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James LePage
@isotropic on WordPress.org, @James LePage on Slack
Bio
Engineering Lead for AI at Automattic. Core AI co-lead and founder. Previously ran WPAI (Startup) and a WordPress agency (called Isotropic).
Interests
Building things
AI
Climbing
Corvettes
Running
WordPress Origin Story
James LePage is a digital founder, developer, designer, and generalist currently leading the AI Division at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Tumblr. With over 10 years in the WordPress ecosystem that began with freelancing, he has cofounded several venture-backed companies, including WPAI (acquired by Automattic in 2024) and ShareClub, and previously ran the digital agency Isotropic. With a background in entrepreneurship and AI from Syracuse University, James combines technical expertise with interests in backpacking, distance running, classic cars, and music from his base in NYC.
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: March 22nd, 2020
- Location: NYC
- Website: j.cv
- GitHub: Jameswlepage
- Job Title: Engineering Director
- Employer: Automattic AI
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Contribution History
James LePage’s badges:- Core AI Contributor
- Core AI Team
- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Created issue #5 in the WordPress/wp-bench repository:
Benchmark Run: 12 Models on wp-core-v1 -
Closed pull request #1 on WordPress/wp-bench:
feat: add wp-core-v0.0.1 dataset (draft) -
Submitted pull request #1 to WordPress/wp-bench:
feat: add wp-core-v0.0.1 dataset (draft) -
Submitted pull request #156 to WordPress/ai:
Add Alt Text Generation experiment -
Submitted pull request #155 to WordPress/ai:
Add Comment Moderation experiment -
Closed pull request #154 on WordPress/ai:
Add Comment Moderation experiment -
Submitted pull request #154 to WordPress/ai:
Add Comment Moderation experiment -
Submitted pull request #153 to WordPress/ai:
Improve AI Experiments page UI with header, accordion, and entry points -
Submitted pull request #152 to WordPress/ai:
Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) experiment -
Submitted pull request #151 to WordPress/ai:
Add Type Ahead experiment -
Submitted pull request #149 to WordPress/ai:
Add AI Request Logging experiment with observability dashboard -
Submitted pull request #148 to WordPress/ai:
Add Extended Providers experiment -
Created issue #43 in the WordPress/wp-ai-client repository:
Add hook for registering providers before metadata collection -
Wrote a new post, Six Months of Core AI: From Building Blocks to Core Release, on the site WordPress AI:
As Core AI reaches its six-month anniversary, we also reach an important inflection point for… -
Created issue #137 in the WordPress/php-ai-client repository:
Inline images sent as raw base64 instead of data URI -
Created issue #30 in the WordPress/wp-ai-client repository:
Allow embedding the credentials screen in a shared AI settings page -
Submitted pull request #132 to WordPress/php-ai-client:
Add embedding generation support -
Closed pull request #131 on WordPress/php-ai-client:
Add embedding generation support -
Submitted pull request #131 to WordPress/php-ai-client:
Add embedding generation support -
Created issue #130 in the WordPress/php-ai-client repository:
Add support for embedding generation -
Mentioned in [61063] on WordPress SVN:
Abilities API: Include initial core abilities and categories registration. -
Closed issue #105 on the WordPress/abilities-api repository:
Core Abilities for WordPress 6.9 -
Pull request #80 merged into WordPress/php-ai-client:
Fix empty tool calls and arguments in OpenAI compatible models -
Submitted pull request #108 to WordPress/abilities-api:
Add initial core abilities for WordPress 6.9 -
Created issue #40 in the WordPress/ai repository:
WordPress Core Abilities -
Submitted pull request #80 to WordPress/php-ai-client:
Fix empty tool calls and arguments in OpenAI compatible models -
Merged pull request #14 into WordPress/ai:
Add context to readme from WCUS Contributor Day -
Submitted pull request #33 to WordPress/mcp-adapter:
feat: Add comprehensive demo plugin for MCP adapter (exploration) -
Submitted pull request #32 to WordPress/mcp-adapter:
feat: Add MCP Client support for bidirectional MCP integration -
Created issue #52 in the WordPress/abilities-api repository:
WordPress Core Abilities -
Created issue #51 in the WordPress/abilities-api repository:
Abilities API WordPress.org Plugin -
Wrote a new post, AI Chat Agenda – 24 July 2025, on the site WordPress AI:
The next WordPress AI Chat will take place on in the #core-ai channel on Make… -
Merged pull request #1 into WordPress/ai:
Update license to GPL-2.0-or-later -
Wrote a new post, Abilities API, on the site WordPress AI:
The Abilities API creates a central registry where WordPress capabilities are discoverable and accessible, enabling… -
Wrote a new post, AI Building Blocks for WordPress, on the site WordPress AI:
We're creating technical Building Blocks that will allow users and developers to create powerful AI… -
Wrote a new post, What’s Next for the WordPress AI Team, on the site Core AI:
The newly formed WordPress AI Team is getting to work, with a set of initial… -
Created issue #340 in the WordPress/five-for-the-future repository:
Add "Core AI Team" to Contributor Teams list for Profiles -
Wrote a new post, Welcome to the Core AI Team Blog, on the site Core AI:
The WordPress AI Team was just formed to explore and coordinate AI projects across the… -
Posted a reply to Broken With WP 6.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Kevin,I've run through a conflict check and determined that the cause is Oxygen Builder.… -
Created a topic, Broken With WP 6.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It seems that the code block is no longer registered i… -
Created a topic, We use this on a site with 20m+ annual revenue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We use this on several large client sites including on… -
Created a topic, Switching Stripe Account with Existing Subscriptions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just wanted to check in and make sure that we can swit… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s talk: WordPress Core & Artificial Intelligence, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I love that WordPress is getting ahead of AI, instead of getting left behind. With… -
Created a topic, Selling access to modules, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I'd like to sell access to individual mod… -
Created a topic, OTP style verification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would I be able to do an OTP + Link style verification… -
Posted a reply to Using only the shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi guys, Amazing plugin, but this is the on major issue with it. We can't… -
Created a topic, Not compatible with MemberPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not sure why, but this breaks the Memberpress login sy… -
Posted a reply to Appying the wide-player class instead of narrow-player class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Veda, We're looking for that fix too. Would be very helpful. -
Posted a reply to Deferring YouTube Videos with Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@polymathy would you mind sharing where you found that filter, or what code you created?… -
Posted a reply to Geolocation Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Update: this worked. On cloudflare, you need to use HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP, which is found under Settings…
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