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Topher

WordPress Engineer at MediaForge Productions

@topher1kenobe Grand Rapids MI joined May 2010

topher.how github.com/topher1kenobe Slack: @topher1kenobe
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    Bio

    Christian, Husband, Father, WordPress developer, Teacher, Documenter, HeroPresser

    Interests

    https://heropress.com
    https://topher.how

    WordPress Origin Story

    https://heropress.com/essays/making-family/

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '21 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '22
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '21 Community Contributor '24 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '16

    Current Job

    WordPress Engineer
    Present
    MediaForge Productions

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high12
    medium0
    score36
    Last 90 days
    15contributions
    high12
    medium3
    score39
    Last 12 months
    30contributions
    high20
    medium10
    score70

    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 4.8
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 24 Sat · 13:43
    Plugins high
    Committed [3763331] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.4
    Oct 21 Wed · 14:50
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    At WCUS a team made a plugin to incorporate the Photo Directory into WordPress. It…
    Oct 21 Wed · 14:50
    Meta high
    Received props from @topher1kenobe in Slack:
    At WCUS a team made a plugin to incorporate the Photo Directory into WordPress. It…
    Oct 21 Wed · 06:46
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Presenting the PhotoFetch plugin, on the site Make Photos:
    It has a UI under the Media Library menu for simply searching and importing, but…
    Oct 20 Tue · 20:09
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8464 on Meta Trac:
    Editor crashing on highlight
    Oct 16 Fri · 15:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3750663] to Plugins SVN:
    Make it work in Gutenberg
    Oct 16 Fri · 13:05
    Plugins high
    Committed [3750464] to Plugins SVN:
    Update readme to remove api URL
    Oct 16 Fri · 13:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3750460] to Plugins SVN:
    Update plugin URL
    Oct 16 Fri · 12:50
    Plugins high
    Committed [3750441] to Plugins SVN:
    plugin icons
    Oct 16 Fri · 12:27
    Plugins high
    Committed [3750391] to Plugins SVN:
    .org assets

    Developer

    15 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Photos

    1,252 contributions

    View all 1,252 photos in the Photo Directory

    Plugins

    52 favorites

    Themes

    3 favorites

    Translations

    2 locales
    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

    View all on translate.wordpress.org