Jeffrey Paul
@jeffpaul on WordPress.org and Slack
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WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
- Location: Chicagoland
- Website: jeffpaul.com
- GitHub: jeffpaul
- Job Title: VP of Open Source
- Employer: Fueled + 10up
Contribution History
Jeffrey Paul’s badges:- Core AI Contributor
- Core AI Team
- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Photo Contributor
- Playground Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Test Contributor
- Tide Contributor
- Tide Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Mentioned in [62341] on WordPress SVN:
Connectors: Expose `isFileModDisabled` flag to connector script module data. -
Created issue #526 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Update meta description button loading state and remove dupe heading -
Wrote a new post, AI Contributor Weekly Summary – 6 May 2026, on the site WordPress AI:
This week’s AI contributors meeting focused on the future direction of the Core AI team,… -
Wrote a new post, AI Contributor Weekly Summary – 29 April 2026, on the site WordPress AI:
This week’s AI contributors meeting focused on MCP adapter progress, release planning ahead of WordPress… -
Closed issue #323 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Refine post-installation process when installed via the new Connectors page -
Closed pull request #450 on WordPress/ai:
Implement AI plugin onboarding guide -
Closed issue #428 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Add onboarding guide to settings page -
Closed issue #35 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Shared UI patterns and consistency pass across features -
Closed issue #36 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Validate integration patterns across multiple Abilities -
Closed issue #517 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.9.0 -
Merged pull request #522 into WordPress/ai:
Release/0.9.0 -
Submitted pull request #522 to WordPress/ai:
Release/0.9.0 -
Pull request #521 merged into WordPress/ai:
Revise squash merge commit title and description guidelines -
Submitted pull request #521 to WordPress/ai:
Revise squash merge commit title and description guidelines -
Merged pull request #519 into WordPress/ai:
Update showcase image-generation webp asset -
Created issue #517 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.9.0 -
Merged pull request #155 into WordPress/ai:
Add Comment Moderation experiment -
Created issue #514 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Add comment value / relevance to Comment Moderation experiment -
Merged pull request #511 into WordPress/ai:
Update/merge docs -
Reopened ticket #65035 on Core Trac:
Abilities: Strip internal schema keywords from abilities REST responses -
Submitted pull request #511 to WordPress/ai:
Update/merge docs -
Created issue #509 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Add sorting and filtering plus additional labeling to Comment Moderation -
Created issue #508 in the WordPress/ai repository:
New Experiment: “Suggest Reply” for Comments and Activity widget -
Created issue #507 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Iterate on Refine from Notes end flow to Visual Revisions -
Created issue #506 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Iterate Review Notes and Refine from Notes naming -
Closed issue #487 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Generate Image action only toggles accordion and does not trigger generation -
Merged pull request #489 into WordPress/ai:
Switch to more specific hooks to render the Generate Image buttons to... -
Merged pull request #504 into WordPress/ai:
Add squash merge strategy to docs -
Submitted pull request #504 to WordPress/ai:
Add squash merge strategy to docs -
Reopened ticket #65020 on Core Trac:
Connectors: Support custom plugin is_active callback in connector ... -
Reopened ticket #65099 on Core Trac:
Fix: Only auto register settings if the plugin the connector ... -
Closed pull request #419 on WordPress/ai:
Comment Moderation, AI Observability (Logging), and the Site Agent (Natural Language Admin). -
Closed pull request #397 on WordPress/ai:
Remove icon import from TitleToolbar component -
Closed pull request #152 on WordPress/ai:
Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) experiment -
Closed pull request #148 on WordPress/ai:
Add Extended Providers experiment -
Created issue #502 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Define how AI provider plugins are discovered, labeled, and surfaced in Connectors -
Closed pull request #140 on WordPress/ai:
Add the AI Playground (WIP) -
Wrote a new post, AI Contributor Weekly Summary – 22 April 2026, on the site WordPress AI:
This week’s AI team meeting focused on keeping momentum during a period of reduced contributor… -
Wrote a new post, What’s new in AI 0.8.0 (23 APR 2026)?, on the site WordPress AI:
The AI plugin 0.8.0 introduces Refine from Notes, new dashboard widgets, and deeper integration with… -
Merged pull request #468 into WordPress/ai:
fix(deps-dev): bump phpstan/phpstan from 2.1.46 to 2.1.49 in the composer-dev-minor-patch group -
Merged pull request #469 into WordPress/ai:
chore(ci): bump actions/setup-node from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 in the github-actions-updates group -
Closed issue #464 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.8.0 -
Merged pull request #466 into WordPress/ai:
Release/0.8.0 -
Submitted pull request #466 to WordPress/ai:
Release/0.8.0 -
Posted a reply to Very helpful plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jeeni thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run… -
Merged pull request #456 into WordPress/ai:
Add support for the new `gpt-image-2` model -
Created issue #464 in the WordPress/ai repository:
Release version 0.8.0 -
Made 3 updates to handbook pages on WordPress AI.
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Closed issue #392 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Core AI: Title regeneration fails with cURL timeout and exposes full HTML... -
Closed issue #398 on the WordPress/ai repository:
Core AI: Excerpt generation produces meta/explanatory content instead of clean excerpt after...
Developer
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AI
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Pong Block
Active Installs: 20+
Contributor
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Ad Refresh Control
Active Installs: 300+
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Ads.txt Manager
Active Installs: 100,000+
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Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
Active Installs: 5,000+
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Block Catalog
Active Installs: 100+
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Block for Apple Maps
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Convert to Blocks
Active Installs: 2,000+
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Debug Bar for Sophi
Active Installs: Less than 10
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Embed Block for Figma
Active Installs: 100+
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Insecure Content Warning
Active Installs: 10+
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Insert Special Characters
Active Installs: 3,000+
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Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress
Active Installs: 2,000+
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New Relic Reporting for WordPress
Active Installs: 700+
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PHP Compatibility Checker
Active Installs: 200,000+
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Publisher Media Kit
Active Installs: 100+
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Restricted Site Access
Active Installs: 10,000+
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Retro Winamp Block
Active Installs: 200+
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Safe Redirect Manager
Active Installs: 40,000+
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Safe SVG
Active Installs: 1+ million
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Simple Local Avatars
Active Installs: 100,000+
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Simple Page Ordering
Active Installs: 100,000+
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Simple Podcasting
Active Installs: 100+
Support Rep
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AI Provider for Ollama
Active Installs: Less than 10
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ElasticPress
Active Installs: 8,000+
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Mailchimp List Subscribe Form
Active Installs: 60,000+
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Simple New Post Emails
Active Installs: 10+
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Sophi
Active Installs: 200+
Total photo contributions: 139
View all photos contributed by Jeffrey Paul to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 2
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project February 21, 2024
- Open source basics and WordPress January 17, 2024
Plugins
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Accessible Reading
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ActivityPub
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Ad Refresh Control
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Admin Color Schemes
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Ads.txt Manager
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AI
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AI Provider for Anthropic
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AI Provider for Google
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AI Provider for Grok
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AI Provider for Hugging Face
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AI Provider for Mistral
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AI Provider for mittwald
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AI Provider for Ollama
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AI Provider for OpenAI
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AI Provider for OpenRouter
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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App Connect
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Attachment Taxonomies
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Automattic For Agencies Client
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Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
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BigCommerce For WordPress
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Block for Apple Maps
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Blocks Everywhere
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Chatrix
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Cloud Blocks
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Convert to Blocks
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Custom Block Patterns
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Customize Posts
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Customize Snapshots
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Extra Sentence Space
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Friends
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GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
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Gutenberg
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Health Check & Troubleshooting
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Hotfix
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HyperDB
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IndieAuth
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IndieBlocks
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IndieWeb
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Insecure Content Warning
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Insert Special Characters
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Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
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Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
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Jetpack VaultPress
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JS Widgets
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Lang Attribute for the Block Editor
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Mailchimp List Subscribe Form
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MathML Block
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Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress
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Modern Images WP
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Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow
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My Apps
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New Relic Reporting for WordPress
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Notification - Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress
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OpenGraph Fallback Embed
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OptionTree
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PHP Compatibility Checker
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Placeholders
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Plugin Check (PCP)
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Post Date Block: Published & Modified
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Post Forking
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Post Format Block
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Post Meta Viewer
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Preferred Languages
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Public Post Preview
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PWA
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Query Monitor
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Reactions
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Remoji - Post/Comment Reaction and Enhancement
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Restricted Site Access
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Retro Winamp Block
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Revision Notes
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RICG Responsive Images
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Safe Redirect Manager
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Safe SVG
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Shortnotes
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Simple Local Avatars
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Simple New Post Emails
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Simple Page Ordering
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Simple Podcasting
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Sophi
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Stream
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Super Admin All Sites Menu
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Tableberg - Table Block For Block Editor
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The Icon Block
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Two Factor
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Typewriter block
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User Switching
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View Transitions
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Webmention
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WooCommerce
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WooCommerce Square
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WordPress Beta Tester
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WP Accessibility
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WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version
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WP Rollback - Rollback Plugins and Themes
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WP-Lister Lite for eBay
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WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
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Yarns Microsub Server
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Yoast Duplicate Post
