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Rene Hermenau

Founder at WP STAGING

@renehermi Germany joined Jun 2012

wp-staging.com/author/rene slack: @René Hermenau
    Teams Core Performance Core Test
    Languages de_DE de-ch de-at

    Bio

    WordPress developer based in Northern Germany. Founder of WP STAGING —
    the staging, backup, and migration plugin running on more than 100,000
    WP sites.

    Building WordPress infrastructure since 2013. Started WP STAGING because
    I kept hitting the same problem on client work: there was no reliable
    way to clone a WordPress site for testing or migration without breaking
    serialized data, file paths, or media references. The free plugin is
    still maintained alongside the Pro version that handles full backups,
    multisite, and large database migration at scale.

    Hands-on with the codebase, writing the docs at wp-staging.com/docs,
    and reading every issue on GitHub (github.com/wp-staging). Always
    interested in WordPress edge cases that broke a staging or backup tool
    you’ve used — those are usually the bugs worth fixing.

    “When you touch code, leave it 10% better than before. And write a test.”

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Founder
    Present
    WP STAGING

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    7contributions
    high0
    medium7
    score7
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high2
    medium10
    score16
    Last 12 months
    32contributions
    high5
    medium27
    score42

    Team focus

    Across 3 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    Time commitment

    1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 08:36
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Release Notes for WP Staging 4.8.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    WP STAGING 4.8.1 is now available. This release foc…
    May 15 Fri · 20:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bait and switch, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @kdcpelt Thank you so much. That's much appreciated. Have a fantastic weekend :-)
    May 14 Thu · 21:28
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Release Notes for WP Staging 4.8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This release improves Remote Sync, backup reliability,…
    May 14 Thu · 21:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Refund for the WP Staging Pro Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello, please contact us here regarding WP Staging Pro: https://wp-staging.com/contact-us-presale-and-premium-support/Thank you
    May 14 Thu · 21:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Refund of the automatic charges, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello, please contact us here regarding WP Staging Pro: https://wp-staging.com/contact-us-presale-and-premium-support/Thank you
    May 12 Tue · 15:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bait and switch, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @baronbiosys, Sorry for the confusion. Push to Live is a WP STAGING Pro feature…
    May 12 Tue · 14:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to CAREFUL: Restore may cost extra, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @star26bsd, We are sorry that this situation became frustrating for you, especially because you…
    April 2026
    Apr 27 Mon · 08:52
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Oddities with latest WPStaging, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for your feedback:-)
    Apr 11 Sat · 18:43
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Release Notes for WP Staging 4.7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is a big update for WP STAGING Free. We’ve ref…
    Apr 10 Fri · 08:24
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Release Notes for WP Staging 4.7.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    WP STAGING 4.7.2 improves the security and usability o…

    Developer

    Plugins

    Themes

    Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE

    Deutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_CH

    Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_AT

    Deutsch (Sie) (German (Formal)) Translation Contributor - #de_DE_formal

    MashShare – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Share Icons and WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration

    Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor - #de_DE

    Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense and WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration

    Deutsch (Österreich) (German (Austria)) Translation Contributor - #de_AT

    WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration

    Deutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH

    WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration

    Deutsch (Schweiz, Du) (German (Switzerland, Informal)) Translation Contributor - #de_CH_informal

    WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration

    Español (Spanish (Spain)) Translation Contributor - #es_ES

    WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration