Gary Jones
@garyj on WordPress.org, @GaryJ on Slack
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions
- Member Since: December 22nd, 2010
- Location: Basingstoke, UK
- Website: garyjones.link
- GitHub: GaryJones
- Job Title: VIP Support Projects Engineering Lead at WordPress VIP
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Gary Jones’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor
- BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Photo Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
- WordCamp Volunteer
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Mentioned in [14157] on BuddyPress SVN:
Core: improve PHP8 compatibility by only calling `closedir()` on proper `opendir()` resources. -
Mentioned in [14156] on BuddyPress SVN:
Replace `esc_url()` with `esc_url_raw()` for almost all avatar URLs returned in AJAX/JSON responses. -
Mentioned in [14155] on BuddyPress SVN:
Replace `esc_url()` with `esc_url_raw()` for almost all avatar URLs returned in AJAX/JSON responses. -
Mentioned in [14152] on BuddyPress SVN:
Add pre-filter hook for avatar history. -
Mentioned in [14151] on BuddyPress SVN:
Add pre-filter hook for avatar history. -
Created ticket #9312 on BuddyPress Trac:
Avatar AJAX responses use esc_url() instead of esc_url_raw(), breaking ... -
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Slovenia
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Slovenia
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Created ticket #9311 on BuddyPress Trac:
Add pre-filter to bp_avatar_get_avatars_history() for custom storage ... -
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Slovenia
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Merged pull request #2668 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Dependabot/gh-actions: move to bi-weekly schedule -
Reviewed 584 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for HybridMag Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
I found and fixed one missed "color", but otherwise looking good. Added as a PTE. -
Translated 510 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2026
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Closed issue #2660 on the WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards repository:
Clarification of rule subsets -
Merged pull request #2659 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Fix two typos in release checklist template document -
Mentioned in [61306] on WordPress SVN:
Coding Standards: Upgrade WPCS to version 3.3.0. -
Merged pull request #2651 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
CS: start using PHPCompatibility 10 -
Merged pull request #2653 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
GH Actions: improve "don't run on forks" conditions -
Merged pull request #2652 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Update list based sniffs for WP 6.9.0(-RC2) -
Merged pull request #2649 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
GH Actions: update for the release of PHP 8.5 -
Wrote a comment on the post I am the plugin author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please submit strings for review for #en_GB as per https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/ -
Merged pull request #2646