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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
    3contributions
    high1
    medium2
    score5
    Last 90 days
    6contributions
    high4
    medium2
    score14
    Last 12 months
    63contributions
    high35
    medium28
    score133

    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
    September 2026
    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…
    May 2026
    May 29 Fri · 04:22
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [14924] on Meta SVN:
    Redirects: Redirect the legacy /extend/{plugins,themes} urls.
    May 28 Thu · 16:53
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8268 on Meta Trac:
    Legacy /extend/themes/{slug} URLs return 404 instead of redirecting to ...
    May 14 Thu · 16:56
    Meta high
    Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
    Props to @ellatrix, @audrasjb and @l0idor helping with the various release tasks :thank-you: :heart: Props…
    May 07 Thu · 21:50
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #395 on the WordPress/wporg-news-2021 repository:
    Search input on 404 page should not have a border.

    Completed courses

    6 completed

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