Daniel Post
Freelance at Posty Studio
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Post is a freelance WordPress engineer based in Amsterdam with over a decade of experience building and shipping sites, plugins and themes for agencies and direct clients. He founded a successful theme shop whose products sold 2,600+ times and later joined Automattic after they acquired his Social Image Generator plugin, where he worked as a Senior Software Engineer on Jetpack’s Social features. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks, he frequently implements design integrations, external API/CRM connections and custom functionality for complex WordPress projects. His open-source contributions include meaningful UI and backend work on Jetpack’s Publicize feature, reflecting both product-oriented thinking and attention to code quality.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
VWO-diploma, NT/NG, VWO-diploma, NT/NG at Murmellius Gymnasium AlkmaarBachelor, Economics and Finance, Bachelor, Economics and Finance at Universiteit van Amsterdam
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
101reputation
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7answers
2questions
Github Skills (14)
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
react10
plugin10
css9
api8
apidoc8
ui-design8
testing7
html6
jquery6
twig6
timber6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:368 reviews, 166 commits, 112 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily worked on the "Publicize" feature within the Jetpack plugin, focusing on enhancing the user interface and functionality. Their commits involved adding and modifying components, like those for connecting and managing social media accounts. They also addressed code quality issues, fixed bugs in the Classic Editor, added features such as social previews and sharing limits, and contributed to the styling and layout of various elements within the Jetpack Social admin page. These contributions spanned both frontend and backend aspects of the feature.
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
nytimes/text-balancer
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Eliminate typographic widows and other type crimes with this javascript module
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 comments in 5 years 9 months
javascriptcrimestypographicjavascript-module
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