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Eric Mann

Tekton

@ericmann Tualatin Oregon, USA joined Nov 2007

eamann.com github.com/ericmann Slack: @ericmann

    Bio

    I am a developer, marketer, and story teller just trying to make the world a better place.

    Interests

    Marketing, Rock Climbing, Creative Writing / Artwork

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Tekton
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high3
    medium3
    score12
    Last 90 days
    11contributions
    high4
    medium7
    score19
    Last 12 months
    13contributions
    high5
    medium8
    score23

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 5.7
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 21 Wed · 17:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64674] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Keep the previous secret version when a value is saved unchanged.
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:54
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64337] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Introduce the Secrets API.
    Oct 07 Wed · 15:05
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    As discussed in last week's dev chat on Slack, there's a PR up for this…
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 16:47
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #1010 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Store TOTP secrets with the WordPress Secrets API
    Sep 25 Fri · 19:14
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13759 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Secrets API: encrypted, versioned storage for credentials
    Sep 25 Fri · 19:13
    Core med
    Created ticket #66187 on Core Trac:
    Secrets API: encrypted, versioned storage for credentials
    Sep 04 Fri · 21:02
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    > Is there anyway to prevent plugin A from reading the secret stored by Plugin…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:48
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Yes, that will be the ultimate goal here. For hosts/platforms that can provide a more…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:46
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    the API has no way to express “readable, but not writable here,” This is fairly…
    August 2026
    Aug 25 Tue · 21:18
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress has no first-class way to store a credential. This proposal outlines a Secrets API…

    Developer

    8 plugins

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