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James Koster

Designer at Automattic

@jameskoster UK joined Aug 2009

jameskoster.design github.com/jameskoster
    Teams Design
    Sponsored Automattic 10 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Designer @ Automattic.

    Interests

    Horticulture, Espresso, Exercise, Art, Tech, Pizza

    WordPress Origin Story

    Discovered WordPress when building Quake III: Arena clan websites for friends back in the noughties.

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    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '19 Core Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer

    Current Job

    Designer
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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

    Design 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 30 Mon · 12:13
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking Left Navigation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I agree, and that is what the "Favorites" feature aims to solve. Plugin pages you're…
    Mar 27 Fri · 18:24
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    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking Left Navigation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I've been exploring some ideas in a working prototype that tries to address some of…
    November 2024
    Nov 07 Thu · 15:04
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Design.
    Nov 07 Thu · 15:02
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Announcing the new WordPress Design System Figma library, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    Today I’m excited to announce the launch of the new WordPress Design System library for…
    Nov 07 Thu · 15:02
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share #67 (Oct 21-Nov 1), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    Thanks :)
    October 2024
    Oct 18 Fri · 15:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share #66 (Oct 7-Oct18), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    I prefer the bar to stick to the top and be full width. I could…
    Oct 18 Fri · 14:58
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    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share #66 (Oct 7-Oct18), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    It's just an early mockup so this part wasn't clearly communicated, but the idea is…
    July 2024
    Jul 01 Mon · 10:42
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Design Share 59 (Jun 17-Jun 28), on the site Make WordPress Design:
    I don't believe so, but @youknowriad will know better :)
    August 2023
    Aug 15 Tue · 14:59
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    Posted a reply to Possible to Filter FSE Blocks?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just remembered that a feature tentatively scheduled for 6.4 is very relevant here. You…
    Aug 15 Tue · 14:40
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    Posted a reply to WordPress Migration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey, I haven't done this for a while, but the following manual process provide a…

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