Dave Loodts (@davelo) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Building websites since 2006—yes, it’s been that long!
I ran a web design company, Davel.be, from 2006 to 2022. Today, it’s evolved into Woofers, where we focus exclusively on WooCommerce projects.

Giving back to the WordPress community:
✅ Co-founder & former co-organizer of WordCamp Antwerp (Belgium)
✅ Co-founder & former co-organizer of WordPress Meetup Antwerp (Belgium)
✅ Founder & former co-organizer of WordPress Meetup Hasselt (Belgium)

Let’s connect! Say hi on Twitter. 🚀

Interests

Interested in everything WordPress & WooCommerce, connecting with people, bringing people together and sharing knowledge.

Badges

CODE

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Core Contributor '23 Pattern Author '22

CONTENT

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Photo Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

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Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '17

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

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Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

Current Job

Working at

Present

Woofers

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

4contributions

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Last 90 days

9contributions

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Last 12 months

59contributions

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Team focus

Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 2 releases

Contributions

Type

June 2026

Jun 25 Thu · 14:28

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Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Michel, Yes, i was waiting on your reply. :-) I sended the logs on…

Jun 19 Fri · 07:06

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Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, Version 2.23.6

Jun 19 Fri · 05:47

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Posted a reply to XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Michel, good insight looking at the raw xml strange. Mmm strange.It only happens indeed…

Jun 16 Tue · 16:24

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Created a topic, XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see something awkward; see screenshot: https://share…

April 2026

Apr 09 Thu · 07:18

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Posted a reply to Feed generation failure – without issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can confirm the mails are not being sent anymore. Thanks!

Apr 07 Tue · 07:47

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Posted a reply to Feed generation failure – without issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It seems the mail continues after the update. I have planned a re-check this thursday;…

Apr 03 Fri · 05:34

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Posted a reply to (E425). r.find is not a function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Huh, trying to test it again today and it seems like the AI chat is…

Apr 02 Thu · 07:26

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Posted a reply to (E425). r.find is not a function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't want to share the link to the staging site here publically.Can i sent…

Apr 01 Wed · 13:27

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Created a topic, (E425). r.find is not a function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, we're building WooCommerce sites for customers and…

March 2026

Mar 31 Tue · 07:11

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Posted a reply to Ideal / Wero logo results in a 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, so you agree it's a performance issue and a valid concern.Great! We agree. But…