Website: brianalexander.com
- GitHub: ironprogrammer
- Job Title: Hacker
- Employer: #OpenToWork
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Contribution History
Brian Alexander’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Meta Contributor
- Photo Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Test Contributor
- Test Team
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Mentioned in [60674] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Update in-repo PHPUnit documentation to point to a single source of truth. -
Mentioned in [60278] on WordPress SVN:
Site Health: add image output mapping details to the info tab. -
Mentioned in [59948] on WordPress SVN:
Menus: Validate custom links and add accessible error messages. -
Created ticket #63047 on Core Trac:
Add image upload/transform mappings to Site Health -
Mentioned in [59899] on WordPress SVN:
REST API: Improve performance for HEAD requests. -
Mentioned in [59818] on WordPress SVN:
Pings/Trackbacks: Add return value to `pingback()`. -
Closed pull request #2259 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Migrate and refresh from 38197.1.diff -
Mentioned in [59728] on WordPress SVN:
Posts, Post Types: Add no-cache headers to password protected posts. -
Created issue #1826 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
[DevHub] Add `Update URI` theme header info to Main Stylesheet doc -
Closed ticket #62592 on Core Trac:
Header informationa are modiefied -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As noted (1) above (2), the API itself doesn't attempt to dictate legal details nor… -
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @dd32 :hero: for https://wordpress.slack.com/files/U02QCT4MY/F084CT9LDFU/screen_recording_2024-12-10_at_11.38.01___am.compressed.mov, and @peterwilsoncc for helping confirm the update. -
Created ticket #7850 on Meta Trac:
Inconsistent capitalization of "Core" badges in Make/Meetings list view -
Posted a reply to Classic Editor adds extra classes to tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Building on @psykro's response, if the text was pasted in from another app, then this… -
Created ticket #7848 on Meta Trac:
Add bottom margin to Image block images -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi, Ben 👋🏻 The WP Consent API doesn't impose limitations on how categories and services… -
Wrote a new post, Let’s reconsider adopting the WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This post is a follow up to Feature Plugin Proposal: WP Consent API from 2020,… -
Posted a reply to No se ve el titulo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you open your browser's web inspector tools, are there any errors appearing in the… -
Posted a reply to remove default font-weight, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, @briantoronto -- I don't have Word, but suspect that the app has applied the… -
Posted a reply to No se ve el titulo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, @fabianmoreno -- I can't reproduce this issue with WP 6.6.2 + CE 1.6.7 (test… -
Posted a reply to Inline translation doesn’t work properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, @krstarica -- The fix noted by @psykro shipped today in Classic Editor 1.6.7. Please install… -
Posted a reply to Help pls ASAP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In addition to the WP 6.7.1 release, Classic Editor 1.6.7 was just released, which further refines… -
Posted a reply to Most Used Post Categories not saving, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Classic Editor 1.6.7 was just released, which further refines the fix. Please try out the update… -
Posted a reply to Adding Categories Not Chosen 6.7.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@galbaras, Classic Editor 1.6.7 was just released. Please give it a spin and let us… -
Mentioned in [59468] on WordPress SVN:
Editor: Fix selecting/deselecting multiple unwanted categories when clicking on a Category checkbox on the old Edit Post screen. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/classic-editor:
Bump version in plugin header -
Mentioned in [59454] on WordPress SVN:
Editor: Fix selecting/deselecting multiple unwanted categories when clicking on a Category checkbox on the old Edit Post screen. -
Posted a reply to Selecting Category Problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, @marema29, and thank you for the report! Others have reported similar issues today. There… -
Closed ticket #62508 on Core Trac:
Multiple Categories and Sub-cats pre selected for new post -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.8 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
🙋🏼 Volunteering for co- Core Triage, Core Tech, or Core Test -- wherever I can… -
Closed ticket #53622 on Core Trac:
Query Param status default is a string value, but an array is required -
Closed ticket #62334 on Core Trac:
Undefined array key "host" in canonical.php -
Mentioned in [59381] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Remove dimension suffix from full size converted HEIC images. -
Mentioned in [59379] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Remove dimension suffix from full size converted HEIC images. -
Created ticket #62365 on Core Trac:
HEIC upload conversion mappings may conflict with ... -
Closed ticket #60173 on Core Trac:
Warning: Undefined array key "host" -
Closed ticket #62245 on Core Trac:
ErrorException: Warning: Undefined array key "host" -
Closed ticket #62362 on Core Trac:
Multiple PHP Warnings for "Undefined array key 'host'" and "Undefined ... -
Created issue #66844 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
On Patterns screen for classic theme, site icon does not return to... -
Mentioned in [59367] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Fix converting of all HEIC/HEIF images to JPEGs after uploading regardless of dimensions. -
Mentioned in [59360] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Fix uploading of .heic images. -
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Test.
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Mentioned in [59317] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Fix converting of all HEIC/HEIF images to JPEGs after uploading regardless of dimensions. -
Mentioned in [59315] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Fix uploading of .heic images. -
Created issue #1953 in the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
Add AVIF support -
Wrote a comment on the post Automatic conversion of HEIC images to JPEG in WordPress 6.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Because WordPress supports WebP and AVIF, you might check out a plugin like Modern Image… -
Closed issue #164 on the WordPress/wordpress-importer repository:
Importing a WXR with a menu item that references a taxonomy that... -
Posted a reply to Safari 18.0 Breaking Classic Editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, everyone, for pitching in and helping each other! And yes, just confirming here that… -
Created issue #1941 in the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
[Query API] Multiple `plugin` params are rewritten to include only last plugin -
Created issue #745 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Single file plugin text domain check yields mixed and incorrect expected strings
Developer
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What Template
Active Installs: 1,000+
Contributor
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Classic Editor
Active Installs: 9+ million
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Classic Widgets
Active Installs: 2+ million
Total photo contributions: 5
View all photos contributed by Brian Alexander to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 6
- WordPress meetup organizer training January 24, 2022
- Basic principles of conflict resolution January 24, 2022
- Writing in the WordPress voice January 24, 2022
- Community meeting etiquette January 24, 2022
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project January 24, 2022
- Open source basics and WordPress January 24, 2022
Plugins
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Blocks Everywhere
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Classic Editor
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Create Block Theme
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Debug Bar
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Enable Media Replace
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Health Check & Troubleshooting
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Hotfix
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MailPoet - Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
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Markdown on Save
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Modern Images WP
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Plugin Check (PCP)
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Public Post Preview
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Sandbox Site powered by Playground
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Site Health Tools
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SQLite Database Integration
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Test Reports
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Troubleshooting
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WooCommerce
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WordPress Playground Block
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WP Help