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Dave Whitley

Design Engineer at Automattic

@drw158 Nashville, TN joined Jan 2010

davewhitley.com github.com/davewhitley Slack: @davewhitley

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    Current Job

    Design Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Last 30 days
    2contributions
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    Last 90 days
    8contributions
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    Last 12 months
    19contributions
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    medium16
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 8 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.3
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 3.8

    Contributions

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    September 2026
    Sep 17 Thu · 16:30
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Ipsum, the new default theme, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Why not give the user an option to just start blank? This can be very…
    Sep 08 Tue · 21:19
    Core med
    Created issue #82623 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Attribute/meta fields: text looks editable but it's not
    August 2026
    Aug 26 Wed · 19:41
    Core med
    Closed issue #82083 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Cover block: unlock ability to set specific percentage on overlay
    Aug 26 Wed · 16:36
    Core med
    Created issue #82083 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Cover block: unlock ability to set specific percentage on overlay
    July 2026
    Jul 27 Mon · 19:03
    Core med
    Created issue #80756 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Interactive States for Blocks: Usability Feedback
    Jul 27 Mon · 15:25
    Core med
    Created issue #80742 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Menu overlay: Close block is using system-ui font instead of default
    Jul 14 Tue · 12:59
    Core med
    Created issue #80252 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Responsive styles: design feedback on viewport popover
    Jul 09 Thu · 13:54
    Core med
    Created issue #80057 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Block level custom css is being overridden by default styles
    February 2026
    Feb 26 Thu · 20:11
    Core med
    Created issue #75977 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation block: Submenu block settings should be discoverable from the Submenu block…
    Feb 18 Wed · 20:32
    Core med
    Created issue #75702 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation block: submenu text is a bit off and could be improved

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