Tom Griffins
Professional Script Writer at Griffin Media LLC.
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarTom Griffins is a seasoned professional script writer and back-end developer based in Houston with 14 years of experience blending creative storytelling and pragmatic software engineering. At Griffin Media LLC he crafts scripts while contributing to open-source PHP tooling, notably enhancing the widely used TGM Plugin Activation library to streamline plugin installation and harden security with nonce checks. He brings a rare cross-disciplinary perspective—able to translate narrative requirements into maintainable code and automated workflows for WordPress themes. Tom’s contributions include implementing new PHP classes for automated plugin activation and refactoring legacy code to improve UX and robustness. Comfortable operating at the intersection of content and code, he excels at projects that require both technical precision and clear, audience-focused communication.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (4)
plugin-development10
php10
refactor9
refactoring9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation
Sep 2011 - Jan 2015
TGM Plugin Activation is a PHP library that allows you to easily require or recommend plugins for your WordPress themes (and plugins). It allows your users to install, update and even automatically activate plugins in singular or bulk fashion using native WordPress classes, functions and interfaces. You can reference bundled plugins, plugins from the WordPress Plugin Repository or even plugins hosted elsewhere on the internet.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:214 commits, 8 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to the TGM Plugin Activation library by adding new features and functionality. Their work involved implementing a new class with PHP, which included creating a set of functions to install and activate WordPress plugins within a theme. Additionally, the user refactored existing code to support automatic plugin installation and activation, improving the user experience. They also made security fixes, adding nonce checks to prevent unauthorized modifications.
singularplugin-repositorywordpresswordpress-plugintgm
thomasgriffin/CRM-Press
Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
Contributions:24 commits in 1 month
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