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John James Jacoby

Software Developer at Awesome Motive

@johnjamesjacoby East Troy, WI joined Mar 2008

jjj.blog github.com/JJJ Slack: @JJJ
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    Bio

    WordPress. BuddyPress. bbPress.

    Interests

    Puppies, WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, BackPress, Video Games, Home Automation, PHP, MySQL, Blogging, Photography

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2005 I discovered bbPress looking for GPL forum software that came with profile pages and hierarchical categories. I found BuddyPress shortly thereafter, and finally WordPress as a result. I logged into IRC, introduced myself, and started patching bugs – everything’s been awesome ever since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '16 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    6 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 bbPress Team '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Team '19 WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '24

    Current Job

    Software Developer
    Present
    Awesome Motive

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    9contributions
    high9
    medium0
    score27
    Last 90 days
    18contributions
    high18
    medium0
    score54
    Last 12 months
    251contributions
    high217
    medium34
    score685

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 40 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 01 Tue · 07:34
    bbPress high
    Committed [7415] to bbPress SVN:
    Component - Forums: Support mixed post-type queries.
    Sep 01 Tue · 07:34
    bbPress high
    Committed [7414] to bbPress SVN:
    Component - Forums: Support mixed post-type queries.
    Sep 01 Tue · 07:33
    bbPress med
    Created ticket #3674 on bbPress Trac:
    Add repository guidance for AI coding agents
    August 2026
    Aug 31 Mon · 16:20
    bbPress high
    Committed [7413] to bbPress SVN:
    Component - Forums: Normalize unsupported mixed post-type queries.
    Aug 31 Mon · 16:20
    bbPress high
    Committed [7412] to bbPress SVN:
    Component - Forums: Normalize unsupported mixed post-type queries.
    Aug 31 Mon · 12:34
    bbPress high
    Committed [7411] to bbPress SVN:
    Topics/Replies: prevent anonymous users from editing existing content.
    Aug 31 Mon · 12:32
    bbPress high
    Committed [7410] to bbPress SVN:
    Topics/Replies: prevent anonymous users from editing existing content.
    Aug 11 Tue · 05:54
    Meta high
    Received props from @masteradhoc in Slack:
    The # part of the WordPress 7.1 release is complete! :tada: 13 privacy tickets are…
    Aug 05 Wed · 07:16
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63019] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Raise the PHPStan rule level to 1.
    July 2026
    Jul 29 Wed · 20:20
    BuddyPress high
    Mentioned in [14239] on BuddyPress SVN:
    Activity: Ensure user can view item.

    Developer

    33 plugins

    Contributor

    4 plugins

    Themes

    1 theme

    Plugins

    6 favorites