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marybaum

Digital consultant, owner at RacquetPress

@marybaum St. Louis, MO joined Aug 2011

marybaum.com github.com/marybaum Slack: @marybaum
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    Bio

    2022 Core representative and co-maintainer of a few components. Copy editor for the Core team (I may have tweaked that error message you saw yesterday!) Release co-coordinator, WordPress 6.5 and 5.5.2.

    WordCamp speaker, mostly on design and CSS.

    Direct marketer with a design degree in three things:
    1. Don’t make it symmetrical.
    2. Do make it look intentional.
    3. And if you can’t make it good, make it big.

    Self-taught developer, if you don’t count CSS-Tricks, Know the Code Pro and Wes Bos.

    Dabbler in online fabric and assorted other product design, and 3D.

    Tennis, landscape and macro photographer and near-daily tennis player.

    Grandmother.

    Interests

    Type. Tennis. Cats. Comedy. 3D design and 2D pattern design, with a rock ‘n roll soundtrack in my head for ALL of it.

    Grandmother.

    WordPress Origin Story

    (Sooooo boring … And I don’t bore easily. )

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '19 Core Team '20
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '23 Marketing Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19 WordCamp Volunteer '25
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '23

    Current Job

    Digital consultant, owner
    Present
    RacquetPress

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
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    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    3contributions
    high0
    medium3
    score3
    Last 12 months
    16contributions
    high8
    medium8
    score32

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 releases
    • 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
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 14 Fri · 15:08
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.0: A smoother workflow for your first Core contribution, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    This. Is. Fabulous! See you Sunday at the Test Team table!
    Aug 13 Thu · 13:30
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.2 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I’m up for release coordinator, triage or test!
    June 2026
    Jun 17 Wed · 15:18
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    What an outstanding squad! Congrats and have a great time!
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 20:22
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.1 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Raising my hand for coordination, triage or test lead!
    March 2026
    Mar 20 Fri · 22:06
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @ellatrix @mukesh27 @SergeyBiryukov @audrasjb @juanmaguitar @marybaum @JeffPaul @Ankit K Gupta @wildworks @adamsilverstein @desrosj…
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:04
    Meta high
    Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
    Huge Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum, @westonruter, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @mindctrl,…
    Mar 11 Wed · 00:02
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, It’s time to test real-time collaboration!, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    With WordPress 7.0, real-time collaboration—the centerpiece of Gutenberg Phase 3—lands in Core. This is the…
    Mar 05 Thu · 15:00
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @ellatrix, @mukesh27, @wildworks, @juanmaguitar, @Ankit K Gupta, @marybaum ,@chaion07, @davidbaumwald,@desrosj, @mindctrl, @4thhubbard, @JeffPaul,…
    Mar 01 Sun · 02:34
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2026
    January 2026
    Jan 14 Wed · 04:28
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2026 Edition, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I of course mean @francina. Apologies!