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Matt Shaw

Sr. Staff Software Engineer at WP Engine

@mattshaw joined Nov 2014

github.com/mattgrshaw Slack: @mattgrshaw

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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
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    Translation Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Sr. Staff Software Engineer
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    WP Engine

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0

    Contributions

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    August 2026
    Aug 27 Thu · 21:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Gutenberg block in edit mode in content totally broken on WP 7.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @crisnoble Yes, this can be done by adding 'render_preview' => false to the array passed…
    April 2026
    Apr 14 Tue · 18:28
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 14 Tue · 17:16
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    March 2026
    Mar 18 Wed · 15:48
    Core high
    Pull request #76605 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN env var override in build config
    Mar 17 Tue · 22:33
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76605 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN env var override in build config
    May 2024
    May 22 Wed · 18:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to NEW ACF UPDATE CRASHING MY WEBSITE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there, Sorry to hear you ran into this. Could you please check if there…
    February 2024
    Feb 26 Mon · 18:32
    Core high
    Pull request #59105 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Fix post type check in isEditingTemplate selector
    Feb 15 Thu · 20:04
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #59105 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Fix post type check in isEditingTemplate selector
    Feb 07 Wed · 22:19
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bug datepicker since 6.2.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there, Thanks for the report. Unfortunately we haven't seen that in our testing. Could…
    Feb 07 Wed · 22:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bugs in latest update 6.2.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi there, Sorry to hear you ran into issues with the update. Could you please…

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