{"id":3708,"date":"2025-07-16T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=3708"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:37:54","slug":"jeff-paul","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/jeff-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default speaker-highlight-column is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b9a46375 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a30299c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-b1208fed\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"6856\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/jeff-paul\/jeff-paul\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?fit=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jeff-paul\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?fit=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?resize=768%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6856\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/jeff-paul.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-8f85718f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Jeff Paul is the VP of Open Source at Fueled, where he leads a team of contributors working across WordPress core, Gutenberg, and more than two dozen open-source plugins. He\u2019s been part of the WordPress release process since version 4.7, serving as release lead, deputy, or coordinator across multiple major versions, including WordPress 6.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At WCEH, Jeff will share insights from his talk, <strong>\u201cShipping WordPress Without Shipping Code: How Project Managers Can Lead Releases.\u201d<\/strong> Drawing on years of release leadership, he\u2019ll highlight the often-invisible roles that keep open source moving: coordinating priorities, unblocking contributors, guiding timelines, and helping teams communicate across time zones. His goal is to show PMs, product folks, and contributors alike how they can step into these roles and meaningfully shape successful releases, even without commit access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-091b0950 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sessions\">Check out Jeff&#8217;s Session<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-speaker-sessions\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/contributing-to-the-wordpress-ai-experiments-plugin\/\">Contributing to the WordPress AI Experiments Plugin<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__session-info\">October 15, 2025 at 10:45 am in <span class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__track slug-track-2\">Track 2<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/shipping-wordpress-without-shipping-code-how-project-managers-can-lead-releases\/\">Shipping WordPress Without Shipping Code: How Project Managers Can Lead Releases<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__session-info\">October 16, 2025 at 1:45 pm in <span class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__track slug-track-2\">Track 2<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jeff on the Socials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffpaul.com\">jeffpaul.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jeffpaul.com\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jeffpaul.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mastodon:<a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@jeffpaul\"> @<\/a><a href=\"mailto:jeffpaul@mastodon.social\">jeffpaul@mastodon.social<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LinkedIn:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeffpaul\/\"> linkedin.com\/in\/jeffpaul<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Give Jeff a follow, and don\u2019t miss his talk this October in Ottawa! \ud83c\udf41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And now for something a little Canadian \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What comes to mind when you think of Canada?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \u201cBox lacrosse!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favourite Canadian artist?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cBarenaked Ladies with Our Lady Peace and Lem trailing close behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Canadian food you love (or want to try in Ottawa)?<br><\/strong>\u201cY&#8217;all seem to be promoting these BeaverTails, but I&#8217;m definitely going to chase down Butter Tarts (queue Steal My Sunshine on your music streaming service!)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A sport \/ athlete (or other celebrity) you associate with Canada?<br><\/strong>\u201cEasily the Gait brothers (Paul and Gary) but right behind them would be Larry Walker (a massively under-appreciated MLB hall of famer and fantastic option in Immaculate Grid).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIP John Candy!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Paul is VP of Open Source at Fueled, leading WordPress core efforts, plugin sustainability, and contributor strategy across the ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7694169,"featured_media":6856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"speaker-series","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"JeffPaul","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[122],"class_list":["post-3708","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_speaker_group-first-round"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=24&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=48&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=96&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=128&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=256&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c95de1e6c222121175c2c0dddf4631d2ea45704938f53332d12710379c6153e6?s=512&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3708"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6957,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3708\/revisions\/6957"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/6791?_embed=1&context=view"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3713?_embed=1&context=view"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/wordcamp"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=3708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}