Rebecca Hum
Code Wrangler at Automattic
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolRebecca Hum is a pragmatic full-stack engineer and longtime Automattic contributor who blends a business background in accounting with nine years of hands-on web development experience. As a Code Wrangler she specializes in back-end WordPress engineering—improving plugin performance, refining SQL and Elasticsearch queries, and fixing integration and namespace issues across high-profile projects like Jetpack, Yoast SEO, and ElasticPress. Her path from marketing project manager to developer gives her a strong sense for product and stakeholder needs, while her eCommerce side project keeps her grounded in real-world ops. Comfortable across C#, PHP, JavaScript, MSSQL/Oracle and Git-based workflows, she brings a detail-oriented approach to optimization and maintainability. Notably, her open-source contributions demonstrate an aptitude for diagnosing nuanced plugin behaviors and improving large codebases used by millions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Media & Information Technology, Digital Media & Information Technology at Northern Alberta Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree, Accounting, Bachelor's Degree, Accounting at Grant MacEwan University
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Github Skills (20)
caching10
seo10
back-end-development10
amazon-elasticsearch10
plugin-development10
wordpress10
plugin10
elasticsearchquery10
php10
aws-elasticsearch10
sql10
elasticsearch10
database-optimization10
elasticsearch-api10
searching9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/Co-Authors-Plus
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
Multiple bylines and Guest Authors for WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 releases, 119 reviews, 202 commits in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Rebecca primarily contributed to the `co-authors-plus` WordPress plugin, focusing on back-end functionalities. Their work involved modifying SQL queries, filtering author queries, and adjusting the plugin's core logic for handling co-authors. The user addressed issues related to author archive pages, guest author counts, and the integration of linked user accounts, demonstrating a focus on improving the accuracy and efficiency of author-related data within the plugin. Furthermore, they adjusted regular expressions and corrected avatar displays.
authorswordpresswordpress-pluginguestwpvip-plugin
10up/ElasticPress
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 66 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Rebecca primarily focused on enhancing the Elasticsearch integration within the WordPress plugin. Their contributions involved addressing issues related to query construction, specifically removing duplicate parameters in Elasticsearch queries when using tax queries. They also implemented features like syncing password-protected posts and improved the handling of autosave functionality. Additionally, the user addressed typos and improved code readability within the project's codebase.
queryintranetquery-enginewp-querywordpress-api
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