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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
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    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    71contributions
    high13
    medium58
    score97
    Last 90 days
    137contributions
    high13
    medium124
    score163
    Last 12 months
    243contributions
    high16
    medium227
    score275

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 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
    July 2026
    Jul 31 Fri · 16:03
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #753 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Trac Watcher: Cover the reports page escaping with tests
    Jul 31 Fri · 15:00
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #751 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Markdown import: Limit the source hosts, and escape the Learn image-link rewrite
    Jul 31 Fri · 10:46
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #752 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Translate: Remove the unused ajax-fetch-openai-review.php endpoint
    Jul 30 Thu · 19:19
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #750 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Trac Watcher: Escape admin output, tighten the props capability, and add tests
    Jul 30 Thu · 15:54
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #749 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    o2 Posting Access: Apply the pending review status on all post creation…
    Jul 29 Wed · 19:38
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #747 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Handbook: Modernize the plugin's PHPUnit test suite.
    Jul 29 Wed · 15:35
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #746 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Trac: Escape check run provider names and statuses in the PR status…
    Jul 29 Wed · 15:07
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp roles for raicem’s sandbox…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
    You haven't set up a SVN password: https://profiles.wordpress.org/profile/profile/edit/group/3/?screen=svn-password I think there is some AI-assisted onboarding…
    Jul 28 Tue · 22:06
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62891] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Allow the PHPUnit runner to be set by a repository variable.
    Jul 28 Tue · 20:30
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #745 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Theme Directory: Validate the locale parameter in the themes API.

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    2 plugins

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    1 plugin