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David E. Smith

GoDaddy

@desmith St. Louis, MO USA joined Feb 2012

davidsmith.is github.com/dsXLII Slack: @David E. Smith (desmith)
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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '20
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    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '16

    Current Job

    Present
    GoDaddy

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
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    medium1
    score1
    Last 90 days
    1contribution
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    medium1
    score1
    Last 12 months
    4contributions
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    medium4
    score4

    Team focus

    Across 2 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 5.5

    Time commitment

    1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    November 2026
    Nov 05 Thu · 04:30
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Your Content Is Going To Get More Random!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Don't those same philosophies say that things in core should be really useful to the…
    April 2026
    Apr 01 Wed · 14:51
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Let’s Slack Better, on the site Make WordPress.org:
    With whom should I coordinate for the Slack integrations currently hooked up to the WCUS…
    March 2026
    Mar 30 Mon · 16:55
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Let’s Slack Better, on the site Make WordPress.org:
    Comparing something to Discord is not a selling point IMO :D
    December 2025
    Dec 04 Thu · 20:21
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post AI as a WordPress Fundamental, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Will there be appropriate filters to disable this, and to prevent accidental use of any…
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 02:34
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post RFC: Automated Hosting Test Runner Service, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    Who will be hosting this project, i.e. to whom am I giving SSH access to…
    Jun 26 Thu · 02:18
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post RFC: Automated Hosting Test Runner Service, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    I work for a host that specializes in WordPress specifically, and part of our offering…
    February 2025
    Feb 13 Thu · 21:20
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #62132 on Core Trac:
    Make wordpress.org API connections for updates, plugins and themes ...
    Feb 13 Thu · 21:20
    Core med
    Closed ticket #62132 on Core Trac:
    Make wordpress.org API connections for updates, plugins and themes ...
    January 2025
    Jan 28 Tue · 22:09
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Is this plugin still maintained?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I can confirm that it still works, at least for my use case, up to…
    September 2024
    Sep 15 Sun · 14:35
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2024