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Troy Chaplin

Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations at Carleton University

@areziaal Ottawa, ON, Canada joined Jul 2009

troychaplin.ca github.com/troychaplin Slack: @troychaplin
    Teams Documentation Themes

    Bio

    WordPress Developer passionate about standards and inclusivity. My primary focus is on block editor validations and building a Validation API as part of my Block Accessibility Checker plugin to help do my part in creating a more inclusive web. I also build practical block utilities like Priority Plus, write for the WordPress Developer Blog, and manage a team of engineers responsible for an enterprise WordPress system powering over 700 sites.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Discovered WordPress sometime in 2006/2007. Ran a few blogs for international students at a not-for-profit organization. Left my decade long graphic design career and started a full-time WordPress developer position at Carleton University in 2009. Still passionate about building with WordPress nearly 20 years later.

    In addition to my sponsored time with Kinsta, I aim to contribute up to an additional 10-15 hours per week in various areas.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations
    Present
    Carleton University

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    13contributions
    high7
    medium6
    score27
    Last 90 days
    28contributions
    high21
    medium7
    score70
    Last 12 months
    123contributions
    high76
    medium47
    score275

    Team focus

    Across 2 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Time commitment

    2 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 16 Thu · 02:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Everything done right and all design freedom. Power to FSE!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for the kind words @annebovelett, your supported is very much appreciated!
    Jul 15 Wed · 18:58
    Meta high
    Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
    Props to @annezazu, @jigar9998, @ravigadhiyawp, @shailu25, @areziaal, @shanemuir, @abduremon, @rejaulalomkhan, @vishitshah, @369work, @azharderaiya, @noruzzaman, @josevarghese,…
    Jul 15 Wed · 16:56
    Meta high
    Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
    Props to everyone who helped ship WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 today! :tada: @krupajnanda for organizing…
    Jul 14 Tue · 10:31
    Plugins high
    Committed [3607278] to Plugins SVN:
    Release version 1.4.0
    Jul 13 Mon · 18:40
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post On-brand maintenance mode for WordPress Block Themes, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    I like that idea, going to look into it for my plugin, and write a…
    Jul 13 Mon · 12:06
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post On-brand maintenance mode for WordPress Block Themes, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    I could see that being useful for a lot of folks, but I always question…
    Jul 13 Mon · 11:32
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #388 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
    Block Validation through Post Locking
    Jul 13 Mon · 11:28
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #369 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
    Integrating a design system into the block editor
    Jul 13 Mon · 11:24
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #455 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
    On-Brand Maintenance Mode for WordPress Block Themes
    Jul 13 Mon · 11:23
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @sumitsingh and @bph for reviewing and providing feedback on https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/07/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes/