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Robert O'Rourke

Principal WordPress Engineer at Human Made

@sanchothefat Sheffield joined Mar 2006

röb.co github.com/roborourke Slack: @rob

    Bio

    Principal Engineer at Human Made. From Liverpool UK originally. I’m going to say I’m a full stack engineer, having worked on all aspects of website builds over the years, but ultimately focused on building cool digital products and doing whatever needs to be done to achieve that goal!

    Interests

    Boxing, Climbing, Origami, Mixology

    WordPress Origin Story

    WP was my gateway into Web Development back in 2006, initially making small sites or using it in conjunction with other PHP tools like phpbb. It’s the tool that stuck, and the community that brings everyone along for the ride that really kickstarted my career. I wish I could say I don’t have to google things as often, but WordPress keeps you on your toes! There’s always more to learn.

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    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '25

    Current Job

    Principal WordPress Engineer
    Present
    Human Made

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
    6contributions
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    score14
    Last 12 months
    13contributions
    high8
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    score29

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 8 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 5.0
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 3.8

    Contributions

    Type
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 10:01
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026
    Apr 17 Fri · 10:45
    Core med
    Created ticket #65087 on Core Trac:
    oEmbed dynamic aspect ratio handling in block themes without $content_width
    Apr 17 Fri · 00:25
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65082 on Core Trac:
    WP_oEmbed()->fetch() uses wp_embed_defaults() incorrectly
    Apr 17 Fri · 00:25
    Core med
    Closed pull request #11591 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    #65082 Fix wp_embed_defaults() usage in WP_oEmbed()->fetch()
    Apr 16 Thu · 22:01
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #11591 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    #65082 Fix wp_embed_defaults() usage in WP_oEmbed()->fetch()
    Apr 16 Thu · 20:18
    Core med
    Created ticket #65082 on Core Trac:
    WP_oEmbed()->fetch() uses wp_embed_defaults() incorrectly
    December 2025
    Dec 13 Sat · 20:10
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61374] on WordPress SVN:
    Filesystem API: Pass correct `$file` value to `pre_unzip_file` and `unzip_file` filters.
    Dec 11 Thu · 02:25
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #10618 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Refactor archive file handling in file.php
    Dec 11 Thu · 02:24
    Core med
    Created ticket #64398 on Core Trac:
    `pre_unzip_file` and `unzip_file` filters in `_unzip_file_pclzip()` do ...
    August 2025
    Aug 31 Sun · 21:41
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60697] on WordPress SVN:
    Caching API: Use consistent cache keys for query groups.

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