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Samuel Wood (Otto)

Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital

@otto42 Memphis, TN joined Apr 2006

ottopress.com github.com/Otto42 Slack: @Otto
    Teams Core Documentation Meta Photos Plugins Support Themes
    Languages en-ca it_IT

    Bio

    Tech nerd what works on WordPress.org. Beer connoisseur. Man about town.

    Interests

    WordPress, Beer, Hacking, Homebrewing

    WordPress Origin Story

    Fundamentally, I started using WordPress because I was bored at work. So I started messing around on the forums, reading questions, finding the answers by reading the code, and then by answering the questions for others. Do that for a year and you will know everything there is to know about the code.

    After a few years, I started working on it full time, and now I work on the WordPress.org website directly, and help all the different teams building the WordPress software. It’s fun. Love doing it.

    Badges

    CODE
    10 badges
    Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '14 Plugin Developer Plugins Team '14 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '19 Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    5 badges
    Documentation Contributor '16 Documentation Team '15 Marketing Contributor '17 Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '16 Support Team '14
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Tech Ninja
    Jul 2010 – Present
    Audrey Capital · Full-time

    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
    18contributions
    high14
    medium4
    score46
    Last 12 months
    51contributions
    high36
    medium15
    score123

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 25 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.4
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 20:47
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8346 on Meta Trac:
    Public Previews not available on Make/core
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 10:53
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8343 on Meta Trac:
    German theme search returns incorrect count; missing results
    Jun 29 Mon · 18:24
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8340 on Meta Trac:
    No way to remove current job on profile
    Jun 19 Fri · 06:13
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8316 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin search returns unrelated results for specific search queries
    Jun 18 Thu · 10:31
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8316 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin search returns unrelated results for specific search queries
    Jun 09 Tue · 02:06
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8286 on Meta Trac:
    Unable to find a way to add social media profile links to ...
    May 2026
    May 22 Fri · 19:41
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to api.wordpress.org/stats, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It varies a bit, but roughly midnight UTC.
    May 15 Fri · 19:17
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8249 on Meta Trac:
    Reporting a broken link in "How to Contribute to the Global Community ...
    May 12 Tue · 11:07
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8248 on Meta Trac:
    Request to reset 2FA on my WordPress.org account (lost access)
    May 04 Mon · 11:39
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8243 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin API "version" field stuck on old value despite correct SVN ...

    Developer

    11 plugins

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Photos

    3 contributions

    View all 3 photos in the Photo Directory

    Plugins

    13 favorites

    Translations

    5 locales
    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) General Translation Editor

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress Theme Directory WordPress.org Pluginception Query Monitor Theme Check

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_AU English (Australia) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Theme Check

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Theme Check

    View all on translate.wordpress.org