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Barry

Systems Wrangler at Automattic

@barry Houston, TX joined Oct 2005

barry.wordpress.com github.com/bazza Slack: @barry

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    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '14

    Current Job

    Systems Wrangler
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    83contributions
    high1
    medium82
    score85
    Last 90 days
    178contributions
    high14
    medium164
    score206
    Last 12 months
    325contributions
    high17
    medium308
    score359

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.8
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 4.6
    • 3.9
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 01 Tue · 11:14
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #851 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Showcase: Escape the `domain` post meta at output
    Sep 01 Tue · 10:34
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #845 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Translate: Escape the Language Packs list output
    Sep 01 Tue · 03:56
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post MC release access, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
    Added.
    August 2026
    Aug 31 Mon · 21:22
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #847 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Directories: process file-only SVN commits and ignore externals on review exports
    Aug 31 Mon · 20:49
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #846 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Theme Directory: keep theme version strings consistent from import to download
    Aug 28 Fri · 21:24
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #843 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Directories: sanitize user-submitted plain-text fields stored as post content
    Aug 28 Fri · 20:09
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #842 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Support Forums: scope the fields a moderator can submit on profile edit
    Aug 28 Fri · 19:11
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #841 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Themes: escape title output in bbPress loop and codex sidebar templates
    Aug 28 Fri · 18:21
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #838 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Packages API: Only advertise released versions, and drop SVN source references
    Aug 28 Fri · 17:08
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #839 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Plugin Directory: supply the language suggestion endpoint through a filter

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin