Koen Reus (@koen12344) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a freelance programmer and I help small businesses improve, simplify and automate their online efforts. WordPress is my go-to platform for creating websites, and by creating custom themes and plugins, I make it suit my needs. When I’m not working on my online projects I love to tinker with my pinball machines while enjoying some craft beer.

WordPress Origin Story

My first experience with WordPress was in early 2007 when I used it to power my personal blog. One of my issues with it was the massive overhead of CSS and JS files, and messy HTML output caused by badly written plugins and themes. I figured I could make things more efficient and programmed my own reusable framework to quickly build websites for customers. That lacked flexibility however, and when I was later reintroduced to WordPress during an internship, I fell in love with it. I learned how to make my own themes and plugins (still placing a high priority on efficient and clean coding using WordPress native functions), and converted my client websites to WordPress. Fast forward to 2017, my next step was to transfer all of my WordPress websites into an easily manageable multisite environment. In early 2018 I proudly made my first submission to the WordPress plugin directory with the Post to Google My Business plugin, and after a minor change to the slug, I was very happy to see it was accepted. Seeing the general public use something you’ve created and give feedback on it is really rewarding!

Member Since: April 9th, 2018
Location: The Netherlands
Website: koenreus.com
GitHub: koen12344
Job Title: Owner
Employer: DiGiTAL DiSTORTiON
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Contribution History

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Translation Contributor

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Committed [3497618] to Plugins SVN:
Test 3.3.4 on wp7.0
3 days ago
Committed [3497615] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.4.0
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Image format not recognised?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Allan! It definitely looks like an encoding issue, I took a closer look and…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Image format not recognised?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the full error message, it actually brings up an interesting anomaly. The image…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Image format not recognised?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @allancav, How are you attaching the image to the GBP post? Are you using…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Image format not recognised?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @allancav, Sorry to hear your posts are no longer being automatically published. This could…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to image size error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
3.3.4 should fix the image scaling issue! ~ Koen
2 months ago
Committed [3462495] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.3.4
2 months ago
Posted a reply to image size error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear that @jesyna! I noticed a small oversight in the vertical scaling of…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to image size error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jesyna, that's strange that it also happens with the JPG file! But the URL…
2 months ago
Committed [3460820] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.3.3
2 months ago
Posted a reply to image size error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see! GMB does not support the AVIF image format natively, so the plugin will…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to image size error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jesyna! Is that happening using the auto-post feature? The plugin goes through various steps…
2 months ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Translated 27 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Committed [3449575] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.3.2
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Location selection stuck on loading when generating GMB post from single article, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Gianmaria! Judging by the fact that you have this feature available I'm guessing you're…
3 months ago
Committed [3414422] to Plugins SVN:
tested up to 6.9
4 months ago
Committed [3414411] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.3.1
4 months ago
Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 months ago
Committed [3409725] to Plugins SVN:
Initial release on repo of 0.5.1 and assets
4 months ago
Posted a reply to The post status on GMB is marked as rejected., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @refeed! Apologies for the late reply, I completely overlooked your support request. If the…
5 months ago
Committed [3394119] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.3.0
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Excellent plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @adn360mex! ~ Koen
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Excellent plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @spzafeir! Glad you like the plugin. ~ Koen
6 months ago
Posted a reply to 80, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @punggawanews! I suppose "80" is a good thing! ~ Koen
8 months ago
Posted a reply to great, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @michael16 ! Much appreciated ~ Koen
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Posting programatically, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @dragondigitalgroup! There are multiple ways you can do this, depending on the situation. If…
9 months ago
Posted a reply to GMB Post Toggle Defaults to OFF for External API Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear that Nitta! I'll mark this as resolved then! ~ Koen
9 months ago
Posted a reply to GMB Post Toggle Defaults to OFF for External API Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @yuuetsunitta ! Thanks for the kind words, glad you like the plugin! The behavior…
9 months ago
Committed [3314421] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.2.5
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Great plugin to make posts easily appear in Google Business Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @daks36! ~ Koen
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Very useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @esquipulas! Thanks so much for leaving a review. Glad you find the plugin useful!…
11 months ago
Posted a reply to Very useful plugin !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the review @jh971! Glad to hear you like the plugin and…
11 months ago
Posted a reply to Slow and locks up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @kbuddi, thanks for your review, sorry to hear you had a bad experience with…
11 months ago
Committed [3283584] to Plugins SVN:
tested on 6.8
11 months ago
Posted a reply to Genial, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review @emiliowasp! ¡Muchas gracias! ~ Koen
12 months ago
Posted a reply to One of our most useful plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the review @peterlosh! ~ Koen
12 months ago
Posted a reply to Why Aren’t Variables Listed Next to the Form Fields?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @alxffm! Apologies for the inconvenience! You're absolutely right that this could use some improvement.…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Make to post GMB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @zepaulo99, did that fix the issue? I'm marking this as resolved for now, but…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Something went wrong trying to load your Google Business Profile locations: inva, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @noemdrdev, I'm marking this as resolved for now but feel free to follow up…
1 year ago
Committed [3246496] to Plugins SVN:
update readme
1 year ago
Committed [3246493] to Plugins SVN:
update readme
1 year ago
Committed [3246477] to Plugins SVN:
Deploy version 3.2.4
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Something went wrong trying to load your Google Business Profile locations: inva, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @noemdrdev, did disconnecting and reconnecting the Google account resolve the issue? ~Koen
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Posting failed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @alltomtrav, did refreshing the locations do the trick? I haven't heard back in almost…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Make to post GMB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @zepaulo99! By default the plugin will not automatically publish anything to your GMB that…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Something went wrong trying to load your Google Business Profile locations: inva, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @noemdrdev! The changelog item you're referring to is actually something (probably) unrelated. But in…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Posting failed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @alltomtrav, the location cache received an overhaul in the last update, so the plugin…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Perfect plugin !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the review @crockett93! Glad you like the plugin. ~ Koen
1 year ago