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Thomas Maier

Founder at webgilde GmbH

@webzunft Greifswald, Germany joined Jan 2012

imagesourcecontrol.com github.com/webzunft Slack: @Thomas M
    Languages de-at de-ch de_DE

    Bio

    I am a publisher and WordPress developer specialized in plugin development. You might know me as the original founder of the largest word game website in Germany, the ad management plugin Advanced Ads, and Image Source Control, which helps manage image attributions and delete unused images.

    Interests

    Learning, Meeting People, Juggling, Hiking, Reading.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I searched for a flexible CMS that was easy to use, had great documentation, and had an active community. I found all this in WordPress in 2010. Since 2012, I am active in the community, visiting and speaking at events and occasionally help out where needed.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '16
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Founder
    Present
    webgilde GmbH

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high6
    medium0
    score18
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high7
    medium5
    score26
    Last 12 months
    34contributions
    high11
    medium23
    score56

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 23 Tue · 15:53
    Polyglots high
    Translated 60 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jun 17 Wed · 07:49
    Polyglots high
    Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jun 16 Tue · 06:43
    Polyglots high
    Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jun 15 Mon · 14:12
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jun 05 Fri · 19:38
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jun 02 Tue · 10:12
    Polyglots high
    Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 16:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Excellent plugin with top-notch support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you! The kindness of users like you also makes it easy! Thomas
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 11:02
    Polyglots high
    Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 08 Wed · 18:15
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to GraphQL data?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for sharing the code! I know too little about GraphQL to test it properly…
    Apr 08 Wed · 10:49
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to GraphQL data?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi bcw00, thanks for reaching out. I have no experience with WPGraphQL and appreciate any…

    Developer

    6 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    4 favorites

    Themes

    1 favorite

    Translations

    5 locales
    de_DE Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 4 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Individual Multisite Author Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    Contributed translations to 6 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense BuddyPress Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Individual Multisite Author Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Individual Multisite Author Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_AT Deutsch (Österreich) (German) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 6 projects.

    Advanced Ads for WPBakery Page Builder Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense In-feed ads for Google AdSense Ads for Genesis Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_CH Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 6 projects.

    Advanced Ads for WPBakery Page Builder Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense In-feed ads for Google AdSense Ads for Genesis Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    de_CH / informal Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

    View all on translate.wordpress.org