Martin Sauter (@martinsauter) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Owner & Head of Consulting of Metoki, a tiny WordPress agency in Zurich. Partner at Westhive, a not so tiny coworking space in Zurich. Former Chief Knowledge Officer with Y&R Group Switzerland / Futurecom interactive in Zurich, Switzerland. Especially interested in open source software, open content, and open data.

Interests

Open Source Software, Open Education, E-Learning, Knowledge Management, Digitization, The Internet, Artificial Intelligence

WordPress Origin Story

Using WordPress since I started my first blog in 2004. Experienced WordPress consultant and administrator with basic developer skills. Built 100+ WordPress sites so far. Translation editor for de_CH and de_DE plugins. Speaker at WordCamp Zurich 2019 («Mehrsprachige Websites mit WordPress»). Contributor to WordPress Photos. Co-Host of WordPress Zurich Meetup since fall 2022.

Badges

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '22

COMMUNITY

2 badges

Meetup Organizer '24 WordCamp Speaker '19

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '17 Translation Editor '17

Current Job

Owner & Head of Consulting

Feb 2019 – Present

Metoki GmbH · Part-time

Founded my own digital agency with a focus on WordPress websites, email marketing, SEO, and knowledge management.

Job History

Chief Knowledge Officer

Jan 2013 – Jan 2019

Y&R Group Switzerland / Wunderman Thompson · Full-time

Managing Director

Jan 2009 – Dec 2012

Futurecom · Full-time

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

9contributions

high7

medium2

score23

Last 90 days

28contributions

high16

medium12

score60

Last 12 months

98contributions

high62

medium36

score222

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Time commitment

2 hours per week

Metoki 2 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

August 2026

Aug 07 Fri · 05:46

Polyglots high

Translated 105 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

July 2026

Jul 31 Fri · 16:22

Polyglots high

Translated 100 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 31 Fri · 05:06

Forums med

Created a topic, Nobody seems to care, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin adds many valuable features for site admin…

Jul 30 Thu · 14:01

Polyglots high

Translated 27 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 29 Wed · 18:58

Polyglots high

Translated 81 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 27 Mon · 19:02

Polyglots high

Translated 50 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 25 Sat · 07:37

Polyglots high

Translated 51 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 23 Thu · 05:38

Forums med

Created a topic, Free plugin + paid updates = bad idea!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you can download this plugin for free, b…

Jul 22 Wed · 06:53

Polyglots high

Translated 64 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 12 Sun · 10:38

Polyglots high

Translated 58 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Photos 28
Favorites 81
Translations 4

Photos

28 contributions

View all 28 photos in the Photo Directory

Plugins

81 favorites

Translations

4 locales

de_CH Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Plugins

Contributed translations to 59 projects.

Browse Happy Add From Server Admin Page Notes Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro Schema – All In One Schema Rich Snippets AMP Archive Content with Archived Post Status Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks Bricks Navigator Broken Link Checker CC Child Pages Clean Login Companion Auto Update Contact Form 7 Create Block Theme Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt Age Verification DS CF7 Math Captcha Enable Media Replace Featured Image Admin Thumb FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Flamingo Health Check & Troubleshooting Job Board Manager Central Color Palette Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps) Lock Reusable Blocks MailerPress – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Email Automation & WooCommerce Emails Members – Role Hiearchy Modern Events Calendar Lite Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You Participants Database Performant Translations Post Duplicator Progressive WordPress (PWA) Public Post Preview Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Reusable Blocks Extended Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes Site Reviews String locator The Events Calendar Two Factor Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin User Switching Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)

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View all on translate.wordpress.org

de_CH / informal Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 55 projects.

Add From Server Admin Page Notes Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks Bricks Navigator Broken Link Checker CC Child Pages Clean Login Companion Auto Update Contact Form 7 Create Block Theme Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt Age Verification DS CF7 Math Captcha Enable Media Replace Featured Image Admin Thumb FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Flamingo Force Update Translations Health Check & Troubleshooting Job Board Manager Central Color Palette Lock Reusable Blocks MailerPress – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Email Automation & WooCommerce Emails Members – Role Hiearchy Modern Events Calendar Lite Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You Participants Database Performant Translations Post Duplicator Preferred Languages Progressive WordPress (PWA) Public Post Preview Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Reusable Blocks Extended Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes Site Reviews String locator The Events Calendar Two Factor Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin User Switching Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) MediaMan – Where is this Image Used? Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan

Showing the first 48 of 55 projects; search above to filter the full list.

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de_DE Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Patterns

Translation editor for 2 projects.

Plugins Themes

Contributed translations to 49 projects.

Patterns Admin Page Notes Archive Content with Archived Post Status Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks Bricks Navigator CC Child Pages Companion Auto Update Create Block Theme Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt Debug Bar Age Verification DS CF7 Math Captcha Email download link Enable Media Replace Featured Image Admin Thumb FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder Health Check & Troubleshooting Improved Save Button Job Board Manager Job Board Manager – Company Profile Central Color Palette LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses Lock Reusable Blocks M Chart MailerPress – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Email Automation & WooCommerce Emails Members – Role Hiearchy Modern Events Calendar Lite Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress Performant Translations Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields PressForward User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor Progressive WordPress (PWA) Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Redirection Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes Site Reviews Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) MediaMan – Where is this Image Used? Display Eventbrite Events Media Library Categories WP-Members Membership Plugin Nested Pages WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More wpForo Forum

Showing the first 48 of 49 projects; search above to filter the full list.

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de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

Contributed translations to 39 projects.

Admin Page Notes Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks Bricks Navigator CC Child Pages Companion Auto Update Create Block Theme Bisteinoff SEO Robots.txt Debug Bar Age Verification DS CF7 Math Captcha Enable Media Replace Featured Image Admin Thumb FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Force Update Translations Health Check & Troubleshooting Job Board Manager Central Color Palette Lock Reusable Blocks MailerPress – Email Marketing, Newsletter, Email Automation & WooCommerce Emails Medium Members – Role Hiearchy Modern Events Calendar Lite Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You Performant Translations Progressive WordPress (PWA) Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Redirection Reusable Blocks Extended Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes Site Reviews String locator Two Factor Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) MediaMan – Where is this Image Used? Media Library Categories WP-Members Membership Plugin WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More

View all on translate.wordpress.org