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Boone Gorges

@boonebgorges Chicago, IL joined May 2009

boone.gorg.es github.com/boonebgorges Slack: @boone

    Bio

    WordPress core committer, BuddyPress lead developer, and WordPress plugin development consultant.

    Interests

    BuddyPress, WordPress, development, philosophy, bass, geekery, pizza, photographs of clever vandalism

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '15 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Plugins Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Team '19 WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '18

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high3
    medium0
    score9
    Last 90 days
    8contributions
    high8
    medium0
    score24
    Last 12 months
    37contributions
    high21
    medium16
    score79

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 28 releases
    • 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
    • 4.0
    • 3.4
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:48
    Plugins high
    Committed [3705804] to Plugins SVN:
    Readme updates for 5.9.6.
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:43
    Plugins high
    Committed [3705794] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump stable tag to 5.9.6.
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3705785] to Plugins SVN:
    Create tag 5.9.6.
    Sep 09 Wed · 15:18
    Plugins high
    Committed [3688543] to Plugins SVN:
    Adding credit for vuln report.
    Sep 09 Wed · 15:16
    Plugins high
    Committed [3688538] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 1.2
    August 2026
    Aug 26 Wed · 15:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3667321] to Plugins SVN:
    Trying to fix bullets.
    Aug 26 Wed · 14:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3667194] to Plugins SVN:
    readme.txt corrections
    Aug 26 Wed · 13:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3667160] to Plugins SVN:
    Create tag 1.0.0.
    July 2026
    Jul 16 Thu · 19:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3610684] to Plugins SVN:
    1.8.1 release
    Jul 16 Thu · 12:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3610244] to Plugins SVN:
    Bump WP tested up to 7.0.

    Developer

    39 plugins

    Contributor

    4 plugins

    Plugins

    2 favorites