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Peter Wilson

Lead Engineer at Fueled

@peterwilsoncc Melbourne, Australia joined Nov 2008

peterwilson.cc github.com/peterwilsoncc Slack: @peterwilsoncc
    Maintains Cron API Embeds Emoji Role/Capability
    Teams Core Performance Core

    Bio

    Web Developer based in Melbourne, Australia.

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 Core Team '16 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '18
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

    Lead Engineer
    Jan 2022 – Present
    Fueled

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    25contributions
    high22
    medium3
    score69
    Last 90 days
    105contributions
    high83
    medium22
    score271
    Last 12 months
    586contributions
    high456
    medium130
    score1498

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 32 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 3.3

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 09 Wed · 14:23
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63560] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Block ungrouped external HTTP requests.
    Sep 07 Mon · 17:10
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63519] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Use exclusion-first workflow path filters.
    Sep 02 Wed · 18:33
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63439] on WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Improve bcrypt-related unit test performance.
    August 2026
    Aug 31 Mon · 22:32
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8420 on Meta Trac:
    Trac's slack integration is gutting messages short.
    Aug 31 Mon · 00:49
    Core med
    Created ticket #65999 on Core Trac:
    Allow auto-discovered embeds to link to third party sites.
    Aug 30 Sun · 23:39
    Core high
    Committed [63403] to WordPress SVN:
    Docs: Document functions within `embed-template.js`.
    Aug 30 Sun · 23:08
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65978 on Core Trac:
    linkClickHandler() reads the global event instead of its own parameter
    Aug 30 Sun · 23:08
    Core high
    Committed [63402] to WordPress SVN:
    Embeds: Fix event handler variable within `linkClickHandler()`.
    Aug 30 Sun · 22:31
    Core high
    Committed [63400] to WordPress SVN:
    Embeds: Update click handler to follow deeply nested links.
    Aug 30 Sun · 22:31
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65947 on Core Trac:
    WP Embed JavaScript does not handle nested links correctly.

    Developer

    7 plugins

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Support Rep

    17 plugins

    Plugins

    5 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    en_AU English (Australia) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager

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