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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 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 7 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.3
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 3.8

    Contributions

    Type
    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
    Feb 18 Wed · 20:19
    Core med
    Created issue #75701 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation overlay: "show arrow" options overly complex and confusing
    Feb 07 Sat · 14:58
    GitHub med
    Created issue #17 in the WordPress/agent-skills repository:
    WPDS MCP
    January 2026
    Jan 13 Tue · 20:48
    Core med
    Created issue #74597 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Terms List block: selected term should be displayed in dropdown select element
    Jan 13 Tue · 20:39
    Core med
    Created ticket #64501 on Core Trac:
    Consider leaving title field blank as default for images in library

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