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Anthony Hortin

Maddison Designs

@ahortin Melbourne, Australia joined Sep 2007

maddisondesigns.com github.com/maddisondesigns Slack: @ahortin

    Bio

    I build WordPress sites for a living and teach people through Easy WP Guide. I run a Melbourne (Australia) based design & development studio called Maddison Designs.

    I have been a co-organiser for the monthly WordPress Melbourne meetups as well as a co-organiser for WordCamp Melbourne.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '16 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '14
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

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    Maddison Designs

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high0
    medium1
    score1
    Last 90 days
    17contributions
    high4
    medium13
    score25
    Last 12 months
    35contributions
    high5
    medium30
    score45

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 9 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.2
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 4.9
    • 4.7

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 03 Wed · 09:14
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Warning message recommendation will cause PHP error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, I was running a plugin through this plugin chec…
    April 2026
    Apr 22 Wed · 04:40
    Themes med
    Created ticket #267709 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Ephemeris – 1.5.4
    Apr 16 Thu · 08:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62241] on WordPress SVN:
    AI: Prevent `wp_supports_ai` filter from overriding the `WP_AI_SUPPORT` constant.
    Apr 16 Thu · 07:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62239] on WordPress SVN:
    AI: Prevent `wp_supports_ai` filter from overriding the `WP_AI_SUPPORT` constant.
    Apr 03 Fri · 09:13
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Payment gateways enabled without consent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Krystian, Thanks for the explanation. I think it's still incredibly confusing for the end…
    Apr 03 Fri · 07:30
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Payment gateways enabled without consent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This seems like a huge issue with your plugin configuration then. Why are you explicitly…
    Apr 03 Fri · 07:14
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Payment gateways enabled without consent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I received 10 separate emails earlier today, advising …
    Apr 01 Wed · 06:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Real-Time Collaboration in the Block Editor, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Curious to know if this Collaboration checkbox is going to remain in WordPress so that…
    March 2026
    Mar 20 Fri · 03:46
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Introducing the Connectors API in WordPress 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I think it would be worth updating this post to also make mention of the…
    Mar 19 Thu · 13:55
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62067] on WordPress SVN:
    AI: Introduce `wp_supports_ai()` function to control LLM-related features.

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