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Dean Sas

Code Wrangler at Automattic

@dsas Chesterfield, UK joined Jun 2005

deansas.org github.com/dsas

    Interests

    Cycling, Hiking, the outdoors, reading, learning, writing software

    WordPress Origin Story

    I installed B2 over Christmas 2003 and used it as a kind of awkward teenage livejournal and then moved to WordPress 1.0.1 a few weeks later.

    I messed around with some small bits of plugin and custom work over the next few years while at university.

    Fast-forward nearly two decades and I’m employed by Automattic to work on WordPress.com. I’m now an awkward adult.

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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '22 Theme Developer
    CONTENT
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    Documentation Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '24
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '24

    Current Job

    Code Wrangler
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 12 months
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    Contributions

    Type
    March 2026
    Mar 25 Wed · 17:27
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg…
    November 2024
    Nov 20 Wed · 12:09
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Nov 20 Wed · 11:59
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    January 2023
    Jan 17 Tue · 18:47
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Some very cool things can happen when you hit Enter in a block., on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    A very cool thing happens when you hit Enter in a block. Actually, three very…
    December 2022
    Dec 13 Tue · 12:38
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Application state managed withDispatch, withSelect and compose 101, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    Editor related Javascript code is full of references to withDispatch, withSelect and compose. This article…