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Karin Christen

Co-Founder, UX Designer, Tutor at required gmbh

@karinchristen Zurich, Switzerland joined Mar 2014

required.com github.com/KarinChristen
    Teams Design
    Sponsored required gmbh 1 hour/week confirmed

    Bio

    Co-Founder of a Swiss WordPress agency with a strong focus on UX, accessibility and sustainable web platforms. Working with WordPress for over 15 years and actively contributing through Five for the Future. Believes that open source grows best when people feel safe, supported and empowered to participate.

    Badges

    CODE
    1 badge
    Core Contributor '15
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Co-Founder, UX Designer, Tutor
    Present
    required gmbh

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high1
    medium1
    score4
    Last 90 days
    3contributions
    high2
    medium1
    score7
    Last 12 months
    4contributions
    high3
    medium1
    score10

    Specializations

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

    Design 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 12 Tue · 08:50
    Polyglots high
    Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 12 Tue · 08:32
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 30 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 09:54
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 08:55
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2025
    March 2023
    Mar 06 Mon · 10:52
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Switzerland 2023
    March 2019
    Mar 24 Sun · 10:29
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2019
    September 2016
    Sep 27 Tue · 12:27
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Milano 2016
    April 2016
    Apr 13 Wed · 12:34
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Porto 2016
    February 2016
    Feb 20 Sat · 08:50
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Nuremberg 2016
    September 2015
    Sep 04 Fri · 10:42
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Switzerland 2015