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Mary Hubbard

Executive Director at Automattic

@4thhubbard Washington, US joined Oct 2024

MaryHubbard.com github.com/4thhubbard Slack: @Mary Hubbard
    Teams Community Core Support Test

    WordPress Origin Story

    I came to WordPress through WooCommerce, where I led marketplace strategy and worked deeply with the plugin and extension ecosystem, building on my background in e-commerce and digital marketplaces. WooCommerce is also where my commitment to open source really took hold, through direct exposure to the community, the contribution model, and the scale of impact WordPress enables. I then moved on to WordPress.com at Automattic, partnering closely with core contributors, hosts, developers, and community leaders across the project.

    I now serve as the Executive Director of WordPress, focused on the long-term health, resilience, and evolution of the open-source project and its global community. I’m focused on strengthening contributor programs, education, and shared infrastructure so WordPress can continue to grow without losing what makes it special.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '25 Core Team '26 Meta Contributor '26
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '25

    Current Job

    Executive Director
    Present
    Automattic

    Job History

    Executive Director, WordPress
    Oct 2024 – Present
    Automattic
    Head of TikTok Americas
    Nov 2022 – May 2025
    Bytedance
    Responsible for the end to end governance and experience, ensuring the safety and trustworthiness of TTS for all users, sellers, and creators.
    Chief Product Officer
    TruRating
    Chief Experience/Product Officer, WordPress.com
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high3
    medium3
    score12
    Last 90 days
    7contributions
    high4
    medium3
    score15
    Last 12 months
    64contributions
    high37
    medium27
    score138

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 02 Fri · 19:01
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15269] on Meta SVN:
    Login: Add event signup codes.
    September 2026
    Sep 28 Mon · 21:21
    GitHub high
    Pull request #226 merged into WordPress/WPCredits:
    Institution roster: count a mentored student as Current even when her report…
    Sep 28 Mon · 17:54
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #226 to WordPress/WPCredits:
    Institution roster: count a mentored student as Current even when her report…
    Sep 21 Mon · 14:28
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress Takes Its Turn Leading the Open Website Alliance, on the site WordPress News:
    I’m happy to announce that I am now serving as president of the Open Website…
    Sep 17 Thu · 19:08
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Events in the US and Canada: the plan through 2027, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    This is a great initiative and i'm so glad to see it already getting some…
    Sep 17 Thu · 15:07
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Help test mini contributor sessions at WordPress Meetups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    Fantastic to see momentum here.
    August 2026
    Aug 27 Thu · 17:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress Signs the Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter, on the site WordPress News:
    We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an…
    July 2026
    Jul 08 Wed · 00:12
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62661] on WordPress SVN:
    Privacy: Update the international data transfer tutorial text.
    Jul 06 Mon · 23:34
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8350 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin Stats snapshot generation stopped since 2026-07-02
    June 2026
    Jun 29 Mon · 20:29
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, The First AI Leaders Graduates, on the site WordPress News:
    On June 23, around 40 students from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Louisiana Tech…

    Completed courses

    6 completed

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