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Darin Kotter

Associate Director of Open Source Engineering at Fueled

@dkotter joined Feb 2011

darinkotter.com github.com/dkotter Slack: @Darin Kotter
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    CODE
    4 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '25 C Core AI Team '26 Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Associate Director of Open Source Engineering
    Present
    Fueled

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    123contributions
    high64
    medium59
    score251
    Last 90 days
    379contributions
    high214
    medium165
    score807
    Last 12 months
    588contributions
    high315
    medium273
    score1218

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 7 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.8
    • 6.4
    • 6.1
    • 5.6
    • 4.2
    • 4.0

    Time commitment

    6 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 01 Wed · 16:16
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #813 into WordPress/ai:
    refactor: migrate excerpt generation e2e tests to use Playwright loca…
    Jul 01 Wed · 15:46
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #812 into WordPress/ai:
    Fix[Settings]: Improve focus restoration after AI settings saves
    Jul 01 Wed · 15:21
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #811 into WordPress/ai:
    Increase gh actions runner timeout for E2E tests completion
    Jul 01 Wed · 15:09
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #197 on the WordPress/ai repository:
    Disable features until valid AI credentials are entered (leaving non-Connector powered features…
    Jul 01 Wed · 15:08
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #799 on WordPress/ai:
    Gate provider-backed features until valid credentials exist (#197)
    Jul 01 Wed · 14:03
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Enabling Experimental Features Breaks Open AI Connector, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    1. The OpenAI Connector must already be connected before enabling the AI plugin’s features You'll…
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 18:41
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #560 into WordPress/ai:
    Add encryption for AI Connector API keys
    Jun 30 Tue · 16:37
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #145 on the WordPress/ai repository:
    Rename experiment register() method to better reflect initialization
    Jun 30 Tue · 15:30
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #807 into WordPress/ai:
    feat: add success notice after saving developer feature settings
    Jun 30 Tue · 15:04
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #787 into WordPress/ai:
    Fix Abilities Explorer input schema validation

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