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Adam Silverstein

Staff Developer at Earthbound

@adamsilverstein Hotchkiss, CO joined Oct 2012

earthbound.com github.com/adamsilverstein Slack: @adamsilverstein
    Maintains Autosave Media Notes Revisions
    Teams Core AI Core Core Performance

    Bio

    Core Committer. Previously Developer Relations Engineer at Google, Lead engineer at 10up.

    Interests

    WordPress, Mbira, river rafting, growing food, big skies, family, sailing, chocolate, farming, travel.

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Core Team '16 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '18 WordCamp Volunteer '26
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Staff Developer
    Present
    Earthbound

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    121contributions
    high71
    medium50
    score263
    Last 90 days
    485contributions
    high230
    medium255
    score945
    Last 12 months
    1415contributions
    high510
    medium905
    score2435

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 36 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 14 Wed · 09:34
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64343] on WordPress SVN:
    REST API: Add `action-trash` link to posts and comments.
    Oct 09 Fri · 08:48
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #14132 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Editor: Add a filter for the emoji a note can be reacted…
    Oct 09 Fri · 08:42
    Core med
    Created ticket #66276 on Core Trac:
    Notes: Add a filter for the emoji a note can be reacted with
    Oct 07 Wed · 21:47
    Core med
    Created issue #84202 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Notes: Restore a note's reactions when the note is restored from the…
    Oct 07 Wed · 21:10
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #84200 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Notes: Add a filter for the limited preset emoji reaction list
    Oct 07 Wed · 21:09
    Core med
    Created issue #84199 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Notes: Let developers filter the emoji reaction list
    Oct 07 Wed · 14:29
    Core med
    Closed pull request #78176 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Notes: Open a full searchable emoji picker from the add-reaction button (stacked…
    Oct 06 Tue · 12:31
    Core med
    Closed pull request #80482 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Preserve unsent note drafts when switching blocks
    Oct 05 Mon · 16:43
    Plugins high
    Committed [3729309] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating readme/assets from GitHub
    Oct 05 Mon · 00:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3727938] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating readme/assets from GitHub

    Developer

    13 plugins

    Contributor

    7 plugins

    Plugins

    11 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed

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