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David Smith

Software Engineer at Automattic

@get_dave Frome, England, United Kingdom joined Jan 2013

aheadcreative.co.uk github.com/getdave Slack: @Dave Smith (getdave/get_dave)
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    Bio

    Software Engineer at Automattic and YouTuber at https://www.youtube.com/daveonwp.

    Long time WordPress developer. Generally I appear as `@getdave` or `@get_dave`.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '19 Core Team '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer '24
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '21

    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
    9contributions
    high0
    medium9
    score9
    Last 90 days
    15contributions
    high3
    medium12
    score21
    Last 12 months
    251contributions
    high51
    medium200
    score353

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    November 2026
    Nov 02 Mon · 13:11
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79549 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    WIP Ex Editor
    Nov 02 Mon · 13:11
    Core med
    Closed pull request #83088 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    WIP Ex Editor (rebuilt on trunk)
    Nov 02 Mon · 13:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #86188 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    CnL Experimental Editor Prototype
    Nov 02 Mon · 10:08
    Core med
    Created issue #86181 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Improving Navigation Editing in WordPress 7.3
    Nov 02 Mon · 10:06
    Core med
    Created issue #86180 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation Menus: Show live previews of every location a menu is used…
    Nov 02 Mon · 10:06
    Core med
    Created issue #86179 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation Menus: Add a bulk add screen for menu items
    Nov 02 Mon · 10:06
    Core med
    Created issue #86178 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation Menus: Treat sub menus as first-class containers
    Nov 02 Mon · 10:06
    Core med
    Created issue #86177 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation Menus: Replace "Add block" with a task-based inserter
    October 2026
    Oct 26 Mon · 14:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85567 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block toolbar: Experimental implementation of the #85204 designs
    September 2026
    Sep 15 Tue · 08:53
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82945 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation: reference Navigation Menus by slug

    Developer

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    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Plugins

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