Aaron Jorbin
@jorbin FANTASY LAND joined May 2009
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'15
Core Team
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'18
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'22
Security Team
'22
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'25
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'17
Photo Contributor
'22
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WordCamp Organizer
'19
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'16
Translation Editor
'16
Job History
Sr. Director of Editorial Technology
May 2018 – Dec 2022
Penske Media Corporation
Hired multiple engineers and lead training and onboarding; doubled the number of engineers and improved
diversity in the process.
Established and strengthen relationships with multiple vendors including negotiating new and expiring contracts.
Lead multi-year effort to update and standardize content editor across 20+ brands.
Rolled out Engineering Career Ladder with standardized salaries and normalized titles.
Oversaw the day-to-day work of multiple teams including direct and matrix reports.
Delivered success on multiple large high profile projects each year.
Enacted the first corporate hackathon and set up processes for future editions.
Improved corporate open-source contributions.
Initiated accessibility improvements including multiple product/engineering training and an organization-wide
workshop.
Redesigned the analytics product used by 20+ brands and senior executives.
diversity in the process.
Established and strengthen relationships with multiple vendors including negotiating new and expiring contracts.
Lead multi-year effort to update and standardize content editor across 20+ brands.
Rolled out Engineering Career Ladder with standardized salaries and normalized titles.
Oversaw the day-to-day work of multiple teams including direct and matrix reports.
Delivered success on multiple large high profile projects each year.
Enacted the first corporate hackathon and set up processes for future editions.
Improved corporate open-source contributions.
Initiated accessibility improvements including multiple product/engineering training and an organization-wide
workshop.
Redesigned the analytics product used by 20+ brands and senior executives.
Director of Engineering
Sep 2016 – May 2018
Some Spider
Directed product engineering by an internal team & contractors.
Relaunched flagship property, increasing time on site by 16% YoY .
Modeled revenue & costs around video distribution strategies to allow for data informed decisions.
Managed the launch of multiple new brands.
Instituted CI/CD processes leading to increased deployments with fewer side effects.
Relaunched flagship property, increasing time on site by 16% YoY .
Modeled revenue & costs around video distribution strategies to allow for data informed decisions.
Managed the launch of multiple new brands.
Instituted CI/CD processes leading to increased deployments with fewer side effects.
Technical Architect
Dec 2014 – Dec 2015
CondΓ© Nast
Architected system & performance improvements for six publications.
Migrated infrastructure for six publications onto AWS.
Launched three publications onto WordPress.
Assisted in creating and rolling out standard job titles and descriptions and creating a standard hiring process.
Migrated infrastructure for six publications onto AWS.
Launched three publications onto WordPress.
Assisted in creating and rolling out standard job titles and descriptions and creating a standard hiring process.
Contributor, Core Committer, Release Lead
Feb 2010 – Present
WordPress
Contribute to over 30 major versions of WordPress, 20+ as a maintainer, core committer, and mentor.
Prioritize tickets to ensure successful and impactful releases.
Triage incoming issues after a major release to ensure maintenance releases are scheduled and executed
appropriately.
Create guidelines for use by contributors in areas including communication, release process, and triaging.
Organize a local meetup group and grow it from less than 20 to over one thousand members in three years.
Plan WordCamp NYC, WordCamp Publishers, & WordCamp US.
Mentor two Google Summer of Code students.
Speak at conferences and events around the world.
Prioritize tickets to ensure successful and impactful releases.
Triage incoming issues after a major release to ensure maintenance releases are scheduled and executed
appropriately.
Create guidelines for use by contributors in areas including communication, release process, and triaging.
Organize a local meetup group and grow it from less than 20 to over one thousand members in three years.
Plan WordCamp NYC, WordCamp Publishers, & WordCamp US.
Mentor two Google Summer of Code students.
Speak at conferences and events around the world.
Key Accomplishments
- WordPress Core Committer
- Introduced Automated JS Testing to WordPress
- Built grunt-patch-wordpress
- Lead WordPress Core\'s compatibility with PHP 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2
- Deputy Release Lead for WordPress 4.7
- Release Lead for over over a dozen maintaince and security releases
- Introduced Automated JS Testing to WordPress
- Built grunt-patch-wordpress
- Lead WordPress Core\'s compatibility with PHP 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2
- Deputy Release Lead for WordPress 4.7
- Release Lead for over over a dozen maintaince and security releases
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
45contributions
high37
medium8
score119
Last 90 days
117contributions
high100
medium17
score317
Last 12 months
477contributions
high403
medium74
score1283
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 38 releases
- 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
- 4.0
- 3.9
- 3.8
- 3.7
- 3.6
- 3.5
- 3.3
- 3.2
Time commitment
20 hours per week
- The Supporters of Aaron Jorbin 5 hrs/wk
- On my own time 15 hrs/wk
Contributions
Type
June 2026
Jun 25
Thu Β· 10:45
Core
high
Jun 24
Wed Β· 21:19
med
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Proposal: Guidelines built on Knowledge, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As is, this feels incomplete. I think as is, it sets the foundation and with…
As is, this feels incomplete. I think as is, it sets the foundation and with…
Jun 24
Wed Β· 16:49
high
Jun 24
Wed Β· 15:50
med
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Proposal: Guidelines built on Knowledge, on the site Make WordPress Core:
While private groups should absolutely feel welcome to discuss these topics, if there is any…
While private groups should absolutely feel welcome to discuss these topics, if there is any…
Jun 23
Tue Β· 16:15
high
Updated the handbook page Experiences and Recaps from WordPress Release Team and Focus Leads on Make WordPress Core.
Jun 22
Mon Β· 16:42
high
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
Jun 22
Mon Β· 16:42
high
Wrote a new handbook page, Experiences and Recaps from WordPress Release Team and Focus Leads, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is a very early and under construction page. It may not have alot of…
This is a very early and under construction page. It may not have alot of…
Jun 18
Thu Β· 21:22
Core
med
Reopened ticket #65286 on Core Trac:
major publishing action buttons are crowded in the Publish settings
major publishing action buttons are crowded in the Publish settings
Jun 18
Thu Β· 21:20
Core
med
Closed ticket #65286 on Core Trac:
major publishing action buttons are crowded in the Publish settings
major publishing action buttons are crowded in the Publish settings
Jun 18
Thu Β· 21:20
Core
high
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BRAD
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Force PclZip
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Hit An External Cron
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Log Deprecated Notices
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Remove Custom Header Uploads
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Rollbar
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