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Paul Biron

Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant at Sparrow Hawk Computing

@pbiron Gardner, CO joined Feb 2012

sparrowhawkcomputing.com github.com/pbiron Slack: @pbiron
    Maintains Sitemaps Upgrade/Install

    Bio

    In addition to being an XML, database and web-design consultant (my resume can be found at: https://www.sparrowhawkcomputing.com/resume.xml), I am also professional nature photographer.

    Interests

    Wildlife and Landscape photography

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '17 Plugin Developer WP-CLI Contributor '22
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '22

    Current Job

    Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant
    Present
    Sparrow Hawk Computing

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high2
    medium1
    score7
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high4
    medium1
    score13
    Last 12 months
    19contributions
    high13
    medium6
    score45

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 24 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
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.4

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 22:01
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12584 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Remove the XSLT xml-stylesheet processing instruction from all sitemaps and sitemap indices...
    Jul 15 Wed · 01:34
    Core med
    Created ticket #65635 on Core Trac:
    provide an alternative to the XSLT stylesheet processing instruction ...
    Jul 09 Thu · 17:42
    Meta high
    Received props from @estelaris in Slack:
    Props to @369work @jigar9998 @cbravobernal @khokansardar @jorbin @pbiron @vishitshah @mosescursor @mohkatz @nazmul111 @abduremon @rcorrales @masteradhoc…
    May 2026
    May 24 Sun · 21:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62414] on WordPress SVN:
    Pings/Trackbacks: Escape the XML error message in `trackback_response()`.
    May 21 Thu · 00:33
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
    April 2026
    Apr 10 Fri · 19:12
    Core med
    Created issue #77237 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    WordPress 7.0: Block Visibiltiy icon not removed from toolbar when a block…
    March 2026
    Mar 28 Sat · 16:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Wordfence – Plugin may be abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just came to report the same thing as @chrismaclean.Been using PLT on every WP 6.4.8+…
    Mar 24 Tue · 20:01
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @ozgursar @wplmillet @fandevelop @369work @kausaralm @shailu25 @sumitbagthariya16 @matteoenna @pbiron @mosescursor @r1k0 @abduremon @sonaliprajapati…
    Mar 14 Sat · 16:00
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62027] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Fix logic when checking IPTC alt text meta data.
    Mar 07 Sat · 18:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61865] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Correct `wp_enable_real_time_collaboration` default for REST API sync route.