Barry
Systems Wrangler at Automattic
@barry Houston, TX joined Oct 2005
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Last 30 days
15contributions
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medium12
score21
Last 90 days
143contributions
high8
medium135
score159
Last 12 months
359contributions
high21
medium338
score401
WordPress releases
Contributed to 14 releases
- 7.1
- 7.0
- 6.8
- 6.5
- 6.4
- 5.8
- 5.6
- 5.5
- 4.6
- 3.9
- 3.7
- 3.6
- 3.5
- 3.4
Contributions
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October 2026
Oct 21
Wed · 15:45
high
Received props from @4thhubbard in Slack:
Props to @Clorith @johnbillion @desrosj @rfaile313 @barry @whyisjake @jorbin @peterwilsoncc @annezazu for wrangling all the…
Props to @Clorith @johnbillion @desrosj @rfaile313 @barry @whyisjake @jorbin @peterwilsoncc @annezazu for wrangling all the…
Oct 16
Fri · 17:32
med
Wrote a comment on the post Fix for plugin sharing images, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Fixed.
Fixed.
Oct 14
Wed · 01:41
med
Wrote a comment on the post Mailboxes and outbound mail for FreeScout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Thanks! Looking at the settings helped. You can use the default (mail()) settings for outbound.…
Thanks! Looking at the settings helped. You can use the default (mail()) settings for outbound.…
Oct 14
Wed · 00:38
med
Wrote a comment on the post Mailboxes and outbound mail for FreeScout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Are you saying you need this env variable for SMTP to work? Unfortunately I have…
Are you saying you need this env variable for SMTP to work? Unfortunately I have…
Oct 14
Wed · 00:11
med
Wrote a comment on the post Mailboxes and outbound mail for FreeScout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
For outbound I would just use SMTP on 127.0.0.1. For inbound I think we need…
For outbound I would just use SMTP on 127.0.0.1. For inbound I think we need…
Oct 09
Fri · 12:52
med
Wrote a comment on the post Please can I get access…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
I guess this is resolved? I'm not sure which admins you are following up with…
I guess this is resolved? I'm not sure which admins you are following up with…
Oct 07
Wed · 19:52
Core
high
Oct 06
Tue · 17:17
med
Wrote a comment on the post With MC now being able…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Done. Also granted commit access.
Done. Also granted commit access.
Oct 03
Sat · 04:10
med
Wrote a comment on the post Read-only access to package release codebase, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
This lives in the WP.org MC code repo and I'm not really sure it makes…
This lives in the WP.org MC code repo and I'm not really sure it makes…
Oct 03
Sat · 03:03
med
Wrote a comment on the post We would need access to…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Sorry for the delay. Added. @otto42 - this is the one I pinged you about.…
Sorry for the delay. Added. @otto42 - this is the one I pinged you about.…
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