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Amy Kamala

@amykamala Santa Monica, CA joined Dec 2018

kittenkamala.com github.com/kittenkamala
    Teams Core Hosting
    Sponsored Elementor 10 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Core Team Rep 2026
    Hosting Team Rep 2026
    Release Coordinator WordPress 7.0

    WordPress contributions sponsored by Elementor!

    Tech nerd + artist. Full stack web dev with team leadership and project management experience, with some UIUX and product development mixed in. MFA from UCLA.

    Past contributions:
    Release Coordinator WordPress 6.9
    Hosting Team Rep 2019-2023
    Tech Lead Cohort Contributor WordPress 5.6
    WPLA MeetUps organizer (but not currently hosting events)
    Facilitated Core meetings and Release Model Working Group 2019-2020
    WordCamp LA contributor/organizer 2020
    Spoken at and/or helped with contributor day tables at a few camps and meetups including: WCAsia, WCEU, WCUS, WC Las Vegas, WC/WP Santa Clarita, WC/WP LA
    Previous sponsors include DreamHost, InMotion Hosting, Kanopi Studios

    Interests

    art, crafts, animals, animation, gardening, baking, hiking, yoga, sci-fi, non-fiction reading, theology, technology

    WordPress Origin Story

    I found my way to WordPress.org through working technical support at a web host. <3

    I've worked at 3 different web hosts in a technical and/or team lead capacity and am well versed in hosting infra, standards and practices.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '25 Hosting Contributor '19 Hosting Team '19
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '20

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    25contributions
    high22
    medium3
    score69
    Last 90 days
    109contributions
    high69
    medium40
    score247
    Last 12 months
    334contributions
    high197
    medium137
    score728

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    Core 100% of contributions

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 18:49
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.9 Server Compatibility, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    For each new version of WordPress, the Hosting Team releases an article examining compatibility between…
    May 27 Wed · 01:14
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-27, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and on Agenda WordPress News…
    May 27 Wed · 01:12
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda – May 27, 2026, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…
    May 24 Sun · 04:47
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #488 on the WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook repository:
    Dog
    May 21 Thu · 00:33
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…
    May 21 Thu · 00:32
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @estelaris, @Clorith, @chaion07 for facilitating the 7.0 release today!
    May 20 Wed · 18:39
    Meta high
    Received props from @sumitsingh in Slack:
    Props to @amykamala, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @estelaris, and all attendees for the amazing job…
    May 20 Wed · 02:47
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 Release Day Process, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Preparation for the WordPress 7.0 release is underway. This post shares the release process, including…
    May 19 Tue · 23:38
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @troychaplin @zunaid321 @Emon @miroku @josevarghese @Shazzad @Ankit K Gupta @kausaralm @ruba1956 @brechtryckaert @chiscoleiton…
    May 19 Tue · 23:38
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @troychaplin @zunaid321 @Emon @miroku @josevarghese @Shazzad @Ankit K Gupta @kausaralm @ruba1956 @brechtryckaert @chiscoleiton…