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Alex Spataru

WordPress Developer at Self-employed

@alexandrubr Bucharest, Romania joined Jun 2011

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    Bio

    I am Alex Spataru, a web developer specialized in custom solutions using WordPress. I have entrepreneurial experience since 2013 and am currently pursuing a master’s degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, with a growing interest in research and teaching.

    I combine practical freelancing experience with the delivery of complex projects (multisite, multi-language, WooCommerce, custom plugins and API integrations), emphasizing ethics, quality and sustainable results.

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    Current Job

    WordPress Developer
    Dec 2013 – Present
    Self-employed

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    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week
    • On my own time 10 hrs/wk

    Contributions

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    September 2026
    Sep 12 Sat · 09:38
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    Wrote a comment on the post Automated security review for plugin releases, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
    I am playing around with a tool that I've created and I scan the entire…
    August 2026
    Aug 10 Mon · 05:48
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    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Credits Student Feedback: the program works, now for quality and retention, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Thank you! 😃
    Aug 04 Tue · 18:19
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    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Credits Student Feedback: the program works, now for quality and retention, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Do this strategy shift affect the 2026-2027 academic year (the 50 hours vs 150 hours…
    Aug 04 Tue · 17:50
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    Completed the course WordCamp organizer training on learn.wordpress.org
    Aug 04 Tue · 13:43
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    Completed the course WordPress meetup organizer training on learn.wordpress.org
    June 2026
    Jun 24 Wed · 12:59
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    Created a topic, Updating to 1.29.4 causes fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've updated the plugin on both a Windows setup (dev e…
    April 2026
    Apr 03 Fri · 11:35
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    Created a topic, Helped my clients a lot, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for creating and actively maintaining this p…
    May 2024
    May 02 Thu · 07:28
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    Posted a reply to PHP Deprecated in 8.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, I checked the line with the issue. This is the line with the issue:…
    May 01 Wed · 12:47
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    Created a topic, PHP Deprecated in 8.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, I have upgraded to PHP 8.1 and since the update…
    February 2024
    Feb 01 Thu · 08:02
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    Posted a reply to Version bump, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It doesn't seem to be maintained anymore. I got rid of it and switched to…