Profiles

Bio

Hello, I’m Tonya.

Some highlights:

✦ engineering leader, architect, coach
✦ core committer
✦ build/test tools maintainer
✦ 2023 core team rep
✦ WordPress 6.6.x maintenance release lead
✦ WordPress 6.4 core tech lead
✦ WordPress 6.2 core tech lead
✦ WordPress 5.9 core tech lead and release coordinator
✦ WordPress 5.7 release triage lead
✦ WordPress 5.6 release triage lead
✦ test team rep for 2021-2022
✦ story to tell (go read it on HeroPress)
✦ high-tech alum

Update: I’ve paused my contributions.

WordPress Origin Story

My origin story is on HeroPress: “Finding Your Purpose in Life”.

Badges

CODE
4 badges
Core Contributor '20 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
COMMUNITY
2 badges
bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
PRACTICE
2 badges
Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21

Current Job

Technology Director
Present
Dreamers of Day

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days
2contributions
high2
medium0
score6
Last 90 days
3contributions
high3
medium0
score9
Last 12 months
12contributions
high12
medium0
score36

WordPress releases

Contributed to 17 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
  • 5.7
  • 5.6
  • 5.5

Contributions

Type
September 2026
Sep 04 Fri · 06:17
Core high
Mentioned in [63461] on WordPress SVN:
General: Recognize any numeric zero in `size_format()`.
August 2026
Aug 27 Thu · 10:19
Core high
Mentioned in [63359] on WordPress SVN:
Administration: Improve wp namespace in password-strength-meter.js
July 2026
Jul 10 Fri · 17:01
Core high
Mentioned in [62688] on WordPress SVN:
Users: Improve interfaces for deleting users.
March 2026
Mar 19 Thu · 09:30
Core high
Mentioned in [62059] on WordPress SVN:
General: Remove unused dynamic `$features` variable from the constructor of `class-ftp.php`.
February 2026
Feb 19 Thu · 12:43
Core high
Mentioned in [61695] on WordPress SVN:
Plugins: Add a new `plugins_list_status_text` filter in `get_views()` to allow custom filtering.
Feb 16 Mon · 17:01
Core high
Mentioned in [61651] on WordPress SVN:
Users: Set username, email, and password fields to ltr.
January 2026
Jan 09 Fri · 04:26
Core high
Mentioned in [61457] on WordPress SVN:
Code Modernization: Use null coalescing operator instead of `isset()` ternaries in remaining core files.
December 2025
Dec 11 Thu · 01:53
Core high
Mentioned in [61369] on WordPress SVN:
Export: Update `export_wp()` to handle `get_comment()` returning `null` due to filter.
Dec 08 Mon · 21:53
Core high
Mentioned in [61360] on WordPress SVN:
Posts, Post Types: Only set default title for custom post types if they have title support.
October 2025
Oct 22 Wed · 16:28
Core high
Mentioned in [61048] on WordPress SVN:
Query: Prevent querying for all terms in `WP_Term_Query` when `include` is set to `[0]`.

Developer

4 plugins

Contributor

1 plugin