Birgit Pauli-Haack (@bph) – WordPress user profile

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WordPress Developer Advocate
Curating community voices around the new editor on Gutenberg Times

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Developer Advocate

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Automattic

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Automattic sponsors Birgit Pauli-Haack to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Documentation, and Playground.

Member Since: January 14th, 2010
Location: Munich, Germany
Website: gutenbergtimes.com
GitHub: bph
Job Title: Developer Advocate
Employer: Automattic
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Contribution History

Community Contributor
Community Team
Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Team
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Playground Contributor
Playground Team
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph and @psykro for feedback and reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/whats-new-for-developers-may-2026/.
23 hours ago
Merged pull request #179 into WordPress/blueprints:
Add blueprint to enable Gutenberg Guidelines experiment
6 days ago
Created issue #844 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
[Tracking] Tighten CBT REST API conventions across endpoints
6 days ago
Submitted pull request #843 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
Add /theme-settings REST endpoint + CBT_Theme_Settings_Save service
1 week ago
Created issue #842 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Templates tab persistence
1 week ago
Created issue #841 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Shadows tab persistence
1 week ago
Created issue #840 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Typography tab persistence
1 week ago
Created issue #839 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Dimensions tab persistence
1 week ago
Created issue #838 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Foundation + Color tab fully wired
1 week ago
Created issue #837 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
REST endpoint + CBT_Theme_Settings_Save service
1 week ago
Created issue #836 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
[Tracking] Edit Theme Settings: phased implementation
1 week ago
Closed issue #834 on the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
PHP deprecation: undefined `$template->media` property access during template save
1 week ago
Merged pull request #835 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
Fix: guard `$template->media` reads against undefined property
1 week ago
Committed [3524138] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #835 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
Fix: guard `$template->media` reads against undefined property
1 week ago
Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
1 week ago
Created issue #834 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
PHP deprecation: undefined `$template->media` property access during template save
1 week ago
Submitted pull request #833 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
Refactor: Extract CBT_Theme_Save service from rest_save_theme
1 week ago
Received props from @meszarosrob in Slack:
Props to @greenshady and @bph for reviewing the https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/getting-started-writing-wordpress-e2e-tests-with-playwright/ article on the developer blog.
1 week ago
Committed [3522429] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
1 week ago
Committed [3522419] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 0.1.1
1 week ago
Committed [3522412] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
1 week ago
Created issue #832 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Feature: Add wp cbt export CLI command
2 weeks ago
Created issue #831 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Refactor: Extract CBT_Theme_Export service from rest_export_theme
2 weeks ago
Created issue #830 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Feature: Add wp cbt save CLI command
2 weeks ago
Created issue #829 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Refactor: Extract CBT_Theme_Save service from rest_save_theme
2 weeks ago
Created issue #828 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
[Tracking] WP-CLI support: phased implementation
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #827 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
i18n: Localise fileName and downloadButtonText of the File block
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #826 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
i18n: Localize label attribute of additional blocks
2 weeks ago
Created issue #825 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
i18n: Additional blocks not made translation-ready on theme save
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #64764 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Global theme.json fluid typography setting is not available in the UI
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #820 on the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Add a UI space to modify layout properties
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #823 on the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Setting to show all typography (and other) controls by default while authoring...
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #824 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
Add setting to expand typography controls in the block inspector
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #824 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
Add setting to expand typography controls in the block inspector
3 weeks ago
Made 9 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Roster of design tools per block (WordPress 7.0 edition), on the site Make WordPress Core:
A basic look up table on design tools supported per block.
3 weeks ago
Closed pull request #765 on WordPress/create-block-theme:
Remove Pattern Saving Option
3 weeks ago
Closed pull request #791 on WordPress/create-block-theme:
Add full and wide width support for blank theme.
3 weeks ago
Created issue #823 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Setting to show all typography (and other) controls by default while authoring...
3 weeks ago
Created issue #821 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Blank Theme: Color palette remove "custom-" prefix
4 weeks ago
Created issue #820 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
Add a UI space to modify layout properties
4 weeks ago
Created issue #469 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
How to dynamically load template parts in block themes
1 month ago
Created issue #468 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Best practices for using Composer in WordPress plugins
1 month ago
Created issue #467 in the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
Building external MCP servers for WordPress and WooCommerce with the REST API
1 month ago
Made 3 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
2 months ago
Merged pull request #464 into WordPress/developer-blog-content:
Fix follow-up dedup: match original message, not the other way around
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #464 to WordPress/developer-blog-content:
Fix follow-up dedup: match original message, not the other way around
2 months ago
Merged pull request #462 into WordPress/developer-blog-content:
Auto-create next Monthly Roundup issue on close
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #462 to WordPress/developer-blog-content:
Auto-create next Monthly Roundup issue on close
2 months ago