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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
    4contributions
    high1
    medium3
    score6
    Last 90 days
    4contributions
    high1
    medium3
    score6
    Last 12 months
    350contributions
    high82
    medium268
    score514

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 18 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
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 06 Mon · 13:25
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12421 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Editor: Parse blocks in Latest Posts full content
    Jul 06 Mon · 12:54
    Core med
    Created ticket #65586 on Core Trac:
    Backport Latest Posts Parse blocks in full content display
    June 2026
    Jun 26 Fri · 10:24
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79581 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix extensible Site Editor canvas styling during navigation
    Jun 25 Thu · 14:15
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79549 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    WIP Ex Editor
    March 2026
    Mar 28 Sat · 03:06
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76875 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Button entity URL bindings via post-data/term-data args
    Mar 22 Sun · 11:28
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76754 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link UI: Add menu items picker (pages, posts, taxonomies, bulk add)
    Mar 21 Sat · 20:14
    Core med
    Closed pull request #75957 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Prototype: Navigation editing with drill-down UI in Extensible Site Editor
    Mar 19 Thu · 16:20
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76688 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix homepage badge incorrectly shown for draft pages
    Mar 18 Wed · 14:09
    Core med
    Reopened pull request #76634 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Bindings: Enable navigation links to use any binding source + readOnly…
    Mar 18 Wed · 14:09
    Core med
    Closed pull request #76634 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Bindings: Enable navigation links to use any binding source + readOnly…

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    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Plugins

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