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John Parris

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@mindctrl United States joined May 2009

johnparris.com github.com/mindctrl Slack: @johnparris
    Teams Core Documentation Hosting Test

    Bio

    Probably barefoot right now. Also probably thinking about WordPress right now.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Hosting Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    38contributions
    high25
    medium13
    score88
    Last 90 days
    96contributions
    high70
    medium26
    score236
    Last 12 months
    164contributions
    high117
    medium47
    score398

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 4.4

    Time commitment

    35 hours per week
    • On my own time 35 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 31 Sat · 00:05
    Core high
    Mentioned in [65112] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Expand coverage for `wp_list_filter()`.
    Oct 30 Fri · 17:39
    GitHub high
    Pull request #63 merged into WordPress/wporg-make:
    Use `get_the_title()` instead of `[article_title]` in GitHub handbook meta
    Oct 29 Thu · 13:58
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #431 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Official AI policy page
    Oct 29 Thu · 13:58
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #446 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Add AI Policy page
    Oct 29 Thu · 13:58
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #479 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Server Environment: correct PHP support labels and the Trac PHP keyword query
    Oct 29 Thu · 13:58
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #454 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Server Environment: outdated PHP support labels for WordPress 6.8/6.9 and a broken…
    Oct 29 Thu · 12:48
    Meta high
    Received props from @JoeFusco in Slack:
    Props to @intenzi, @ashu4035, @iamchitti, @iqbal1hossain, @wp24horas, https://profiles.wordpress.org/aldorza/, @bejignesh, https://profiles.wordpress.org/moriikuri/, @obenland, https://profiles.wordpress.org/ishitaj34/, https://profiles.wordpress.org/zahidui/, @theaminuldev, @muneebashraf,…
    Oct 27 Tue · 12:37
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #359 on the WordPress/phpunit-test-runner repository:
    The PHP version check in prepare.php still allows PHP 7.2 and 7.3
    Oct 27 Tue · 12:37
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #360 into WordPress/phpunit-test-runner:
    Check the minimum PHP version from the WordPress checkout, before the build
    Oct 26 Mon · 18:05
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #461 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Security page recommends separate Redis database numbers per client, which Redis docs…

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    5 plugins

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