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Justin Tadlock

Developer Relations Wrangler at Automattic

@greenshady Alabama joined May 2005

justintadlock.com github.com/justintadlock Slack: @greenshady
    Team Rep Themes
    Teams Documentation Support Themes

    Bio

    I like WordPress. A lot.

    My base of operations is my personal blog, which is where you’ll find a lot of neat stuff about WordPress.

    Interests

    WordPress

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '20
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21

    Current Job

    Developer Relations Wrangler
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high3
    medium3
    score12
    Last 90 days
    13contributions
    high8
    medium5
    score29
    Last 12 months
    166contributions
    high80
    medium86
    score326

    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
    • 5.9
    • 5.5
    • 5.3
    • 5.1
    • 4.4
    • 4.0
    • 3.5
    • 3.2

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 14:19
    Meta high
    Received props from @welcher in Slack:
    Props to @greenshady and @bph for review and feedback on the What's new for developers…
    Jul 09 Thu · 15:02
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @bph, @areziaal, @welcher, and @juanmaguitar for feedback and review on https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/06/dynamically-loading-template-parts-in-block-themes/ for the…
    Jul 09 Thu · 14:59
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #469 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
    How to dynamically load template parts in block themes
    June 2026
    Jun 19 Fri · 13:41
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Dynamically loading template parts in block themes, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    It is a cool function. The important thing is that get_block_theme_folders() ensures that your code…
    Jun 19 Fri · 13:36
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Dynamically loading template parts in block themes, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    I've never tried creating a template part in the Site Editor. I just always do…
    Jun 18 Thu · 21:29
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Dynamically loading template parts in block themes, on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
    Stop duplicating WordPress block theme templates just to load different sidebar content. Learn how to…
    Jun 10 Wed · 16:12
    Meta high
    Received props from @fatihkadirakin in Slack:
    Props to @bph and @greenshady for the What's new for developers June 2026 monthly roundup!…
    Jun 08 Mon · 19:03
    Core med
    Created issue #79019 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Hook for disabling font library no longer covers all cases (WordPress 7.0)
    May 2026
    May 12 Tue · 17:47
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @bph and @psykro for feedback and reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/whats-new-for-developers-may-2026/.
    May 12 Tue · 17:45
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #470 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
    What's new for developers? (May 2026)

    Developer

    36 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    14 themes

    Completed courses

    5 completed

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