Paul Bearne (@pbearne) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I am fueled by a passion for new developments in technology and how the application of these can deliver an awesome user experience while effectively meeting business needs.

Although, over the years I have developed a number of complementary skill bases, my focus is now WordPress architecture, concept design, coding for complex projects and integrating external data sources.

I have made core commits to every version of WordPress since 3.9 and continue to support the wider WordPress community through meetups, WordCamps, etc.

In 2018 I co-founded Matador Sorftware and launched a commercial WordPress Plugin for the recruitment industy, adding to my growing list of plugins.

Interests

Walking, Kayaking, Reading, Theater, PHP, Javascript, CSS

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress in 2006 when asked to explore the use of collaborative tools internally for a multinational corporation, setting up a 200+ multi-blog site using WPMU on IIS7. As part of this project, I created my first plugin, Author Avatars, (https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatars/ ), which currently has 8,000+ active installs. I recently updated this to include Gutenberg support.

From this point on, the community, the flexibility and the velocity of WordPress has made it my platform of choice.

I specialize in creating highly performant scalable, accessible and SEO friendly code (plugins and themes) for large WordPress sites that are often multi-site, multi-language, VIP and/or e-commerce.

In 2018, with a partner, I launched a premium plugin for the recruitment industry, Matador Jobs (https://matadorjobs.com/) and in June Matador Jobs became an official Bullhorn partner (https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/matador-jobs/).

I continue to support my growing list of plugins (https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/#content-plugins ) and the wider WordPress community, founded the Kingston WordPress Meetup and speak regularly at WordCamps.

Contributions Sponsored

Matador Jobs and Hostinger sponsor Paul Bearne to contribute 10 hours per week to the following teams: Core and Test.

Member Since: November 13th, 2006
Location: Southern Ontario
Website: bearne.ca
GitHub: pbearne
Job Title: Senior WordPress Full Stack Developer
Employer: Paul & Gina Bearne (Freelance Consultancy)
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Contribution History

Core AI Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Test Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Volunteer

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Submitted pull request #11672 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for iis7_rewrite_rule_exists() in src/wp-admin/include…
6 hours ago
Created ticket #65148 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for iis7_rewrite_rule_exists()
6 hours ago
Submitted pull request #11671 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for iis7_save_url_rewrite_rules() in src/wp-admin/incl…
6 hours ago
Created ticket #65147 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for iis7_save_url_rewrite_rules()
6 hours ago
Submitted pull request #11670 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for save_mod_rewrite_rules() in src/wp-admin/includes/…
6 hours ago
Created ticket #65146 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for save_mod_rewrite_rules()
6 hours ago
Created issue #77764 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
new block suggestion: supported feature grid
8 hours ago
Submitted pull request #11659 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for insert_with_markers() in src/wp-admin/includes/mis…
1 day ago
Created ticket #65137 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for insert_with_markers()
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #11658 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for extract_from_markers() in src/wp-admin/includes/mi…
1 day ago
Created ticket #65136 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for extract_from_markers()
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #11657 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for got_url_rewrite() in src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
1 day ago
Created ticket #65135 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for got_url_rewrite()
1 day ago
Submitted pull request #11656 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add unit tests for got_mod_rewrite() in src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
1 day ago
Created ticket #65134 on Core Trac:
Unit Tests: Add tests for got_mod_rewrite()
1 day ago
Translated 611 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Translated 19 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Suggested 774 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Reviewed 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64656 on Core Trac:
Fatal error on new font library admin page
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #65028 on Core Trac:
no error message when installing connector if File system read only
3 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #64656 on Core Trac:
Fatal error on new font library admin page
3 weeks ago
Suggested 260 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 weeks ago
Translated 529 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 weeks ago
Reviewed 25 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 weeks ago
Reviewed 13 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Translated 73 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [62156] on WordPress SVN:
Tests: Add unit tests for `wp_timezone_choice()`.
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #27 to WordPress/agent-skills:
Add support for Junie in skillpack build and installation process
2 months ago
Created issue #26 in the WordPress/agent-skills repository:
add support for junie
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #10898 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add a file existence check in `class-wp-theme-json-resolver` to avoid…
3 months ago
Created ticket #64620 on Core Trac:
function read_json_file throws an error if the file is missing
3 months ago
Pull request #169 merged into WordPress/ai:
57 review and streamline contributor and developer documentation
3 months ago
Pull request #175 merged into WordPress/ai:
Handle missing or invalid asset files gracefully in `Asset_Loader`.
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #10821 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Redirect if trash empty
3 months ago
Created ticket #64570 on Core Trac:
when the trash is empty we should load all posts
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #10798 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Ticket/19958
3 months ago
Closed pull request #10797 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Ticket/19958
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #10797 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Ticket/19958
3 months ago
Pull request #173 merged into WordPress/ai:
Removed return so experiments always show …
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #175 to WordPress/ai:
Handle missing or invalid asset files gracefully in `Asset_Loader`.
4 months ago
Created issue #174 in the WordPress/ai repository:
if the file for an asset is missing we get warning from...
4 months ago
Submitted pull request #173 to WordPress/ai:
Removed return so experiments always show …
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Profile field text won’t display, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi LarsNot sure how to help hereDo you have overflow set to hidden?Is the info…
4 months ago
Submitted pull request #169 to WordPress/ai:
57 review and streamline contributor and developer documentation
4 months ago
Created issue #2322 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Plugin Proposal: Manage inserting of Code Snippets
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Planning for 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I didn't see the tests update to support PHPUnit 10/11 in the list https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62004 I…
5 months ago
Submitted pull request #10599 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
"Add Markdown feed support with HTML to Markdown converters"
5 months ago
Created ticket #64363 on Core Trac:
add MarkDown feeds
5 months ago