Francisco Torres (@frantorres) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a computer engineer who works mainly as a WordPress back-end*er* and consultant. I have worked for over 10 years creating websites, themes and plugins, planning and developing customized solutions for their needs, aligning development teams, convincing them to not open a PHP declaration with just <? and giving WordPress’s touch of pink to my clients.

WordPress Origin Story

While studying, around 2009, I started collaborating with an online media about public transport and sustainable mobility, at that moment I was both journalist and the IT guy. They installed WordPress one month before I joined because it was something they could do. As the medium grew up, we had challenges related to hosting, WPO, SEO, WP Multisite, Multi language and I learned to face them step by step. I started to love WP, some friends already loved it and I joined them at WordCamp Seville 2012. That’s where everything begun.

Contributions Sponsored

SiteGround sponsors Francisco Torres to contribute 15 hours per week to the Plugins team.

Member Since: February 8th, 2012
Location: Granada, Spain
Website: frantorres.es
GitHub: frantorres
Job Title: CTO
Employer: GIGA4
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugins Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 30 Mar 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 531 Plugins rejected : 272 Plugins closed :…
6 days ago
Mentioned in [14745] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Submission: Show the queue length using dates, this makes it clearer as to what plugins have been reviewed.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [14744] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Admin: Allow approving plugins with a double-click.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [14743] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Reorder the submission flow, and clarify ownership/naming issues that commonly require changes to be made to a plugin.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [14742] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Reorder the submission flow, and clarify ownership/naming issues that commonly require changes to be made to a plugin.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [14741] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Better UX for submitted plugin information display.
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 23 Mar 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 542 Plugins rejected : 139 Plugins closed :…
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #570 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Directory: New endpoint to assign reviewer and set status to pending
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #567 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Directory: Show queue length using date.
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #566 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Directory: Edit screen. Approve plugins with a double-click.
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #565 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Directory: Submission form reorder and new sections "Plugin naming" and "Plugin...
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #564 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Directory: UX changes to submitted plugins information.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 16 Mar 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 553 Plugins rejected : 221 Plugins closed :…
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [14715] on Meta SVN:
WP.org Abilities: Skip HelpScout emails predating the current submission.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Contribute to the Plugins Team!, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
TL;DR: We are looking for contributors and/or organizations that are willing to contribute to the…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 9 Mar 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 513 Plugins rejected : 158 Plugins closed :…
4 weeks ago
Is the 195th person to arrive at WordCamp Madrid 2026
4 weeks ago
Is the 193rd person to arrive at WordCamp Madrid 2026
4 weeks ago
Is the 192nd person to arrive at WordCamp Madrid 2026
4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 2 Mar 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 513 Plugins rejected : 173 Plugins closed :…
1 month ago
Merged pull request #69 into WordPress/developer-plugins-handbook:
Fix spacing in resource description
1 month ago
Merged pull request #68 into WordPress/developer-plugins-handbook:
Fix punctuation in video shortcode description
1 month ago
Merged pull request #67 into WordPress/developer-plugins-handbook:
Clarify REST API introduction in documentation
1 month ago
Merged pull request #66 into WordPress/developer-plugins-handbook:
Clarify text editor usage in plugin documentation
1 month ago
Made 5 updates to handbook pages on WordPress Developer Resources.
1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 23 Feb 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 486 Plugins rejected : 202 Plugins closed :…
1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 16 Feb 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 467 Plugins rejected : 156 Plugins closed :…
2 months ago
Merged pull request #21 into WordPress/plugins-handbook:
Add Ganga Kafle as team member.
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #21 to WordPress/plugins-handbook:
Add Ganga Kafle as team member.
2 months ago
Merged pull request #20 into WordPress/plugins-handbook:
Update currently active team members.
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #20 to WordPress/plugins-handbook:
Update currently active team members.
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 2 Feb 2026, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 419 Plugins rejected : 185 Plugins closed :…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 26 Jan 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 409 Plugins rejected : 136 Plugins closed :…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 12 Jan 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 393 Plugins rejected : 237 Plugins closed :…
3 months ago
Received props from @davidperez in Slack:
Props to @frantorres for reviewing the Plugin Team recap 2025 post. https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2026/01/07/a-year-in-the-plugins-team-2025/
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 5 Jan 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 367 Plugins rejected : 99 Plugins closed :…
3 months ago
Received props from @lukecarbis in Slack:
Props to @frantorres for devoting his time to the Plugin Team, too.
3 months ago
Received props from @lukecarbis in Slack:
Don't forget @frantorres!
3 months ago
Made 4 updates to handbook pages on WordPress Developer Resources.
3 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @nilambar, @davidperez , @kafleg and @lukecarbis for devoting their time to the Plugins…
3 months ago
Received props from @davidperez in Slack:
Props to @nilambar and @frantorres for reviewing the code that will be merged into Plugin…
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 22 Dec 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 344 Plugins rejected : 405 Plugins closed :…
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 15 Dec 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 344 Plugins rejected : 260 Plugins closed :…
4 months ago
Is the 37th person to arrive at WordPress Day Cybersecurity Granada 2025
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 8 Dec 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 348 Plugins rejected : 291 Plugins closed :…
4 months ago
Created issue #1120 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Trademarks: Update trademark rules.
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 1 Dec 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 336 Plugins rejected : 40 Plugins closed :…
4 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugins Team: 24 Nov 2025, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 316 Plugins rejected : 78 Plugins closed :…
4 months ago
Closed ticket #8133 on Meta Trac:
504 Gateway Time-out
4 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordPress Day Cybersecurity Granada 2025
5 months ago