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David Smith

Software Engineer at Automattic

@get_dave Frome, England, United Kingdom joined Jan 2013

aheadcreative.co.uk github.com/getdave slack: @Dave Smith (getdave/get_dave)
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    Bio

    Software Engineer at Automattic and YouTuber at https://www.youtube.com/daveonwp.

    Long time WordPress developer. Generally I appear as `@getdave` or `@get_dave`.

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    Current Job

    Software Engineer
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    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Last 12 months
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    Specializations

    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Core 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 17 Tue · 13:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Thank you. I've responded on the Issue.
    Mar 04 Wed · 14:34
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Customisable Navigation Overlays in WordPress 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress 7.0 introduces Customisable Navigation Overlays, giving site owners full control over their mobile navigation…
    February 2026
    Feb 18 Wed · 10:15
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    That's out of scope for this effort. However, the proposed Dialog block might address your…
    Feb 18 Wed · 10:10
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    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Not in WordPress 7.0 but I can confirm that contributors are aware and thinking about…
    January 2026
    Jan 28 Wed · 17:03
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    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Thank for your efforts testing this.
    Jan 28 Wed · 16:55
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    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    There was a minor issue with playground.wordpress.net earlier today which was effecting the testing link.…
    Jan 28 Wed · 16:55
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    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Perfect! Great catch. Thank you for taking the time to test.
    Jan 27 Tue · 15:51
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Call for Testing – Customizable Navigation (“Mobile”) Overlays, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Customizable Navigation Overlays are a new feature for WordPress 7.0 that gives you full control…
    December 2024
    Dec 04 Wed · 10:32
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    Posted a reply to Linking is prioritising attachments instead of posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The most recent work on this was undertaken in https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/67367 which has not yet been…
    November 2024
    Nov 18 Mon · 09:30
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.

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