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Dennis Ploetner
@realloc on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
Dennis is an experienced WordPress engineer with a strong focus on Multisite, open source contributions, and enterprise solutions. Since 2011, he has maintained a popular multilingual solution plugin and actively contributes to WordPress core and community projects. Living in Italy, Dennis is a native German speaker and fluent in Italian. He co-organizes the Milan WordPress Meetup and regularly speaks at WordCamps across Europe — and now also in the US — sharing insights on development, open source, and community.
Interests
WordPress, software engineering, blogging, travel, fitness, and jamming on the guitar
WordPress Origin Story
My open source journey began in 2011, when I created a free plugin to make WordPress multilingual using Multisite. I quickly learned that open source is more than code — it’s about community, responsibility, and sustainability. What started as solving my own need grew into years of contribution, collaboration, and sharing knowledge in the WordPress community.
Contributions Sponsored
Dennis Ploetner contributes 4 hours per week to the Core team.
- Member Since: April 19th, 2010
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Website: ploetner.io
- GitHub: lloc
- Job Title: Senior Web Engineer
- Employer: Syde GmbH
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Contribution History
Dennis Ploetner’s badges:- Community Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Committed [3415641] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3415606] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.3.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3414079] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.10.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3414078] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Readability is exactly why this proposal matters. It doesn’t change Core or require anyone to… -
Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think the _e() argument mixes two different issues. Functions like _e() are already discouraged… -
Committed [3409666] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3409663] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3409411] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.10.0 from GitHub -
Committed [3409375] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Posted a reply to How to unlink a post between languages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I believe one possibility could be to check the box "Exclude blog" in the settings of… -
Mentioned in [61074] on WordPress SVN:
Multisite: Improve wording when creating a user with a reserved email address. -
Committed [3382535] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3382386] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.2.0 from GitHub -
Started mentoring WordCamp Leipzig 2026
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Mentioned in [60956] on WordPress SVN:
Networks and Sites: check if the `BLOGUPLOADDIR` constant is defined before using it. -
Committed [3376939] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Is the 198th person to arrive at WordCamp Verona 2025
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Is the 4th person to arrive at WordCamp Verona 2025
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Posted a reply to Great plugin and awesome support!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much! :-) -
Is the 109th person to arrive at WordCamp Lithuania 2025
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Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad, it helped! :-) -
Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, indeed. Seems my screenshot is not going up. This markup here seems not to… -
Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I just saw this here, which doesn't come from a MSLS widget or block.… -
Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, now just use the language-switcher coming from Multisite Language Switcher. The one you have… -
Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please, check also the settings in "Reference User". Are they the same? -
Posted a reply to language flag always only links to main site and not the connected page, post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Becki, thanks a lot for your kind words and for using the plugin! You’re… -
Wrote a comment on the post Implementing Namespaces and Coding Standards in WordPress Plugin Development, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve got a small doubt though: isn’t it a bit verbose… -
Posted a reply to Link added to post descriptiom, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you probably activated the checkbox for the hint. -
Created ticket #63885 on Core Trac:
Re-implement the Network Admin “Sites” dashboard using DataViews and ... -
Committed [3341671] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.1.1 from GitHub -
Mentioned in [60614] on WordPress SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Reduce number of DB queries populating roles. -
Closed ticket #59522 on Core Trac:
Bug handling multisites where main site URL and main blog URL are different -
Closed pull request #9375 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix/59522 plus unit tests -
Submitted pull request #9375 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix/59522 plus unit tests -
Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Posted a reply to CZ.png flag image broken (redirected), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for responding so late. As far as I can see, there is a custom… -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Mentioned in [60398] on WordPress SVN:
Networks and Sites: Add support for file/upload type inputs on the "New Site" screen. -
Closed ticket #55515 on Core Trac:
About the problem that the php file of the theme editor and plugin ... -
Submitted pull request #9107 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix #30227 -
Mentioned in [60358] on WordPress SVN:
Networks and Sites: Correct and improve terminology relating to deactivated, deleted, and archived sites on a Multisite installation. -
Closed ticket #50119 on Core Trac:
Dashboard of new subsite won't open -
Closed ticket #55607 on Core Trac:
wp-config overrides of WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL are forgotten when ... -
Closed ticket #54086 on Core Trac:
bloginfo language issue -
Submitted pull request #9084 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Adds 'enctype="multipart/form-data"' to the form -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2025
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Committed [3316891] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub -
Suggested 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 20 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Developer
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MslsMenu
Active Installs: 200+
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MslsSelect
Active Installs: 10+
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Multisite Language Switcher
Active Installs: 4,000+
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Multisite Taxonomy Widget
Active Installs: 10+
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MultiSyde
Active Installs: Less than 10
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WP-Whoami
Active Installs: 10+
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 3
- Beginner WordPress Developer October 23, 2024
- Incident Response Team training June 12, 2024
- Community team event mentor training May 23, 2019
Plugins
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Add From Server
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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
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Advanced Custom Fields - Location Field add-on
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Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-on
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Better WordPress Minify
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Broken Link Checker
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Contact Form 7
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Contact Form 7 - Dynamic Text Extension
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Email as Username for WP-Members
User rating
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Members - Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
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MslsMenu
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MultiSite Clone Duplicator
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Multisite Language Switcher
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Multisite Taxonomy Widget
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MultiSyde
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Simple Lightbox
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Use Google Libraries
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WP Multi Network
User rating
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WP-DBManager
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WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
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WP-PageNavi
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WP-Whoami
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WPML2WPMSLS
