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Gopal Krishnan

Senior Software Developer at Automattic

@ingeniumed Sydney, Australia joined Dec 2022

gkrishnan.blog github.com/ingeniumed Slack: @ingeniumed
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    Bio

    I’m Gopal, and I work at Automattic as a Senior Software Developer.

    I’m a Canadian living in Australia who is super passionate about open source software.

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    Current Job

    Senior Software Developer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    11contributions
    high2
    medium9
    score15
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high3
    medium9
    score18
    Last 12 months
    121contributions
    high49
    medium72
    score219

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.4
    • 6.2

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 05 Wed · 02:12
    Core med
    Closed issue #79643 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    RTC: Selection awareness across mixed-type blocks doesn't work
    Aug 05 Wed · 02:12
    Core high
    Merged pull request #79836 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix/79643 rtc awareness mixed block selection
    Aug 03 Mon · 00:04
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80769 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Disable custom autosave controller when RTC is disabled
    Aug 03 Mon · 00:04
    Core med
    Closed issue #80662 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Preview can show a stale autosave after reverting a published post title
    July 2026
    Jul 30 Thu · 04:48
    Core med
    Closed issue #76599 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    RTC: The list of active collaborators is hidden when Top Toolbar view…
    Jul 29 Wed · 21:51
    Core med
    Closed pull request #77344 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Hooks: Backport RTC-related bugfix
    Jul 29 Wed · 21:50
    Core med
    Closed issue #76176 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    RTC: [Interface] Block Hooks auto-inserted blocks duplicated on page refresh or collaborator…
    Jul 28 Tue · 00:44
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80769 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Disable custom autosave controller when RTC is disabled
    Jul 24 Fri · 04:54
    Core med
    Created issue #80662 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Preview can show a stale autosave after reverting a published post title
    Jul 23 Thu · 23:51
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80658 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Couple RTC and polling provider as an opt-in experiment