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Alex Kirk

Automattic

@akirk Vienna, Austria joined Mar 2006

alex.kirk.at github.com/akirk Slack: @akirk
    Teams Meta Playground Polyglots
    Languages de_DE de-at it_IT

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '22 P Playground Contributor '25 P Playground Team '25 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '23
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    85contributions
    high50
    medium35
    score185
    Last 90 days
    198contributions
    high116
    medium82
    score430
    Last 12 months
    412contributions
    high229
    medium183
    score870

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 10 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    October 2026
    Oct 14 Wed · 07:05
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #4430 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Update the service worker when retrying startup failures
    Oct 14 Wed · 06:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3745432] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 4.4.0 from GitHub
    Oct 14 Wed · 06:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3745430] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.7.0
    Oct 14 Wed · 06:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3745428] to Plugins SVN:
    enable-mastodon-apps 1.7.0
    Oct 13 Tue · 20:25
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #260 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Add Travel Steps app
    Oct 13 Tue · 20:08
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #259 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Fix welcome page form field and logo layout shift
    Oct 13 Tue · 20:01
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #260 to WordPress/blueprints:
    Add Travel Steps app
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:55
    Playground med
    Closed issue #4429 on the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
    demo
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:37
    Playground med
    Closed issue #4428 on the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
    WordPress Playground fails to load on Windows and Mac
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:36
    Playground med
    Closed issue #4421 on the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
    wordpress playground Error

    Developer

    15 plugins

    Contributor

    4 plugins

    Plugins

    51 favorites

    Themes

    2 favorites

    Translations

    21 locales
    art_xpirate English (Pirate) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Friends WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Patterns

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 25 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Contributor Toolkit Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Cook App 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 7.1.x - Development

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Friends Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ar العربية (Arabic) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    he_IL עִבְרִית (Hebrew) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    id_ID Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ko_KR 한국어 (Korean) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_TW 繁體中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    es_ES Español (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    pt_BR Português do Brasil (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_CN 简体中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    sv_SE Svenska (Swedish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    tr_TR Türkçe (Turkish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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    de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Slim Jetpack

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    el Ελληνικά (Greek) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Friends

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    de_AT Deutsch (Österreich) (German) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Enable Mastodon Apps

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