Profiles

Bio

WordPress engineer in Fort Erie, Ontario. I work with media, education, and government teams on the parts of a build that are easy to skip — performance under load, technical SEO past the easy wins, publishing workflows editors don’t fight. On the web since 1996. WordCamp speaker; organiser, Niagara Falls 2023.

Interests

WordPress plugin development, technical SEO, performance optimization, site architecture, content workflows, accessibility, and open source contribution.

If you want a tighter version with a stronger community/contributor angle, use this Interests line:
Core contribution, plugin development, technical SEO, WordPress performance, accessibility, documentation, and mentoring.

WordPress Origin Story

I came to WordPress through real-world problem solving, not theory. I was helping businesses improve slow, hard-to-manage websites and kept seeing the same pattern: content teams were blocked, technical debt was growing, and SEO performance suffered because the publishing workflow was fragile. WordPress gave me a way to fix the system, not just the symptom.

That work became This Is My URL. Today I focus on practical WordPress implementation: technical SEO, performance, secure architecture, and tooling that teams can maintain after launch. I build and refine plugins, create repeatable publishing standards, and teach teams how to make better decisions without unnecessary complexity. My goal is simple: make WordPress easier to run, safer to scale, and better at driving measurable outcomes.

Badges

CODE
3 badges
Core Contributor '26 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
CONTENT
1 badge
Photo Contributor '23
COMMUNITY
1 badge
WordCamp Speaker '19

Current Job

Senior WordPress engineer & trainer
Present
This Is My URL

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days
4contributions
high4
medium0
score12
Last 90 days
13contributions
high11
medium2
score35
Last 12 months
59contributions
high27
medium32
score113

WordPress releases

Contributed to 1 release
  • 7.1

Contributions

Type
October 2026
Oct 24 Sat · 16:18
Plugins high
Committed [3763511] to Plugins SVN:
readme: explain the two switches (suppression is on from activation, auto-dismiss is a separate opt-in)
Oct 24 Sat · 16:04
Plugins high
Committed [3763501] to Plugins SVN:
1.6297: fix the squeezed File column on the Media list
Oct 24 Sat · 15:57
Plugins high
Committed [3763495] to Plugins SVN:
Initial release: Thisismyurl Image Support 1.6291
Oct 18 Sun · 15:36
Themes med
Created ticket #295968 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Colophon – 1.6291.1458
September 2026
Sep 23 Wed · 14:08
Themes med
Created ticket #292760 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Colophon – 1.6266.1322
Sep 22 Tue · 15:52
Core med
Closed pull request #80207 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Editor: Describe inline revision diffs with aria-describedby
Sep 21 Mon · 17:10
Core high
Mentioned in [63773] on WordPress SVN:
Tests: Use strict assertions for REST schema sanitization.
Sep 14 Mon · 06:33
GitHub high
Pull request #6339 merged into wp-cli/wp-cli:
Accept `plaintext` as an alias of `var_export` in `cli param-dump`
Sep 09 Wed · 15:06
Themes med
Created ticket #290628 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Colophon – 1.6252.1241
August 2026
Aug 18 Tue · 21:10
Forums med
Posted a reply to Cannot add Application Password with Empty Error Message Return, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sesame307, The blank red box is actually a useful clue, so you're further along…

Developer

2 plugins

Contributor

4 plugins

Themes

2 themes

Translations

1 locale
en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor