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Erick Hitter

@ethitter Long Beach, CA joined Aug 2008

ethitter.com github.com/ethitter Slack: @ethitter

    Bio

    I’m a plugin author and a Core contributor.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I was an accountant and thought it’d be interesting to write about my career. It wasn’t, but I started tinkering with WordPress and was hooked. I helped organize the first WordCamp Boston, and those connections led to a career developing all manner of things using WordPress.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    4 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '19
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 15 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.5
    • 6.1
    • 5.9
    • 5.1
    • 4.8
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.2
    • 3.8
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.3

    Contributions

    Type
    February 2026
    Feb 27 Fri · 19:57
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61760] on WordPress SVN:
    Cache API: Introduce fallback for when the `wp_cache_switch_to_blog()` function is missing.
    July 2025
    Jul 05 Sat · 20:13
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Fix for block editor error with custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Version 1.4.4 resolves this error.
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 01:18
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [7315] on bbPress SVN:
    Common: fix incorrect return type of `bbp_pre_handle_404()`.
    Jun 26 Thu · 01:17
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [7314] on bbPress SVN:
    Common: fix incorrect return type of `bbp_pre_handle_404()`.
    April 2025
    Apr 25 Fri · 18:36
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60188] on WordPress SVN:
    Themes: Add filter on bulk action fields.
    Apr 25 Fri · 18:19
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60186] on WordPress SVN:
    Themes: Add filter on bulk action fields.
    March 2025
    Mar 02 Sun · 23:04
    Core high
    Mentioned in [59900] on WordPress SVN:
    Users: Add pre-flight filter to `count_many_users_posts()`.
    February 2025
    Feb 21 Fri · 22:30
    Core med
    Created ticket #63005 on Core Trac:
    Replacing certain bulk-edit fields blocks all bulk edits
    Feb 21 Fri · 22:03
    Core med
    Created ticket #63004 on Core Trac:
    Allow `count_many_users_posts()` to be short-circuited
    Feb 14 Fri · 22:06
    bbPress med
    Created ticket #3626 on bbPress Trac:
    bbp_pre_handle_404() return type may be incorrect

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    Plugins

    Español (Spanish (Spain)) Translation Contributor - #es_ES

    WP Revisions Control

    Polski (Polish) Translation Contributor - #pl_PL

    WP Revisions Control