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John Parris

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@mindctrl United States joined May 2009

johnparris.com github.com/mindctrl Slack: @johnparris
    Teams Core Documentation Hosting Test

    Bio

    Probably barefoot right now. Also probably thinking about WordPress right now.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Hosting Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    23contributions
    high18
    medium5
    score59
    Last 90 days
    75contributions
    high57
    medium18
    score189
    Last 12 months
    144contributions
    high105
    medium39
    score354

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 4.4

    Time commitment

    35 hours per week
    • On my own time 35 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 14:05
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #243 on the WordPress/phpunit-test-runner repository:
    Document why NodeJS is needed.
    Oct 23 Fri · 14:05
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #347 into WordPress/phpunit-test-runner:
    Document why NodeJS is needed to run the tests
    Oct 23 Fri · 13:40
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #344 into WordPress/phpunit-test-runner:
    Add Docker setup and container CI workflow for the test runner
    Oct 16 Fri · 14:26
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #135 on the WordPress/phpunit-test-runner repository:
    Allow MySQL version to be passed using an environment variable
    Oct 15 Thu · 20:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64366] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Cover REST API page creation and updates.
    Oct 15 Thu · 03:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64351] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Display 404 error for unregistered admin pages.
    Oct 14 Wed · 15:52
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #441 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Improve clarity and consistency across the WordPress Hosting Handbook
    Oct 14 Wed · 15:45
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #450 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Security page: "Responsible Disclosure" is a second H1 placed after the closing…
    Oct 14 Wed · 15:45
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #470 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Security: make Responsible Disclosure an H2 and place it before the closing…
    Oct 14 Wed · 15:44
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #462 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Small factual errors: Codex "publicly editable" caveat (Security), Web App Manifest listed…

    Contributor

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