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Daniel Richards

JavaScript Engineer at Automattic

@talldanwp Perth, Australia joined Jun 2018

github.com/talldan slack: @danr
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    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '18 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Organizer '20

    Current Job

    JavaScript Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    48contributions
    high21
    medium27
    score90
    Last 90 days
    78contributions
    high32
    medium46
    score142
    Last 12 months
    416contributions
    high119
    medium297
    score654

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 21 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0

    Time commitment

    30 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 29 Fri · 10:02
    Core med
    Closed issue #78802 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    New enforced border style in WordPress 7.0
    May 28 Thu · 18:08
    Core high
    Pull request #78770 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Shortcode block: Fix editor crash when selecting transform menu
    May 28 Thu · 10:18
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78770 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Shortcode block: Fix editor crash when selecting transform menu
    May 28 Thu · 03:18
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78672 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Hide paragraph Drop Cap and Fit Text controls when a state is…
    May 27 Wed · 09:49
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78718 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update AGENTS.md to mention additional pitfalls
    May 27 Wed · 08:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78718 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update AGENTS.md to mention additional pitfalls
    May 27 Wed · 05:07
    Core high
    Merged pull request #56880 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Changed labels to consistently use Patterns in favor of Block patterns
    May 27 Wed · 05:07
    Core med
    Closed issue #49617 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Consistent terminology: Patterns vs. Block Patterns
    May 27 Wed · 04:45
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78670 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Hide image dimension tools when a state is selected
    May 27 Wed · 04:36
    Core med
    Closed issue #78618 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Gutenberg publish panel does not respect lowercase a in g:i a time…

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