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Darren Cooney

Lead Engineer

@dcooney Toronto joined Oct 2010

connekthq.com github.com/dcooney Slack: @dcooney

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    Lead Engineer
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    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
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    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high1
    medium4
    score7
    Last 12 months
    61contributions
    high28
    medium33
    score117

    Contributions

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    September 2026
    Sep 24 Thu · 15:03
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Issue with translation strings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @jupa8 I just tested and it's working as expected for me in the Ajax…
    Sep 24 Thu · 12:49
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Issue with translation strings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @jupa8 That should be working in a Repeater Template.Let me run some tests and…
    August 2026
    Aug 05 Wed · 14:32
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Images won’t load from Unsplash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Interesting, I wonder if your server is blocking the request for some reason. No other…
    Aug 04 Tue · 18:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Images won’t load from Unsplash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @abldigital I'm not able to recreate that issue. Unsplash is working for in my…
    July 2026
    Jul 22 Wed · 17:40
    Plugins high
    Committed [3619028] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 8.0.1 from GitHub
    June 2026
    Jun 10 Wed · 17:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3567882] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 3.2.1 from GitHub
    Jun 09 Tue · 12:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Plugin has stopped working (proxy server issue), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you @tech22k234 I somehow let the domain expire 🤦‍♂️ Should be back up shortly.
    Jun 04 Thu · 17:41
    Plugins high
    Committed [3561379] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 8.0.0 from GitHub
    Jun 01 Mon · 18:11
    Plugins high
    Committed [3557116] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 7.2.0 from GitHub
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 12:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3510849] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 7.8.4 from GitHub