Matt Mullenweg

Member Since: April 4th, 2003
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: ma.tt
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Interests

PHP, MySQL, Fiona Apple, jazz

Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Core Team
Marketing Contributor
Marketing Contributor
Theme Developer
Theme Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Asia 2020

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.3: Site Admin Email Verification Screen, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How should we measure the effectiveness at solving the stated problem, and what intervals are…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Native JSON Extension Now Required, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How are we going to track the stats of sites not upgrading for this reason?…

4 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2019

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Ahead of WordCamp US last…, on the site Make WordPress Core:
These are more meant to be an opportunity for people to have 1:1 private conversations,…

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, Ahead of WordCamp US last…, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ahead of WordCamp US last year, I held office hours that were open to the…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Block Library: Mockups & Prototype, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'm loath to add a new top-level menu, but since we'll be able to retire…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Exploring a Plugin for Design Experiments, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This should be in the .org directory if it isn't already. We should not encourage…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post XML Sitemaps Feature Project Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This makes a lot of sense, looking forward to seeing the v1 of this in…

8 months ago
Created a topic, Typo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This was reported to me by Ethan Rips, "I know you've…

9 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2019

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.2 Schedule and Scope, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great points, let's push back the week.

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s New in Gutenberg? (20th February), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for adding the performance info, I think it's important that we track it…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.2 Schedule and Scope, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am so excited about 5.2. :)

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Expanding WordPress Leadership, on the site Team Updates:
Today I want to announce two new roles in the WordPress project, and the people…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We just track totals, and there's not much reason to roll back to an old…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: December 12th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is an exciting roadmap and keeps our momentum going, getting improvements in the hands…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Branch Status Update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It'll be nice to have the branches and trunk back to normal again.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For completeness, the "we" in "we are now targeting Thursday" was meant to be wide…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post 9 Projects for 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I updated it to say "projects" as there are more priorities, these are just a…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, 9 Priorities for 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As mentioned in this year's State of the Word, these are the nine priorities that…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've been keeping an eye on the support forums as well since the launch and…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In addition to replying to as many comments as I could today, I also joined…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I was incorrect before when I said (perhaps in a podcast) this has been the…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The post at the beginning of October was superseded by subsequent core discussions, releases, and…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress by default only upgrades minor releases, and only if the file permissions and settings…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Amanda, thank you for commenting, and I am sorry you thought I was being disingenuous,…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for sharing your experience, opinions, and criticisms is such a thoughtful way.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for sharing that.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Installing Classic is a good option for folks who want to upgrade to 5.0 but…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am sorry you feel that stability, usability, accessibility, UI, and bugs have been ignored…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
You were definitely ahead of the curve in 2014! As I noted above, two weeks…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I tried to address the proximity to WordCamp US in the comment above: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/04/new-5-0-target-date/#comment-34672 Happy…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you very much for trying it out, and I'm really glad it works well…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm sorry you feel like no one is listening, and it must be frustrating if…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I addressed some of these points in this comment above: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/04/new-5-0-target-date/#comment-34672 If you have any…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That approach was definitely one which was considered. I agree that Gutenberg appears to be…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There shouldn't be any functional difference between how the Classic Editor and the Classic Block…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you for re-raising the scrollbar issue. It is worth noting for context that these…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for pointing that out! We've done our best to make it very obvious.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Nick, thank you for the benefit of the doubt before and I am sorry that…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That is what people suggested with the originally targeted dates of November 19th, and November…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I apologize that you feel like where the new editor is currently isn't to your…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It definitely was considered! One example given was that for the subset of users who…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Based on the stability, testing, and reports on the release candidates for WordPress 5.0 so…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg & 5.0 Listening Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you very much! I appreciate your comment.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg & 5.0 Listening Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
All done with the calls! Met some great folks, spoke to about 22 people, and…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg & 5.0 Listening Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Daniel, you've been the only no-show so far! I pinged you on Slack that I…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg & 5.0 Listening Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A number of folks have requested an opportunity to connect more directly on where we're…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg how it is now makes writing harder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The block editor has over a million sites using it already, so not worried about…

1 year ago