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Karin Christen

Co-Founder, UX Designer, Tutor at required gmbh

@karinchristen Zurich, Switzerland joined Mar 2014

required.com github.com/KarinChristen Slack: @karinchristen
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    Bio

    Co-Founder of a Swiss WordPress agency with a strong focus on UX, accessibility and sustainable web platforms. Working with WordPress for over 15 years and actively contributing through Five for the Future. Believes that open source grows best when people feel safe, supported and empowered to participate.

    Badges

    CODE
    1 badge
    Core Contributor '15
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Co-Founder, UX Designer, Tutor
    Present
    required gmbh

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high1
    medium0
    score3
    Last 90 days
    4contributions
    high3
    medium1
    score10
    Last 12 months
    8contributions
    high5
    medium3
    score18

    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 3 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 4.3

    Time commitment

    1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 17:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62688] on WordPress SVN:
    Users: Improve interfaces for deleting users.
    May 2026
    May 12 Tue · 08:50
    Polyglots high
    Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 12 Tue · 08:32
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 30 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    April 2026
    Apr 20 Mon · 09:54
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026
    Apr 14 Tue · 09:51
    Core med
    Closed issue #77298 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Accordion: Add outline block style with borders and padding
    Apr 14 Tue · 08:58
    Core med
    Created issue #77298 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Accordion: Add outline block style with borders and padding
    March 2026
    Mar 03 Tue · 17:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61799] on WordPress SVN:
    Posts, Post Types: Restore post type icons in At a Glance.
    Mar 03 Tue · 17:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61798] on WordPress SVN:
    Admin: Reskin - Welcome Panel viewport fixes.
    July 2025
    Jul 12 Sat · 15:24
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60449] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Disable upload button in browser's built-in file uploader if no file is selected.
    June 2025
    Jun 26 Thu · 08:55
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2025

    Photos

    4 contributions

    View all 4 photos in the Photo Directory

    Translations

    1 locale
    de_DE Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

    View all on translate.wordpress.org