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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
    2contributions
    high0
    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    45contributions
    high15
    medium30
    score75
    Last 12 months
    317contributions
    high72
    medium245
    score461

    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
    September 2026
    Sep 15 Tue · 08:53
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82945 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation: reference Navigation Menus by slug
    Sep 11 Fri · 13:06
    Core med
    Closed issue #50351 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Add filter to opt out of automattic Nav fallback behaviour
    August 2026
    Aug 17 Mon · 11:45
    Core high
    Pull request #80404 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Stop saving Table of Contents output
    Aug 10 Mon · 11:46
    Core high
    Pull request #80926 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Improve audio conversion and track selection
    Aug 07 Fri · 20:25
    Core high
    Pull request #81342 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Normalize Waveform Player configuration handling
    Aug 07 Fri · 14:00
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81342 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Normalize Waveform Player configuration handling
    Aug 04 Tue · 15:29
    Core high
    Pull request #81158 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    [wp/7.1] Backport: Pass Playlist controls to track blocks
    Aug 04 Tue · 14:18
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81158 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    [wp/7.1] Backport: Pass Playlist controls to track blocks
    Aug 03 Mon · 16:56
    Core high
    Pull request #81078 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    [WP 7.1] Playlist: Add track icon
    Aug 03 Mon · 14:24
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81078 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    [WP 7.1] Playlist: Add track icon

    Developer

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    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Plugins

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