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David Anderson / Team Updraft

@davidanderson joined Jan 2008

updraftplus.com Slack: @davidanderson

    Bio

    Disciple of Jesus, husband, father, missionary, UpdraftPlus author, WordPress tinkerer…

    Jesus said: ” I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” And he did! Do you know why?

    Personal links: Homepage | UpdraftPlus – WordPress backup plugin | UpdraftCentral – manage WordPress remotely | Premium WordPress and WooCommerce plugins

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high8
    medium4
    score28
    Last 90 days
    29contributions
    high24
    medium5
    score77
    Last 12 months
    124contributions
    high93
    medium31
    score310

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 14 releases
    • 6.1
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.3
    • 5.1
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.6
    • 4.4
    • 4.2
    • 3.9

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 25 Fri · 20:35
    Plugins high
    Committed [3713548] to Plugins SVN:
    1.36.11
    Sep 23 Wed · 18:42
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Backup causing critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    pastebin.com
    Sep 22 Tue · 11:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to What will happen on “Rescan remote storage” in 2026 (using Google Drive), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    So does this means, even with Updraft Pro + Google Drive the same issue would…
    Sep 21 Mon · 17:36
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to What will happen on “Rescan remote storage” in 2026 (using Google Drive), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Note that even if you use a backup plugin which does not show client A's…
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3705816] to Plugins SVN:
    Release version 1.26.8
    Sep 21 Mon · 13:29
    Plugins high
    Committed [3705669] to Plugins SVN:
    Release version 4.7.0
    Sep 17 Thu · 10:51
    Plugins high
    Committed [3700124] to Plugins SVN:
    5.4.10
    Sep 05 Sat · 18:15
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Compatibility: Partial VAT exemption + Germanized Pro (pre-sales), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Closing - the same question as asked in a different forum. (Summary of answer: we…
    Sep 01 Tue · 14:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3676370] to Plugins SVN:
    release 2.1
    Sep 01 Tue · 14:55
    Plugins high
    Committed [3676369] to Plugins SVN:
    release 2.1

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