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David Lingren

Chief Technology Maven

@dglingren El Cerrito, California joined Mar 2011

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    Bio

    Retired from thirty years as an IT professional, I’m still learning and contributing as a volunteer for several organizations.

    Interests

    Software development of all types, trekking the Himalaya, trail building, making plum wine.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '16 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Chief Technology Maven
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    18contributions
    high9
    medium9
    score36
    Last 90 days
    54contributions
    high34
    medium20
    score122
    Last 12 months
    180contributions
    high81
    medium99
    score342

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 3 releases
    • 6.5
    • 5.1
    • 4.7

    Contributions

    Type
    November 2026
    Nov 01 Sun · 01:43
    Forums med
    Created a topic, PLEASE READ: NO SUPPORT FROM NOVEMBER 3 UNTIL NOVEMBER 12, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I am traveling from Tuesday, November 3, until Thursda…
    Nov 01 Sun · 01:40
    Forums med
    Created a topic, PLEASE READ: NO SUPPORT FROM NOVEMBER 3 UNTIL NOVEMBER 12, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I will be traveling from Tuesday, November 3, until Th…
    October 2026
    Oct 31 Sat · 21:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3777387] to Plugins SVN:
    Mitigate Patchstack ID 38229.
    Oct 30 Fri · 23:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Compatibility improvement: upload_mimes filtering affecting internally generated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for your kind words regarding MLA and for your detailed report. I regret the…
    Oct 30 Fri · 20:58
    Plugins high
    Committed [3776018] to Plugins SVN:
    Improve WPScan Security <a class="missing ticket">#56355</a>, mitigate Patchstack ID 38033.
    Oct 28 Wed · 23:58
    Plugins high
    Committed [3771876] to Plugins SVN:
    Create stable tag version 3.44.
    Oct 28 Wed · 23:57
    Plugins high
    Committed [3771874] to Plugins SVN:
    Create trunk version 3.44.
    Oct 27 Tue · 23:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to PHP Compatibility Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for your report. I haven't looked at those two example plugins in some…
    Oct 27 Tue · 23:34
    Plugins high
    Committed [3769674] to Plugins SVN:
    Mitigate multiple security vulnerabilities (Patchstack 37177, WPScan Security 47593, 47595, 47596, 56355). Remove create_function() from example plugins. Update ajaxurl definition script.
    Oct 25 Sun · 18:27
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Error in class-mla-data.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for your update. I regret that I have no experience with those platforms and…

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    2 plugins

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    2 completed

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