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David Arenas

Software Engineer at Automattic

@darerodz joined Feb 2021

github.com/DAreRodz Slack: @darerodz
    Maintains Interactivity API
    Teams Core

    Bio

    Interactivity API component maintainer.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '22

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high2
    medium4
    score10
    Last 90 days
    6contributions
    high2
    medium4
    score10
    Last 12 months
    79contributions
    high37
    medium42
    score153

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 14 Fri · 18:18
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81651 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Interactivity Router: Preserve dynamically injected styles across navigations
    Aug 11 Tue · 18:23
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81452 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Interactivity API: Preserve client-injected styles via data-wp-router-managed
    Aug 10 Mon · 20:12
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12963 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Interactivity API: Mark server-side-rendered style elements for the Interactivity Router
    July 2026
    Jul 30 Thu · 17:04
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62944] on WordPress SVN:
    Interactivity API: Fix a fatal error when binding a non-scalar value.
    Jul 16 Thu · 12:08
    Core med
    Closed issue #79977 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Refactor Interactivity API package to allow for custom builds
    Jul 16 Thu · 12:08
    Core high
    Merged pull request #79975 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Interactivity API: refactor directives into self-registering modules
    April 2026
    Apr 10 Fri · 09:53
    Core high
    Pull request #76636 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    iAPI Docs: Fix typos, code errors, and inaccuracies in the documentation
    March 2026
    Mar 27 Fri · 11:37
    Core high
    Merged pull request #76856 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    docs: Fix markdown links and PHP code block in client-side navigation compatibility…
    Mar 27 Fri · 06:22
    Core high
    Pull request #76242 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    iAPI Docs: Add client-side navigation compatibility guide
    Mar 19 Thu · 21:16
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62070] on WordPress SVN:
    Interactivity API: fix `data-wp-bind` skipping valid directives after encountering an invalid one