Jonathan Desrosiers (@desrosj) – WordPress user profile

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I’m passionate about WordPress, open source, and the open web!

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Bluehost and Jonathan Desrosiers sponsor Jonathan Desrosiers to contribute 10 hours per week to the Core team.

Member Since: September 24th, 2009
Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Website: jonathandesrosiers.com
GitHub: desrosj
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer
Employer: Bluehost
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Contribution History

Core AI Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Hosting Team
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Security Contributor
Security Team
Test Contributor
Test Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Mentioned in [61468] on WordPress SVN:
External Libraries: Upgrade PHPMailer to version 7.0.2.
2 days ago
Mentioned in [61459] on WordPress SVN:
General: Increase the minimum supported version of PHP to 7.4.
3 days ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Planning for WordPress 7.0 is underway with a proposed release date of April 9, 2026.…
3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project Thread: Contributor Dashboard Pilot Project, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Thanks to everyone working on this for taking this on! I do not have any…
5 days ago
Merged pull request #213 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump qs and express
5 days ago
Closed pull request #212 on WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.8 to 4.31.9 in the github-actions group
5 days ago
Mentioned in [61438] on WordPress SVN:
Build: Update Gutenberg integration to checkout-and-build approach.
1 week ago
Pull request #552 merged into WordPress/wporg-developer:
Update third-party GitHub Actions
1 week ago
Mentioned in [61405] on WordPress SVN:
Export: Fix fatal error when passing `null` to `wxr_cdata()` by casting passed value to `string`.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Great question, @peiraisotta! The responsibilities for the various release squad roles are documented on this…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Great question, @peiraisotta! The responsibilities for the various release squad roles are documented on this…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.9 Release Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/accessibility/ +make.wordpress.org/ai/ +make.wordpress.org/docs/ +make.wordpress.org/hosting/ +make.wordpress.org/performance/ +make.wordpress.org/polyglots/ +make.wordpress.org/program/ +make.wordpress.org/support/ +make.wordpress.org/test/ +make.wordpress.org/training/
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule, on the site WordPress.org Project:
+make.wordpress.org/accessibility/ +make.wordpress.org/test/
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule, on the site WordPress.org Project:
+make.wordpress.org/core/ +make.wordpress.org/ai/ +make.wordpress.org/design/ +make.wordpress.org/docs/ +make.wordpress.org/hosting/ +make.wordpress.org/themes/ +make.wordpress.org/support/ +make.wordpress.org/program/ +make.wordpress.org/plugins/ +make.wordpress.org/performance/
4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule, on the site WordPress.org Project:
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect and start thinking about what…
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #194 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump undici from 5.28.5 to 5.29.0
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #211 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.7 to 4.31.8 in the github-actions group
4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #63708 on Core Trac:
WP 6.8.2 - In the Media Library some images have an empty preview in ...
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [61383] on WordPress SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Add missing file to the `$_old_files` array.
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #552 to WordPress/wporg-developer:
Update third-party GitHub Actions
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #551 to WordPress/wporg-developer:
Update Composer packages causing failures
1 month ago
Mentioned in [61369] on WordPress SVN:
Export: Update `export_wp()` to handle `get_comment()` returning `null` due to filter.
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post AI for WordPress Hosts, on the site WordPress AI:
+make.wordpress.org/hosting/
1 month ago
Mentioned in [61359] on WordPress SVN:
Site Health: Include value of `EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS` constant in debug data.
1 month ago
Merged pull request #73721 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates
1 month ago
Merged pull request #193 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump axios from 1.7.9 to 1.11.0
1 month ago
Merged pull request #195 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump form-data from 4.0.0 to 4.0.4
1 month ago
Merged pull request #192 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump on-headers and compression
1 month ago
Merged pull request #206 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump playwright and @playwright/test
1 month ago
Merged pull request #205 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump tar-fs from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1
1 month ago
Merged pull request #207 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.14.2
1 month ago
Merged pull request #208 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates
1 month ago
Merged pull request #209 into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Bump node-forge from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Committers Check-in – November 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for pointing this out, @stevejburge. I will make sure this feedback is included in…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #64367 on Core Trac:
Upgrade to WordPress core 6.9 from 6.8.3 causes WooCommerce email failure?
1 month ago
Created ticket #64368 on Core Trac:
`Could not instantiate mail function` errors sending mail in 6.9
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Export – This site is unreachable, ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for following up with the log output, @autori76! I think that this is potentially…
1 month ago
Created ticket #64347 on Core Trac:
Fatal error when `wxr_cdata()` is called with non-string value
1 month ago
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix, @davidbaumwald, @SergeyBiryukov, @estelaris, @akshayar, @amykamala, @desrosj, @jorbin, @annezazu, @priethor, @fcoveram, @4thhubbard, @wildworks,…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #64335 on Core Trac:
Get PHP error when loading wordpress pages.
1 month ago
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [61342] on WordPress SVN:
Block Processor: Remove use of NumberFormatter from test suite.
1 month ago
Submitted pull request #10575 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add `imagemin` to the list of Grunt dependencies.
1 month ago
Created ticket #64328 on Core Trac:
`imagemin` Grunt task has gone missing
1 month ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
1 month ago
Closed ticket #64320 on Core Trac:
Update `$_old_files` for 6.9.
1 month ago
Committed [61341] to Core SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Update the `$_old_files` array for 6.9. Reviewed by ...
1 month ago
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix, @davidbaumwald & @akshayar for helping with 6.9 RC4 release party. Thank you…
1 month ago
Mentioned in [61334] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Adjustments for official HEIF/HEIC support in added in PHP 8.5.
1 month ago
Mentioned in [61333] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Remove required attribute from media uploader file input field.
1 month ago