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Leo Gopal

WP Engineer & Community Manager & Educator at Seramade

@leogopal Cape Town, South Africa joined Nov 2008

leogopal.com github.com/leogopal Slack: @leo

    Bio

    Global WordPress Community Rep for 2023 and 2024.

    I like poetry, travel, and philosophy.
    I sometimes write code that works.
    Mental Health Advocate at BigOrangeHeart:

    Formerly a Happiness Engineer and Expert Community Advocate at Codeable, the largest premium WordPress marketplace for skilled experts to connect with clients with dreams to make real.

    Featured on WordPress News: People of WordPress – Leo Gopal

    WordCamp Cape Town Talk on Mental Wellness and the WordPress Community

    Interests

    WP Development, WP Community, Mental Health Advocate with aBigOrangeHeart, Happiness Engineer at Codeable, Self-Development, Psychology, Efficiency, Philosophy, Poetry, Lists, Irony, and Bad Dad Jokes.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I started using WordPress in 2005 for my first blog.
    Always look back an see how far we have come.

    HeroPress has my Origin to WordPress Essay,
    Titled: “W-W-Waiting For The Right Circumstances”
    https://heropress.com/essays/w-w-waiting-for-the-right-circumstances/

    I had a stutter, and my WordPress blog was the first place I could speak fluently.
    And a decade in the WordPress world, I have never looked back.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    5 badges
    Documentation Contributor '23 O Openverse Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '24 WordPress.tv Team '24
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    Community Contributor '23 Community Team '22 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Training Contributor '23
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '17

    Current Job

    WP Engineer & Community Manager & Educator
    Present
    Seramade

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 4.3

    Contributions

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    January 2025
    Jan 10 Fri · 11:40
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    @peiraisotta is definitely an amazing inspiration to the WordPress Community since it was working alongside…
    Jan 10 Fri · 11:16
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Congratulations to @adityakane, @webtechpooja, and @thehopemonger for being voted in as the Community Team Reps…
    Jan 10 Fri · 11:11
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, 2025 Community Team Reps, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    We are beyond thrilled to introduce the new WordPress Community Team Reps for 2025! This…
    December 2024
    Dec 18 Wed · 10:28
    Community med
    Created issue #1446 in the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
    Github Tracker Issue Creation button and Associated Github Tracking Link field for…
    Dec 18 Wed · 10:09
    Community med
    Created issue #404 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
    [WordCamp] WordCamp Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
    Dec 16 Mon · 12:14
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, [Update] 2025 Community Team Rep’s Voting ends, Thoughts & farewell from a Rep, and more., on the site Make WordPress Community:
    The Team Reps of 2024 express gratitude for community participation in voting for new nominees.…
    Dec 06 Fri · 18:03
    Community high
    Merged pull request #389 into WordPress/Community-Team:
    Create SECURITY.md
    Dec 04 Wed · 07:11
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    We are having some issues with CrowdSignal, so we have replaced it with a google…
    Dec 04 Wed · 06:07
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Moses Cursor CrowdSignal Support has resolved this, please refresh and confirm on your end. @mosescursor
    Dec 04 Wed · 06:07
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    Wrote a comment on the post Vote for the 2025 Community Team Reps!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    CrowdSignal Support has resolved this, please refresh and confirm on your end. @fitehal

    Developer

    Total photo contributions: 3

    View all photos contributed by Leo Gopal to the WordPress Photo Directory →

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 6

    Plugins

    Themes

    English (South Africa) Translation Contributor - #en_ZA

    Simplifii and WordPress 7.0.x - Development