Jeffrey Paul (@jeffpaul) – WordPress user profile

Bio

VP of Open Source at Fueled + 10up. WordPress 4.7 release deputy, 4.8 release lead, 4.9 release deputy, 5.8 release coordinator, 6.1 release core tech lead, 6.8 release coordinator. Tide product maintainer. Founder of Race For Vets.

Formerly @jbpaul17 and member since April 10th, 2007. Migrated to @jeffpaul on May 10, 2018.

Interests

beer, bourbon, triathlons, veterans, technology, digital media, agile, WordPress, product management, RaceForVets.com, GotYour6.org, TeamRWB.org

WordPress Origin Story

Many moons ago I ran my personal site off Geeklog when one day host, CMS, and data all went… kaboom! I took a look at the ecosystem and on March 9th, 2007 I went with WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.

Contributions Sponsored

10up sponsors Jeffrey Paul to contribute 20 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Core AI, and Tide.

Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
Location: Chicagoland
Website: jeffpaul.com
GitHub: jeffpaul
Job Title: VP of Open Source
Employer: Fueled + 10up
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Contribution History

Core AI Contributor
Core AI Team
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Playground Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
Security Team
Test Contributor
Tide Contributor
Tide Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker

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Closed issue #1203 on the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Enabled `Live Preview` on WPORG
12 hours ago
Posted a reply to “Please run composer install”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pers please try again with version 1.0.3 released today, that will hopefully resolve, thanks!
12 hours ago
Posted a reply to Inline-SVG block with link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@davidspeyer I'm not sure I follow, can you provide a bit more details about what…
13 hours ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate Phase, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Now that WordPress 7.0 has entered the Release Candidate phase, the following policies are in…
1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post AI Contributor Weekly Summary – 18 March 2026, on the site WordPress AI:
@mateitudor - I assume you're not referencing the AI plugin, because you purposefully need to…
1 day ago
Wrote a new post, What’s new in AI 0.6.0 (20 MAR 2026)?, on the site WordPress AI:
AI Experiments 0.6.0 adds image editing and refinement workflows, enabling iterative updates to generated images…
1 day ago
Posted a reply to “Please run composer install”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pers are you installing a version directly from GitHub or WPORG? My guess is its…
1 day ago
Created issue #338 in the WordPress/ai repository:
New Experiments: Analytics-aware content and amplification recommendations
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Generated text is English only?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pmmueller thanks for flagging this. We could look to make use of the User's Language…
3 days ago
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix @mukesh27 @SergeyBiryukov @audrasjb @juanmaguitar @marybaum @JeffPaul @Ankit K Gupta @wildworks @adamsilverstein @desrosj…
5 days ago
Merged pull request #329 into WordPress/ai:
fix changelog derps
5 days ago
Closed issue #237 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Add smart background removal for images
6 days ago
Submitted pull request #329 to WordPress/ai:
fix changelog derps
6 days ago
Closed issue #319 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.6.0
6 days ago
Merged pull request #327 into WordPress/ai:
Release/0.6.0
6 days ago
Submitted pull request #327 to WordPress/ai:
Release/0.6.0
6 days ago
Submitted pull request #326 to WordPress/ai:
Revise Feature and Experiment Lifecycle documentation
6 days ago
Created issue #325 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Integrate media features and experiments with Gutenberg's experimental Media Editor
6 days ago
Created issue #324 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Evolve Refine from Notes into collaborative and agentic editorial workflows
7 days ago
Created issue #322 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Integrate Content Guidelines into generation and refinement workflows
7 days ago
Closed issue #55 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Add date calculation ability
7 days ago
Closed pull request #116 on WordPress/ai:
Feature/date calculation ability
7 days ago
Mentioned in [62049] on WordPress SVN:
General: Include example for disclosing AI usage.
1 week ago
Created issue #319 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.6.0
1 week ago
Pull request #314 merged into WordPress/ai:
Fix contributor name in readme.txt
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #314 to WordPress/ai:
Fix contributor name in readme.txt
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Existing SVG files?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wynot no, existing SVGs should still work though, again, I'm not sure how SVG Support…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Ads.txt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I used Google Translate on the above and was provided with: Even though I added…
1 week ago
Created issue #310 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Remove stray "AI" references from UI
1 week ago
Merged pull request #837 into WordPress/two-factor:
Bump GitHub Actions versions
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Existing SVG files?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wynot I'm not aware of the functionality of the SVG Support plugin you're using, but…
1 week ago
Mentioned in [62025] on WordPress SVN:
Toolbar: add CSS from admin color scheme on front-end.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, What’s new in AI Experiments 0.5.0 (12 MAR 2026)?, on the site WordPress AI:
AI Experiments 0.5.0 aligns the plugin with WordPress 7.0’s AI infrastructure, moving AI client functionality…
2 weeks ago
Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Huge Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum, @westonruter, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @mindctrl,…
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #299 into WordPress/ai:
Release/0.5.0
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #298 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.5.0
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [61989] on WordPress SVN:
Login and Registration: Update logo from blue to gray to match new design.
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #301 into WordPress/ai:
Switch to the new `wp_get_connectors` function
2 weeks ago
Created issue #300 in the WordPress/ai repository:
New Experiment: Content Resizing
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #299 to WordPress/ai:
Release/0.5.0
2 weeks ago
Created issue #298 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.5.0
2 weeks ago
Created issue #297 in the WordPress/ai repository:
New experiment: Content Generation
2 weeks ago
Pull request #296 merged into WordPress/ai:
Fix formatting inconsistencies in README.md
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #296 to WordPress/ai:
Fix formatting inconsistencies in README.md
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Works Well, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@devlin1 what sorts of additional settings did you have in mind? There's intentionally not much…
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #293 into WordPress/ai:
Fix markup in contributing.md
2 weeks ago
Created issue #76374 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Connectors: Update footer text
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #291 into WordPress/ai:
Revise merge instructions for develop to trunk
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #291 to WordPress/ai:
Revise merge instructions for develop to trunk
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #281 into WordPress/ai:
Update/screencasts
2 weeks ago