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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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 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Composer: update to PHPCSExtra 1.5.0 + add two new sniffs to WordPress-Extra -
Translated 99 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Make it explicit that PHP files must use the .php extension, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It would really surprise me if many of our QA tools support these other extensions,… -
Merged pull request #2631 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
WP/GetMetaSingle: simplify code using two class constants -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Make it explicit that PHP files must use the .php extension, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes, this isn't a proposal to tackle a significant problem. In fact, it's one of… -
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for ShopWay Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
#en_GB approved! -
Reviewed 13 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Hi Polyglots,, on the site Translate WordPress:
For #en_GB, please see https://en-gb.wordpress.org/translations/ on how to get PTE status. -
Reviewed 18 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 33 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Mentioned in [14140] on BuddyPress SVN:
Core: improve PHP8 compatibility by only calling `closedir()` on proper `opendir()` resources. -
Reviewed 545 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 906 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 29 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I am the author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Done for #en_gb. -
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Following Themes, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you - all three approved for #en_gb. When I skimmed the strings, I noticed… -
Translated 399 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Created ticket #9307 on BuddyPress Trac:
closedir() should be called conditionally -
Merged pull request #2625 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
GH Actions: do not persist credentials -
Wrote a comment on the post I don’t want to get…, on the site Translate WordPress:
The canonical links and structure for plugins, themes, etc on WordPress.org in English should be… -
Merged pull request #2621 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
GH Actions: "pin" all action runners -
Translated 486 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for eKart Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
Approved for #en_GB! -
Reviewed 12 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Merged pull request #2611 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
GH Actions: update for upstream branch rename -
Translated 26 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post Hello Poliglots team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi! I've reviewed the readme string submissions for #en_GB, and you've not picked up on… -
Merged pull request #2594 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Add PR template -
Pull request #2598 merged into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Update CONTRIBUTING.md with tips for successful PRs -
Merged pull request #2578 into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
DB/RestrictedClasses: remove redundant call to `parent::setUpPrerequisites()` -
Submitted pull request #2598 to WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Update CONTRIBUTING.md with tips for successful PRs -
Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I am the author…, on the site Translate WordPress:
#en_GB done. -
Translated 485 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Reviewed 111 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Override PHP…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hi! Thank you for submitting some strings for #en_GB. I can see that the glossary… -
Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Mentioned in [60523] on WordPress SVN:
Coding Standards: Upgrade WPCS to version 3.2.0.
Developer
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Calendar Category
Active Installs: 100+
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Diagnosis
Active Installs: 100+
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Disable Search Slug
Active Installs: 10+
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Genesis Accessible
Active Installs: 500+
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Genesis Admin Bar Plus
Active Installs: 100+
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Genesis JS / No JS
Active Installs: 100+
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Geoplugin Currency Shortcode
Active Installs: 10+
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Twivatar
Active Installs: 10+
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Visual Subtitle
Active Installs: 100+
Contributor
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Co-Authors Plus
Active Installs: 20,000+
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Genesis Footer Links Nofollow
Active Installs: 20+
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Parse.ly
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Plugin Toggle
Active Installs: 600+
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Portfolio Post Type
Active Installs: 50,000+
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Rewrite Rules Inspector
Active Installs: 10,000+
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Send Images to RSS
Active Installs: 3,000+
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Shortcake (Shortcode UI)
Active Installs: 10,000+
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Text Widget oEmbed
Active Installs: 30+
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Zone Manager (Zoninator)
Active Installs: 2,000+
Support Rep
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Ad Code Manager
Active Installs: 60+
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Edit Flow
Active Installs: 5,000+
Total photo contributions: 1
View all photos contributed by Gary Jones to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Plugins
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO
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Action Scheduler
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Ad Code Manager
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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AMP
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Automattic For Agencies Client
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Batcache
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Co-Authors Plus
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Comment Edit Core - Simple Comment Editing
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Content Audit
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Crowdsignal Dashboard - Polls, Surveys & more
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Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
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Disable XML-RPC
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Epoch - A native Disqus alternative with a focus on speed and privacy
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Force Regenerate Thumbnails
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Genesis JS / No JS
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Genesis Simple Sidebars
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Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
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Liveblog
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Markdown on Save
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Media Files Tools
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MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
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Multisite Enhancements
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Offline Content
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Page Excerpts
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Parse.ly
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Post Meta Inspector
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Post UI Tabs
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Remote Data Blocks
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Remove Orphan Shortcodes
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Rewrite Rules Inspector
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RTL Tester
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Scriptless Social Sharing
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Search Regex
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Subresource Integrity (SRI) Manager
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WCAG 2.0 form fields for Gravity Forms
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WordPress.org Glossary
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WP SEO Structured Data Schema
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WP-Markdown
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WP-Sweep
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YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter
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Zone Manager (Zoninator)
