WordPress.org
Get WordPress

Profiles

Velda

Happiness Engineer at Automattic

@supernovia Massachusettes joined Nov 2008

legendofvelda.com github.com/supernovia slack: @Velda
    Teams Community Training
    Sponsored Automattic 40 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Contributing to WordPress.org through Five for the Future, with a focus on community support, education, and the occasional trek through new ideas.

    Interests

    Open source, community, design, exploring new trails and ideas, and making the most of life with my senior rescue dog.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I first met WordPress while working at a hosting company, and my local open source user group nudged me toward WordCamp in 2008. I’ve been hooked ever since: the software drew me in, but the community made me stay.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '25 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '26 Photo Contributor '24 WordPress.tv Contributor '26
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    Community Contributor '25 Community Team '25 WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14 WordCamp Volunteer '26

    Current Job

    Happiness Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    7contributions
    high3
    medium4
    score13
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high7
    medium5
    score26
    Last 12 months
    33contributions
    high19
    medium14
    score71

    Specializations

    share of activity across teams · last 365 days · 9 attributed contributions

    Training 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 26 Tue · 19:16
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post The Test Team Training Program Recap, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Thank you! I'd suggest opening the course unless it's intended only for certain people.
    May 26 Tue · 18:59
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post The Test Team Training Program Recap, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    Thanks @huzaifaalmesbah! I also see the error saying we have to request access to the…
    May 11 Mon · 18:46
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Getting Started, on the site WordPress Campus Connect Narnia 2026:
    Log into your site and click Edit Site Change the site name to your club's name…
    May 11 Mon · 13:27
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Migrating WordPress Playground Documentation to WordPress.org, on the site WordPress Playground:
    I'm curious how you've been using this sort of thing: [code]--- title: 📖 Guides slug:…
    May 08 Fri · 18:09
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Help us help others contribute to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Thanks @jorbin. New Good First Issues seem to be pretty rare across the project these…
    May 07 Thu · 14:22
    Meta high
    Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Community.
    May 07 Thu · 14:21
    Meta high
    Wrote a new handbook page, How to request a video message from Matt, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Organizers can now apply for a short recorded video from Matt to play at your…
    April 2026
    Apr 29 Wed · 15:02
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Help us help others contribute to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Right now this works just with Github, and only the repositories connected, but if you…
    Apr 23 Thu · 17:47
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Help us help others contribute to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    If you've ever been part of a make team or helped at a Contributor Day,…
    Apr 07 Tue · 14:33
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Documentation.