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Ben Dwyer

Automattic

@scruffian United Kingdom joined Oct 2007

scruffian.com github.com/scruffian
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    Sponsored Automattic 30 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Playing for Automattic. Make it simpler.

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    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer '24

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

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    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 11 Wed · 16:19
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, What’s new in Gutenberg 22.7? (11 March), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg…
    December 2024
    Dec 20 Fri · 14:36
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Create Block Theme, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
    Yes, that's right. Some themes also contain patterns and block styles, but that's not necesssary.
    August 2024
    Aug 13 Tue · 12:26
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg (August 2024), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Unfortunately I won't be able to attend this time. I have done a demo of…
    July 2024
    Jul 19 Fri · 22:48
    Meta high
    Received props from @ajlende in Slack:
    Props to @onemaggie, @scruffian, @jeryj, @juanmaguitar, @ndiego, @greenshady, @bph, and @milana_cap for their suggestions and…
    January 2024
    Jan 17 Wed · 20:33
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in Gutenberg 17.5? (17 January 2024), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Thanks, they should be fixed now :)
    Jan 17 Wed · 13:59
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, What’s new in Gutenberg 17.5? (17 January 2024), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg…
    October 2023
    Oct 10 Tue · 13:10
    Meta high
    Received props from @Bernhard Reiter in Slack:
    Props @scruffian for finding a https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55202 in the Block Hooks performance fix, and for filing…
    August 2023
    Aug 23 Wed · 12:51
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Roadmap to 6.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Could we have a "Word Count" block instead?
    May 2023
    May 04 Thu · 14:12
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Stacks: The first community theme, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
    The first WordPress community theme is now live in the Themes Directory. It's called Stacks.…
    March 2023
    Mar 09 Thu · 17:08
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    @cbirdsong, that's correct, these tools are only available in the Global Styles interface so far.…

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