tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner) (@tobifjellner) – WordPress user profile

tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner)

@tobifjellner Barcelona, Spain joined Mar 2011

gsm.fjellner.com github.com/tobifjellner Slack: @tobifjellner

Teams Community Polyglots Support

Languages sv_SE fy kir ru_RU en-gb

Bio

Poet, Writer, Project Manager, Mobile Telecom Marketing specialist, Translator, and more… Being Swedish native, I know how to mount furniture from IKEA. 🙂 Oh, and I’m interested in amateur radio, although currently inactive (check your logs from 1980-s for SM0RYB).

The great and versatile tool WordPress can be free thanks to the contributions from thousands of users. And I think it’s great that one can “give back” to WordPress and the community in so many different ways. I’m not a coder (although I may be able to find and fix some small and simple errors in PHP/CSS/JavaScript). But where I really can make a difference, that’s in making WordPress available in Swedish.

Later I even became a global mentor for WordPress translation, so one could say that I support the processes that make WordPress available in more than 70 language versions. Did you know, that 56% (these figures are for June 2023) of all WordPress installations are using a translated version of WordPress? I’m proud to be a part of that!

I was on the organizing team for WordCamp Stockholm 2016, where we successfully introduced the “Micro Sponsor” level for participation.

In June 2023, I was a speaker at WordCamp Europe, with the title: “Enable truly global use of your code – Avoid the typical i18n pitfalls”. It was mainly based on the most important parts of my article about some common i18n-errors developers make: https://gsm.fjellner.com/hints-about-i18n-let-your-code-to-shine-all-over-the-world/

In 2023, I started pursuing ways to drastically improve quality and reuse of content translation for handbooks, documentation, training materials, etc. I’m also on the pilot team for mentoring of new WordPress contributors.

I’d love to contribute more to WordPress, if I just could find the right partners to make it sustainable for me. I want to spend more time on:
– Making it easier for WordPress users to find out about contributing to the project.
– Helping new contributors finding their way in and around the project.
– Re-vitalizing the Swedish community (Yes, I live in Spain, but I’ve got a stable internet connection).
– Encouraging locale teams to publish more relevant content.
– Organizing meetups/WordCamps.
– Smart reuse of translations and content.
– Support for multilingual content in WordPress core.
– … and probably several other things.

Additional links:
– https://facebook.com/fjellner
– https://linkedin.com/in/fjellner
– https://mastodon.social/@tobifjellner

WordPress Origin Story

Ended up with WordPress when I wanted to migrate my blog in Russian about working as an expat in Oman to my own domain and made it a tri-lingual site. Since then I’ve helped lots of friends to get started, too.
When I noted that the themes I loved and some plugins I wanted weren’t available in the languages i needed, I started translating them.
Now I’m one of the global mentors for the WordPress translation efforts and an active participant in the Swedish WordPress community, although I live in Barcelona, Spain.

Since April 2025 I’m sponsored 3 hrs per week by Kinsta. Thank you!
Since March 2026, I’m sponsored another 5 hrs per week by Angry Creative. Thank you!
(Happy to discuss more hours/projects with other companies!)

Badges

CODE

3 badges

Core Contributor '17 Meta Contributor '17 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

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Photo Contributor '25

COMMUNITY

4 badges

B BuddyPress Contributor '20 Community Contributor '24 WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '17

PRACTICE

2 badges

Support Contributor '18 Support Team '18

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '19

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

256contributions

high27

medium229

score310

Last 90 days

612contributions

high70

medium542

score752

Last 12 months

1522contributions

high260

medium1262

score2042

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 22 releases

Time commitment

13 hours per week

Contributions

Type

September 2026

Sep 01 Tue · 16:42

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Please could we add two…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@stevejburge Since #de_CH didn't respond yet, I've now added @corinneulrich and @simea on their behalf.

Sep 01 Tue · 16:29

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Hi, it’s me again, the…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@rmiarka Since the #de_AT team didn't respond yet, I've now approved your request on their…

Sep 01 Tue · 16:25

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for AIEL Smart Assistant, on the site Translate WordPress:
@aielapp Since the #zh_TW team didn't respond yet, I've now approved your request on their…

Sep 01 Tue · 16:21

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I am the developer…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@verturin I responded at https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2026/08/12/hello-i-am-the-developer-2/ and totally missed that it was a duplicate request. So…

Sep 01 Tue · 16:15

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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Fense Block VPN & Proxy, on the site Translate WordPress:
@devozon For #fr_FR – if you speak French fluently, please follow their instructions at https://fr.wordpress.org/team/handbook/…

Sep 01 Tue · 16:10

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Wrote a comment on the post Hello, I am the developer…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@verturin Since you already previously was assigned #fr_FR PTE for a different project, I've now…

Sep 01 Tue · 16:05

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Raeen Repeater Field for ACF, on the site Translate WordPress:
The plugin is currently closed. For now, I'm removing the to-do status of this request.

Sep 01 Tue · 15:55

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Hello Polyglots Team,, on the site Translate WordPress:
@wenyen1118 Since the #zh_TW team didn't respond yet, I've now approved your request on their…

Sep 01 Tue · 15:51

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Wrote a comment on the post Hi, I’m the author of…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@qasolutions I can see that you've allready been assigned PTE role for #ca, so I've…

Sep 01 Tue · 15:49

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Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Pihlfelt Image Assistant, on the site Translate WordPress:
@pihlfelt You never responded to #de_DE about how well you know German. For #fr_FR –…

Plugins 2
Photos 4
Courses 2
Favorites 63
Translations 12

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Photos

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Completed courses

2 completed

How decisions are made in the WordPress project

Completed July 17, 2023
Open source basics and WordPress

Completed July 17, 2023

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sv_SE Svenska (Swedish) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 939 projects.

WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums Get Involved Learn WordPress o2 Openverse P2 "Breathe" Pattern Directory WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org wp20.wordpress.net Patterns 2FAS Classic – Two Factor Authentication 404 Solution A-Z Listing AAA Option Optimizer Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar AccessPress Social Login Lite – Social Login WordPress Plugin ACF: Better Search Advanced Custom Fields: Extended ACF Quick Edit Fields ACF Recent Posts Widget AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress Add Customizer Back For Block Themes Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin Admin Dashboard RSS Feed Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Admin Toolbar Menus Adminimize AdOpt | Easy Multi-Regulations Cookie Banner. Ads.txt Manager Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce Advanced Forms for ACF PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions AesirX Analytics Age Gate AI Aikon Role Manager

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fy Frysk (Frisian) Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 8 projects.

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kir Кыргызча (Kyrgyz) Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 8 projects.

WordPress 6.0.x WordPress 6.1.x WordPress 6.2.x WordPress 6.3.x WordPress 6.4.x WordPress 6.5.x WordPress 6.6.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 7 projects.