Bob Linthorst
Webontwikkelaar at Yoast.com
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBob Linthorst is a seasoned webontwikkelaar based in Nijmegen with a decade of hands-on experience building and refining web applications. Since 2016 he has been contributing to Yoast, where he works across the stack to deliver user-facing features, UI refactors, and robust installation flows for widely used products. On GitHub he has contributed to the prominent Yoast SEO plugin, implementing new routes, feature-flagged addon installations, and improving tests and code quality—work that impacts millions of WordPress sites. His background in Computer Software Engineering (BICT) grounds his pragmatic approach to maintainable code and developer-friendly tooling. Colleagues describe him as a steady, detail-oriented engineer who balances feature delivery with long-term maintainability. He combines product-facing sensibility with a willingness to dive into tests, permissions, and code-style improvements that keep large projects healthy.
10 years of coding experience
BICT, Computer Software Engineering, BICT, Computer Software Engineering at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Github Skills (14)
wordpress10
php10
plugin10
react9
javascript9
backend8
back-end-development8
front-end-development8
apidoc7
testing7
api7
seo7
css6
ui-design6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Yoast/wordpress-seo
Jan 2016 - May 2021
Yoast SEO for WordPress
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 504 commits, 131 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the implementation of new features and routes related to addon installation within the Yoast SEO plugin. They developed a new route to support features and integrated a feature flag to manage addon installations. Furthermore, the user refactored the UI components and the modal used for the installation process and fixed code style and CS errors. They also updated the test cases to include permission callbacks.
breadcrumbsschema-orgwordpressphpxml-sitemap
boblinthorst/massTextAnalyzer
Dec 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:41 PRs, 58 pushes, 24 branches in 6 months
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