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David Baumwald

Full-Stack Developer at Dream Encode

@davidbaumwald Starke, FL, USA joined Jul 2016

dream-encode.com github.com/dream-encode Slack: @davidb
    Maintains Comments
    Teams Core

    Bio

    am potato

    Interests

    Code, flying, over-the-top Christmas lights, cats, DIY, memes.

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    Core Contributor '19 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '20 Plugin Developer Security Contributor '22 Security Team '22

    Current Job

    Full-Stack Developer
    Present
    Dream Encode

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6
    Last 90 days
    7contributions
    high7
    medium0
    score21
    Last 12 months
    131contributions
    high113
    medium18
    score357

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 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
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 25 Thu · 10:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62561] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Allow publish meta box action row to wrap.
    Jun 18 Thu · 21:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62526] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Allow publish meta box action row to wrap.
    May 2026
    May 28 Thu · 12:35
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65362 on Core Trac:
    Regression: display: flex on #major-publishing-actions breaks layout ...
    May 07 Thu · 11:51
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62319] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.
    May 06 Wed · 21:44
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62310] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.
    May 06 Wed · 19:54
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62308] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Partial backport of [62210].
    April 2026
    Apr 06 Mon · 19:22
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62210] on WordPress SVN:
    Revert Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.
    March 2026
    Mar 26 Thu · 18:44
    Meta high
    Received props from @4thhubbard in Slack:
    Props to @desrosj @johnbillion @jonsurrel @davidbaumwald and @jorbin for supporting the party today!
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:04
    Meta high
    Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
    Huge Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum, @westonruter, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @mindctrl,…
    Mar 12 Thu · 14:55
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61989] on WordPress SVN:
    Login and Registration: Update logo from blue to gray to match new design.