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George Stephanis

Senior WordPress Developer at Bethink Studios

@georgestephanis Lancaster, PA joined Sep 2010

georgestephanis.wordpress.com github.com/georgestephanis Slack: @georgestephanis
    Maintains Application Passwords
    Teams Core

    Interests

    PHP, CSS, HTML, React, jQuery, stuff.

    WordPress Origin Story

    When working as a novice coder, George was bit by a mutated codebase, and got infected by the GPL.

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '14 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Senior WordPress Developer
    Apr 2025 – Present
    Bethink Studios · Contract

    Job History

    Code Wrangler
    Apr 2013 – Apr 2025
    Automattic · Full-time

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    11contributions
    high6
    medium5
    score23
    Last 90 days
    35contributions
    high22
    medium13
    score79
    Last 12 months
    115contributions
    high83
    medium32
    score281

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 27 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.4
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3

    Time commitment

    2 hours per week
    • On my own time 2 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 02 Fri · 15:00
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13928 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Upgrade/Install: Don't send plugins and themes with a non-WordPress.org Update URI to…
    Oct 01 Thu · 18:45
    Plugins high
    Committed [3723720] to Plugins SVN:
    Tagging ndizi-project-management v1.4.0
    Oct 01 Thu · 18:45
    Plugins high
    Committed [3723718] to Plugins SVN:
    Deploying ndizi-project-management v1.4.0
    September 2026
    Sep 15 Tue · 04:18
    GitHub high
    Pull request #980 merged into WordPress/two-factor:
    Only clear the login nonce once it has expired
    Sep 14 Mon · 18:09
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #534 on the WordPress/two-factor repository:
    Add error message for nonce check failures
    Sep 14 Mon · 18:09
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #973 into WordPress/two-factor:
    Add diagnostics for failed login nonce verification
    Sep 14 Mon · 16:59
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #980 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Only clear the login nonce once it has expired
    Sep 09 Wed · 16:43
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #972 into WordPress/two-factor:
    Update PHPStan to 2.x and exclude includes/ from analysis
    Sep 08 Tue · 17:49
    GitHub high
    Pull request #974 merged into WordPress/two-factor:
    Unbreak CI: PHPStan false positive and matrix fail-fast
    Sep 08 Tue · 15:34
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #974 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Unbreak CI: PHPStan false positive and matrix fail-fast

    Developer

    24 plugins

    Contributor

    6 plugins

    Plugins

    21 favorites