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Niall Kennedy

@niallkennedy San Francisco, CA, United States joined Dec 2005

niallkennedy.com Slack: @niallkennedy
    Languages ko_KR hi_IN ms nb de_DE el es-mx

    Bio

    Software developer interested in front-end development, page speed, searchability, social integration, and overall user experience. I have social network profiles on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

    Formerly a software engineer at Twitter and Facebook managing their official WordPress plugins. Previously a consultant working with Automattic on VideoPress, Jetpack, social features, and various plugins. Wrote gdgt’s WordPress plugin for large publishers. Helped organize the first WordCamps and MC’d the technical tracks for a few years. Previous Movable Type, Blogger, and Radio UserLand user.

    Interests

    puppies, pocket-sized cameras, hiking, soccer

    WordPress Origin Story

    Patched some Atom syndicated feeds functionality instead of coding around the errors when consuming the feeds.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Recent impact

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

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 5.3
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2023
    Jun 06 Tue · 07:30
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 2023
    May 30 Tue · 09:02
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 29 Mon · 10:11
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 27 Sat · 08:52
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    October 2022
    Oct 15 Sat · 12:22
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    July 2019
    Jul 02 Tue · 01:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [45585] on WordPress SVN:
    Clean up stray `` tags added by `wpautop()` inside block level tags.
    June 2017
    Jun 28 Wed · 22:34
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Remove Add a Tweet Button from every Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The first option in the Tweet button site settings dropdown should clear your previous setting.
    Jun 20 Tue · 18:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Twitter Feed Customization/Filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You may be able to customize Tweet delivery through an embedded search timeline. https://dev.twitter.com/web/wordpress/embedded-timelines/search You…
    April 2017
    Apr 25 Tue · 02:40
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Embed pictures from posts and links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I think you are asking about the Twitter Cards feature of the Twitter plugin for…
    Apr 06 Thu · 00:15
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Twitter Description on Twitter Card doens’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You can read about cards on Twitter's developers site: https://dev.twitter.com/cards/types/summary You can read more about…

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Plugins

    1 favorite

    Translations

    28 locales
    ko_KR 한국어 (Korean) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 41 projects.

    Amazon Link Better Google Analytics Coming Soon Chop Chop Connections Business Directory WordPress Calls to Action Responsive Pricing Table Download Attachments Easy Bootstrap Shortcode Easy Modal Facebook Formidable Forms – Contact Form Plugin, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder Gmedia Photo Gallery WordPress Landing Pages LDD Directory Lite WordPress Leads Lightbox Plus Colorbox Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder Magic Fields 2 Media Library Assistant Social Login OptionTree Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder Quick Event Manager Rating-Widget: Star Review System Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements Simple Ads Manager Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle Social Count Plus Social Sharing Toolkit Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer The Social Links Twitter Ultimate TinyMCE Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI WP Bannerize RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging Social Likes User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration YITH Maintenance Mode YITH Pre-Launch

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    hi_IN हिन्दी (Hindi) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 32 projects.

    Add Meta Tags Event Calendar Booking Calendar Custom Post Type UI Easy Bootstrap Shortcode Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! AVH Extended Categories Widgets Facebook Formidable Forms – Contact Form Plugin, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WordPress Landing Pages NewStatPress Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery OptionTree Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields SEO Ultimate Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements Slideshow Gallery LITE Slideshow Twitter Ultimate TinyMCE Visual Form Builder Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI WP eCommerce wp-filebase WP Go Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map WP Job Manager WP Photo Album Plus RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN WPFront User Role Editor YITH WooCommerce Compare

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    ms_MY Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 30 projects.

    Better Google Analytics Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms CataBlog Admin Columns Connections Business Directory WordPress Calls to Action Responsive Pricing Table Download Attachments Easy Bootstrap Shortcode eShop Gmedia Photo Gallery WordPress Landing Pages WordPress Leads Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder Magic Fields Magic Fields 2 Media Library Assistant NewStatPress Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery OptionTree Redux Framework Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements Simple Ads Manager Slim Jetpack Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack Social Count Plus Twitter Ultimate TinyMCE Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration

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    nb_NO Norsk bokmål (Norwegian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    Add Meta Tags Adminimize Easy Bootstrap Shortcode AVH Extended Categories Widgets Formidable Forms – Contact Form Plugin, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder WordPress Landing Pages NewStatPress Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery Social Login OptionTree Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements Slideshow Gallery LITE Social Count Plus Social Sharing Toolkit Twitter Ultimate TinyMCE Visual Form Builder wp-filebase WP Photo Album Plus RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging WPFront User Role Editor YITH WooCommerce Compare

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 15 projects.

    Easy Bootstrap Shortcode AVH Extended Categories Widgets WordPress Landing Pages NewStatPress OptionTree Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields Slideshow Gallery LITE Social Count Plus Social Sharing Toolkit Twitter Ultimate TinyMCE Visual Form Builder RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, News Feeds, Feed to Post, and Autoblogging WPFront User Role Editor YITH WooCommerce Compare

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    el Ελληνικά (Greek) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 15 projects.

    Better Google Analytics Admin Columns Connections Business Directory WordPress Calls to Action CYAN Backup GalleryLink WordPress Leads MediaLink PIKLIST – Easily Build Fields, Forms, Settings, Widgets and More. Quick Event Manager Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack Twitter WooCommerce eSewa Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce WP Idea Stream

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    es_MX Español de México (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    Better Google Analytics WordPress Calls to Action WordPress Landing Pages WordPress Leads Twitter

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    he_IL עִבְרִית (Hebrew) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    Easy Bootstrap Shortcode WordPress Landing Pages NewStatPress Twitter

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Quick Event Manager Twitter

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    pl_PL Polski (Polish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Responsive Pricing Table Twitter

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    ar العربية (Arabic) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    da_DK Dansk (Danish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    en_AU English (Australia) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    fa_IR فارسی (Persian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    fi Suomi (Finnish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    hu_HU Magyar (Hungarian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    id_ID Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    pt_BR Português do Brasil (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    sv_SE Svenska (Swedish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    th ไทย (Thai) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    tl Tagalog Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    tr_TR Türkçe (Turkish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    zh_CN 简体中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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    zh_TW 繁體中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Twitter

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