Sarah Norris (@mikachan) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a software engineer who can usually be found working in Core and on the Editor. I also sometimes contribute to the Create Block Theme plugin and the occasional theme. I love attending WordCamps and being part of Contributor Days, especially helping new folks onboard to the project.

I’m a Core Committer and a member of the Gutenberg Core team. I was part of the release squads for WordPress 6.1 and 6.4 as an Editor Tech Lead, and I was one of the Core Team Reps for 2024.

Outside of WordPress, I love travelling, theme parks, photography, watching films, live music, reading comics, and hiking.

Interests

walking, hiking, travelling, reading, gaming, photography, rollercoasters

WordPress Origin Story

My first developer role, back in 2008, was for a start-up that used a variety of CMS solutions, and WordPress was one of them. It was my favourite to work with and quickly became our go-to solution. I haven’t looked back since!

Badges

CODE

5 badges

Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '22

COMMUNITY

2 badges

bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '23

Current Job

Software Engineer

Present

Automattic

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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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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April 2026

Apr 20 Mon · 10:02

Meta high

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026

March 2026

Mar 28 Sat · 01:47

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Add redirect for Google Fonts JSON file, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
We're working around this at the moment by requesting new redirects for each WordPress release.…

November 2025

Nov 12 Wed · 16:12

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Heading Block CSS Specificity Fix in WordPress 6.9, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.9 fixes a specificity issue with the Heading block's background padding. Previously, padding styles applied…

August 2025

Aug 15 Fri · 09:08

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Posted a reply to Switch child theme to standalone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There isn't a way to transform a child theme to a parent theme via Create…

Aug 01 Fri · 09:29

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, July 30, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @mikachan. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.9 RoadmapWhat’s new…

July 2025

Jul 31 Thu · 06:11

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Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
Props to @mikachan – thank you for hosting and preparing the Dev Chat. Much appreciated.…

Jul 30 Wed · 11:09

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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda – July 30, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, Aki! Will add this to the agenda for today.

Jul 30 Wed · 11:08

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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda – July 30, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks! Will add this to today's agenda.

Jul 29 Tue · 18:30

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Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda – July 30, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…

February 2025

Feb 10 Mon · 18:17

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Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
Props to @mikachan and @joemcgill for their wonderful work in the Core Team as team…