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Troy Chaplin

Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations at Carleton University

@areziaal Ottawa, ON, Canada joined Jul 2009

troychaplin.ca github.com/troychaplin Slack: @troychaplin
    Teams Accessibility Documentation Themes

    Bio

    WordPress Developer passionate about standards and inclusivity. My primary focus is on block editor validations and building a Validation API as part of my Block Accessibility Checker plugin to help do my part in creating a more inclusive web. I also build practical block utilities like Priority Plus, write for the WordPress Developer Blog, and manage a team of engineers responsible for an enterprise WordPress system powering over 700 sites.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Discovered WordPress sometime in 2006/2007. Ran a few blogs for international students at a not-for-profit organization. Left my decade long graphic design career and started a full-time WordPress developer position at Carleton University in 2009. Still passionate about building with WordPress nearly 20 years later.

    In addition to my sponsored time with Kinsta, I aim to contribute up to an additional 10-25 hours per week in various areas, depending on busy life is.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Assistant Manager, Enterprise Solution and Integrations
    Present
    Carleton University

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    37contributions
    high16
    medium21
    score69
    Last 90 days
    55contributions
    high28
    medium27
    score111
    Last 12 months
    135contributions
    high80
    medium55
    score295

    Team focus

    Across 3 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Time commitment

    15 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 24 Thu · 15:03
    GitHub high
    Pull request #87 merged into WordPress/ipsum:
    Add stylelint to tooling setup
    Sep 23 Wed · 03:18
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #27 into WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Update Contribute button URL in settings
    Sep 23 Wed · 03:16
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #20 into WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Fix lint concerns part 3: Core block rules
    Sep 23 Wed · 02:29
    GitHub med
    Created issue #35 in the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    [Idea]: Enforce American spelling with a spell checker
    Sep 23 Wed · 01:53
    GitHub med
    Created issue #34 in the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    JSDoc: settle how we document destructured component props
    Sep 23 Wed · 01:49
    GitHub med
    Created issue #33 in the WordPress/accessibility-lab repository:
    Naming convention: drop BEM entirely, or adopt it consistently?
    Sep 23 Wed · 01:13
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #22 into WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Fix lint concerns part 5: Media library views
    Sep 23 Wed · 01:13
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #21 into WordPress/accessibility-lab:
    Fix lint concerns part 4: Validation settings
    Sep 21 Mon · 17:52
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #87 to WordPress/ipsum:
    Add stylelint to tooling setup
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:58
    GitHub high
    Pull request #42 merged into WordPress/ipsum:
    Fix the PHPCS and theme validation errors