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Rachel Baker

Member Since: August 2nd, 2010
Chicago, IL USA
www.rachelbaker.me
Lead Enginner at The Wirecutter
@rachelbaker on WordPress.org and Slack

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Lead Engineer at The Wirecutter and The Sweethome.

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WordPress, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Ruby, Bash

Committed [37943] to Core Trac:
REST API: Reverse order of setting sanitization/validation, validating ...

10 hours ago
Closed ticket #35662, in Core Trac:
Include a refreshed nonce when responding to an authenticated REST API ...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #37159, in Core Trac:
Manage Widgets and Menus "with Live Preview"

4 days ago
Committed [37904] to Core Trac:
Customize: Text change on Widgets and Menus screens for buttons directing ...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #35580, in Core Trac:
Include auto-discovery header on REST responses

4 days ago
Committed [37903] to Core Trac:
REST API: Include auto-discovery Link header when serving API requests. ...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #36695, in Core Trac:
wp-util: update to latest _.template syntax

1 week ago
Committed [37851] to Core Trac:
Utils: Update `wp.template` to match parameter changes to `_.template` in ...

1 week ago
Committed [37808] to Core Trac:
Revisions: Change the capability needed to view revision diffs to ...

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Comments Bug Scrub Summary, 2016-05-09, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The 90-minute bug scrub took place in #core-comments and ended in a 1 - 1…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Comments Component Bug Scrub – May 9, 2016, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Clarification: tickets mentioned here should be within the Comments component.

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Comments Component Bug Scrub – May 9, 2016, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A bug scrub focused on open tickets in the Comments component will be held in…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Comment Changes in WordPress 4.5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 4.5 includes several ancient bug fixes and a few enhancements in the Comments component.…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Reactions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 to everything @karmatosed said above. I think this is an innovative use-case for both…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The Custom Comment Types "feature" is now using this Trac Ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35214

6 months ago
Wrote a new post, Comment Object and Query Features in 4.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Without comments, a website is as effective at creating a community as the Chicago Cubs…

8 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2015 coming up on December 4th

8 months ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API: Version 2.0 Beta 5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Version 2.0 Beta 5 "¡Ay, caramba!" of the REST API is now available. Download it…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committer Reviews of the REST API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We have a patch up in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33982 that can be refreshed, if committers have any…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committer Reviews of the REST API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@westonruter Thank you for the PR. We will cherry pick it over to our main…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committer Reviews of the REST API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@jorbin Regarding `WP_HTTP_ResponseInterface` see my comment above to Dominik: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/09/23/committer-reviews-of-the-rest-api/comment-page-1/#comment-28047

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Committer Reviews of the REST API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I chatted with @rmccue, who first introduced `WP_HTTP_ResonseInterface` (or as previously named `WP_JSON_ResponseInterface`) on Feb…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API v2 Documentation Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Scott, That you for pointing out the legacy nonce information in our v2 authentication guide.…

10 months ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API v2 Documentation Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Our current documentation for version 2 of the WP REST API is minimal at best.…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API: Versions 1.2.3 (Security Release) and 2.0 Beta 4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
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11 months ago
Posted a reply to "v1 API to v2 API", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Dave, For v2, you can get a list of all taxonomies via /wp-json/wp/v2/taxonomies. All the…

11 months ago
Rachel Baker’s profile was updated

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Plugin Chat on July 14, on the site Make WordPress Core:
![image](http://i.imgur.com/1YOMvYa.gif)

12 months ago
Reopened ticket #1018, in Meta Trac:
Enable HiDPI versions of Gravatars for browsers that support srcset

12 months ago
Rachel Baker’s profile was updated

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API: Version 2.0 Beta 2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A mere four weeks since releasing the first beta of version 2, the REST API…

1 year ago
Committed [1162984] to Plugins Trac:
Add tag for 1.2.2

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API: Version 1.2.2 (Security Release), on the site Make WordPress Core:
WP REST API versions 1.2.2 and 2.0 Beta 1.1 are now available. These are critical…

1 year ago
Committed [1162983] to Plugins Trac:
Bump stable tag to 1.2.2

1 year ago
Committed [1162982] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.2.2 Release

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API Critical Security Release, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, Jeff. I corrected the Dashboard/Download issue. We are are telling everyone that we *strongly…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API Critical Security Release, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WP REST API plugin version 1.2.1 is now available as a critical security release. This…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to "Unable to show posts but no error", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
There could be another plugin conflicting with the WP REST API. Can you disable the…

1 year ago
Committed [1123808] to Plugins Trac:
Remove all development related files from v1.2. Fixes plugin header ...

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API: Version 1.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Emyr, It would be version 2 that makes it into WordPress core, and the timeline…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, WP REST API: Version 1.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hello everyone. Remember us? Today, I can finally announce the release of version 1.2 of…

1 year ago
Committed [1119661] to Plugins Trac:
Update the readme.txt file for v1.2 from the Github readme.

1 year ago
Committed [1119651] to Plugins Trac:
Clean-up version 1.2 files.

1 year ago
Committed [1119645] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.2. A *short* nine months after our last release we have ...

1 year ago
Committed [1119323] to Plugins Trac:
Tag v1.2 release

1 year ago
Committed [1119319] to Plugins Trac:
Add plugin file assets.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Drew Jaynes is the 4.2 Release Lead, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congratulations as well @drewapicture! I will help drink those beers.

1 year ago
Is the 247th person to arrive at WordCamp San Francisco 2014

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 9/10 Agenda, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 on allowing @rmccue to have laser focus on the API.

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 9/10 Agenda, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We are really hoping to get the JSON REST API into 4.1, and would love…

2 years ago

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