Maciej (Matt) Pilarski (@gomp) – WordPress user profile

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress around 2007, beginning as a curious user exploring the possibilities of open publishing. My involvement deepened in 2014 when I volunteered at WordCamp Sofia and went on to co-organize local WordPress meetups and WordCamps across Poland, helping grow the regional community.
That same year, I joined OnTheGoSystems, providing multilingual support for the WPML plugin, and later moved to Japan, where I worked as a Product Evangelist focused on connecting creators and open-source tools.
Since 2016, I have been part of Automattic Inc., where I currently serve as a Community Wrangler. In this role, bridge support, community, and product feedback — ensuring that users and contributors alike have a voice in shaping the WordPress experience.

Passionate about education and open collaboration, I actively promote initiatives like WordPress Credits and WP Campus Connect, which connect academia with the global open-source ecosystem to empower the next generation of contributors.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

2 badges

WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '15

PRACTICE

2 badges

C Credits Graduate '26 C Credits Mentor '26

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '26

Current Job

Community Wrangler

Present

Automattic Inc.

Job History

Happiness Engineer

Oct 2016 – Oct 2025

Automattic Inc.

Technical Evangelist

Nov 2015 – Jun 2016

DigitalCube Inc.

Support Team

Dec 2014 – Oct 2015

OnTheGoSystems

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

16contributions

high14

medium2

score44

Last 90 days

19contributions

high16

medium3

score51

Last 12 months

50contributions

high34

medium16

score118

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 17 Fri · 13:00

Plugins high

Committed [3611507] to Plugins SVN:
1.0.10 â fix backward-compat shortcode aliases for contributor_team_matcher and find_your_team

Jul 16 Thu · 10:11

GitHub med

Closed pull request #21 on WordPress/wporg-contributor-orientation:
Build: 1726f4e424e050378d9411f3f5ff6e983a1b6ebb

Jul 16 Thu · 10:06

GitHub med

Submitted pull request #21 to WordPress/wporg-contributor-orientation:
Build: 1726f4e424e050378d9411f3f5ff6e983a1b6ebb

Jul 13 Mon · 08:02

Plugins high

Committed [3605624] to Plugins SVN:
Add plugin directory assets: icon (128/256) and banner (772x250/1544x500)

Jul 13 Mon · 07:44

Plugins high

Committed [3605607] to Plugins SVN:
Add contributors: francescodicandia, celigaroe, peiraisotta

Jul 13 Mon · 06:05

Plugins high

Committed [3605495] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.0.8

Jul 13 Mon · 06:04

Plugins high

Committed [3605494] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.0.8: fix Block Editor text domain (contributor-team-matcher -> find-your-team)

Jul 10 Fri · 15:14

Plugins high

Committed [3603083] to Plugins SVN:
Correct 1.0.7 changelog: document the CTM->CONTTEMA identifier rename

Jul 10 Fri · 15:11

Plugins high

Committed [3603077] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.0.7

Jul 10 Fri · 15:10

Plugins high

Committed [3603076] to Plugins SVN:
Restore main plugin file and add readme.txt for 1.0.7

Plugins 1
Photos 3
Courses 3
Favorites 12
Translations 1

Developer

1 plugin

Contributor Team Matcher

Less than 10 active installs

Photos

3 contributions

View all 3 photos in the Photo Directory

Completed courses

3 completed

WordPress Credits

Completed June 12, 2026
WordPress Credits Mentor's Course

Completed March 4, 2026
Open source basics and WordPress

Completed October 15, 2025

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Plugins

12 favorites

Translations

1 locale

pl_PL Polski (Polish) Meta Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Profiles