Alex Kirk
Automattic
@akirk Vienna, Austria joined Mar 2006
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'23
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'26
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Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
28contributions
high14
medium14
score56
Last 90 days
122contributions
high59
medium63
score240
Last 12 months
231contributions
high121
medium110
score473
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 9 releases
- 7.0
- 6.5
- 5.8
- 5.6
- 5.5
- 5.2
- 5.0
- 4.4
- 4.3
Time commitment
20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time
Contributions
Type
July 2026
Jul 17
Fri · 14:05
Playground
high
Merged pull request #223 into WordPress/blueprints:
Add My WordPress travel apps and app alternatives recipe
Add My WordPress travel apps and app alternatives recipe
Jul 17
Fri · 13:31
Playground
med
Submitted pull request #223 to WordPress/blueprints:
Add My WordPress travel apps and app alternatives recipe
Add My WordPress travel apps and app alternatives recipe
Jul 17
Fri · 09:55
GitHub
med
Jul 17
Fri · 09:24
GitHub
med
Submitted pull request #718 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
Plugin Sumission: Provide a button to let the user plugin check before…
Plugin Sumission: Provide a button to let the user plugin check before…
Jul 16
Thu · 09:55
GitHub
high
Jul 15
Wed · 14:08
GitHub
med
Jul 15
Wed · 13:27
Meta
high
Jul 15
Wed · 11:57
Playground
high
Merged pull request #3267 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
[docs] Adding manifest.json for handbook structure
[docs] Adding manifest.json for handbook structure
Jul 15
Wed · 11:44
GitHub
high
Jul 14
Tue · 17:36
Forums
med
Posted a reply to I do remove, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please tell me more how it is incompatible? I am using it with WordPress 7.0
Please tell me more how it is incompatible? I am using it with WordPress 7.0
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Developer
12 plugins-
Chatrix
20+ active installs -
Enable Mastodon Apps
600+ active installs -
Factolex Glossary
Less than 10 active installs -
Family Wiki
Less than 10 active installs -
Friends
1,000+ active installs -
GlotPress
500+ active installs -
My Apps
Less than 10 active installs -
My Post Stats Dashboard Widget
Less than 10 active installs -
OpenID Connect Server
100+ active installs -
Secure Gettext
Less than 10 active installs -
startpage
40+ active installs -
thinkery
Less than 10 active installs
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5 plugins-
ActivityPub
6,000+ active installs -
Embed PDF Viewer
20,000+ active installs -
Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
3+ million active installs -
Masterbar Note
Less than 10 active installs -
Tours
20+ active installs
Plugins
49 favorites
Themes
2 favorites
Translations
21 locales
art_xpirate
English (Pirate) (English)
General Translation Editor
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 2 projects.
de_DE
Deutsch (German)
Patterns Translation Editor
Project Translation Editor
Translation Contributor
Translation editor for 1 project.
Translation editor for 2 projects.
Contributed translations to 23 projects.
WordPress for Android
WordPress for iOS
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Enable Mastodon Apps
Family Wiki
Friends
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
Locatoraid Store Locator
Masterbar Note
Product Catalog Simple
Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack
WooCommerce
WordPress 4.4.x
WordPress 4.5.x
WordPress 4.6.x
WordPress 4.7.x
WordPress 4.8.x
WordPress 4.9.x
WordPress 5.0.x
WordPress 5.1.x
WordPress 5.2.x
WordPress 5.3.x
WordPress 7.0.x - Development
it_IT
Italiano (Italian)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 5 projects.
ar
العربية (Arabic)
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Contributed translations to 4 projects.
he_IL
עִבְרִית (Hebrew)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
id_ID
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
ko_KR
한국어 (Korean)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
nl_NL
Nederlands (Dutch)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
ru_RU
Русский (Russian)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
zh_TW
繁體中文 (Chinese)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 4 projects.
es_ES
Español (Spanish)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 3 projects.
ja
日本語 (Japanese)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 3 projects.
pt_BR
Português do Brasil (Portuguese)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 3 projects.
zh_CN
简体中文 (Chinese)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 3 projects.
fr_FR
Français (French)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 2 projects.
sv_SE
Svenska (Swedish)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 2 projects.
tr_TR
Türkçe (Turkish)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 2 projects.
art_xemoji
🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 1 project.
de_DE / formal
Deutsch (German)
Translation Contributor
el
Ελληνικά (Greek)
Translation Contributor
de_AT
Deutsch (Österreich) (German)
Plugins Translation Editor