Jonathan Desrosiers
Principal Software Engineer at WordPress
New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Desrosiers is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience building WordPress-driven products and web platforms, currently leading engineering at Bluehost. A long-time WordPress Core committer and frequent contributor to high-profile projects like Gutenberg and Dashicons, he blends front-end polish (HTML/CSS/JS) with robust back-end work in PHP and MySQL. He’s skilled in WordPress VIP development, custom theming and plugin architecture, and routinely manages core merges and security updates for projects like ClassicPress. Based in New Bedford, MA, he pairs institutional experience—Boston University and long freelance practice—with a practical consulting mindset from Lighthouse Consulting Group. Away from code he’s a baseball fan, reflecting a team-first approach that shows up in mentorship and cross-team collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Associates of Science Web Development Web Management & Internet Commerce Computer Graphics & New Media, Bachelors of Science Associates of Science Web Development Web Management & Internet Commerce Computer Graphics & New Media at Johnson & Wales UniversityDartmouth High School
Github Skills (32)
dependency-management10
editors10
git10
cms10
javascript10
npm10
lib10
fonts10
jquery10
css10
wordpress10
blocks10
user-interface10
editor10
php10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/wordpress-develop
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
WordPress Develop, Git-ified. Synced from git://develop.git.wordpress.org/, including branches and tags! This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please include a link to a pre-existing ticket on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ with every pull request.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:485 reviews, 278 commits, 1018 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jonathan contributed to the WordPress core, focusing on script loading and external library updates. Their work involved adding a priority parameter to the `wp_enqueue_block_support_styles()` function to control the loading order of inline styles. They also updated the jQuery and jQuery UI libraries to their latest versions, improving the project's dependencies. Additionally, the user performed coding standard fixes and removed global terms-related code.
subversionwordpress
WordPress/gutenberg
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:277 reviews, 163 commits, 348 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan made several contributions focused on enhancing the Gutenberg block editor. They fixed a bug related to inline metabox initialization in the editor. The user also worked on exposing theme support data through a new themes endpoint, adding unit tests and addressing review feedback. Furthermore, the user refactored the block renderer controller to align with core WordPress standards, ensuring the component's compatibility.
wordpressgutenbergwordpress-plugin
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