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Eric Mann

Tekton

@ericmann Tualatin Oregon, USA joined Nov 2007

eamann.com github.com/ericmann Slack: @ericmann

    Bio

    I am a developer, marketer, and story teller just trying to make the world a better place.

    Interests

    Marketing, Rock Climbing, Creative Writing / Artwork

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Tekton
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high1
    medium4
    score7
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high1
    medium4
    score7
    Last 12 months
    7contributions
    high2
    medium5
    score11

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 5.7
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3
    • 3.2

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 04 Fri · 21:02
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    > Is there anyway to prevent plugin A from reading the secret stored by Plugin…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:48
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Yes, that will be the ultimate goal here. For hosts/platforms that can provide a more…
    Sep 04 Fri · 20:46
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    the API has no way to express “readable, but not writable here,” This is fairly…
    August 2026
    Aug 25 Tue · 21:18
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Proposal: A Secrets API for WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress has no first-class way to store a credential. This proposal outlines a Secrets API…
    Aug 25 Tue · 15:15
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I have some bandwidth over the next couple of months and would love to dive…
    March 2026
    Mar 03 Tue · 20:20
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #819 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Encrypt TOTP secrets at rest using AES-256-GCM
    February 2026
    Feb 04 Wed · 16:33
    GitHub high
    Pull request #656 merged into WordPress/two-factor:
    Full RFC6238 Compatibility
    December 2024
    Dec 03 Tue · 21:24
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #656 to WordPress/two-factor:
    Full RFC6238 Compatibility
    Dec 03 Tue · 21:20
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #207 on WordPress/two-factor:
    Full RFC6238 Compatibility
    December 2020
    Dec 21 Mon · 20:21
    Core high
    Mentioned in [49862] on WordPress SVN:
    XML-RPC: Emit an appropriate HTTP status code when an error is returned in response to an XML-RPC request.

    Developer

    8 plugins

    Plugins

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