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Rich Tabor

Product at Automattic

@richtabor Atlanta, GA joined Aug 2016

richtabor.com github.com/richtabor slack: @Rich Tabor
    Teams Core Design

    Bio

    As a WordPress entrepreneur, designer and developer all wrapped up in one, Rich Tabor is recognized as one of the top leaders in this post-Gutenberg era of WordPress. His ever-precise design chops have topped the 2018 Automattic Design Awards and led him to co-found CoBlocks – a top-notch set of page builder blocks and tools for Gutenberg, ThemeBeans – a premier WordPress theme shop and Iceberg – a markdown editor for Gutenberg.

    Rich is currently at Automattic, working towards making the web a better place.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Building experiences is what I do. I obsess over details you hardly see, but certainly feel.

    Since 2011, I’ve been designing, building, and launching WordPress products like Iceberg, CoBlocks, ThemeBeans (acquired by GoDaddy). Over these past few years, my focus has turned towards defining top-notch block-editor experiences, to better empower folks to publish with WordPress.

    In 2019, I joined GoDaddy as the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience, where we launched and grew the Go WordPress theme to just over 90,000 active installs and took CoBlocks from 5,000 installs to 500,000 installs in two years.

    After a few years at GoDaddy I jumped in with Extendify as Head of Product — where we built a platform of site design and creation tools (Extendify Library, Launch, and Assist) to empower folks to publish beautifully online. The Extendify plugin was one of the fastest growing plugins of 2022, having gained nearly 70,000 installs in the first year.

    Currently I’m a Product Manager at Automattic, working on making the web a better place.

    I love WordPress — it’s priceless and free at the same time, equipping and inspiring folks to be successful online.

    Badges

    CODE
    8 badges
    Core Contributor '19 Core Team '22 Design Contributor '19 Meta Contributor '22 Pattern Author '22 Patterns Team '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '21

    Current Job

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    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Specializations

    evenly split across 2 teams · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Contributions

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    April 2026
    Apr 13 Mon · 21:42
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Please provide access to a…, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
    Please provide access to a .org sandbox as I have some work to do on…
    June 2025
    Jun 12 Thu · 12:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Simple & Elegant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey thanks!
    April 2025
    Apr 15 Tue · 19:23
    Meta high
    Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
    Props to @audrasjb @desrosj @michelleames @SergeyBiryukov@joemcgill @Mamaduka @marybaum @karmatosed @estelaris @ryelle @paulkevan @themebeans @richtabor @4thhubbard…
    March 2025
    Mar 27 Thu · 21:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Block not available in editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey mate, were you able to figure it out? It should work fine installing directly…
    Mar 27 Thu · 21:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Perfect solution, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the review, and noted!
    November 2024
    Nov 23 Sat · 14:52
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to One of the most imp block plugin for block themes, Simple and ease to use, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey, thanks!
    April 2024
    Apr 07 Sun · 16:05
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.6 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I’m happy to help on on the design or default themes (to help plan for…
    January 2024
    Jan 03 Wed · 01:47
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call to action: 2024 major releases call for volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'm down to volunteer for Design lead.
    August 2023
    Aug 14 Mon · 13:57
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Admin Design Kickoff, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    I find the name “Surfaces” slightly confusing. Why not “Views” or “Screens”? Just terms I…
    Aug 14 Mon · 13:54
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Admin Design Kickoff, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    One last concern : accessibility, how will this be accessible to users ? The content…

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    Contributor

    Total photo contributions: 26

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    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 2

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