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Sarah Norris

Software Engineer at Automattic

@mikachan Liverpool, England joined Aug 2013

sekai.co.uk github.com/mikachan Slack: @mikachan
    Teams Core Themes

    Bio

    I’m a software engineer who can usually be found working in Core and on the Editor. I also sometimes contribute to the Create Block Theme plugin and the occasional theme. I love attending WordCamps and being part of Contributor Days, especially helping new folks onboard to the project.

    I’m a Core Committer and a member of the Gutenberg Core team. I was part of the release squads for WordPress 6.1 and 6.4 as an Editor Tech Lead, and I was one of the Core Team Reps for 2024.

    Outside of WordPress, I love travelling, theme parks, photography, watching films, live music, reading comics, and hiking.

    Interests

    walking, hiking, travelling, reading, gaming, photography, rollercoasters

    WordPress Origin Story

    My first developer role, back in 2008, was for a start-up that used a variety of CMS solutions, and WordPress was one of them. It was my favourite to work with and quickly became our go-to solution. I haven’t looked back since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '23

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Key Accomplishments

    Default Theme Lead for WordPress 6.1
    Editor Tech Lead for WordPress 6.4
    Core Team Rep, 2024

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    10contributions
    high3
    medium7
    score16
    Last 90 days
    10contributions
    high3
    medium7
    score16
    Last 12 months
    194contributions
    high95
    medium99
    score384

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9

    Time commitment

    24 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 09 Fri · 15:09
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64257] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Update Google Fonts API endpoint for WordPress 7.2.
    Oct 01 Thu · 18:58
    Core high
    Pull request #83999 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link: Update readme title to match block name
    Oct 01 Thu · 16:23
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83999 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link: Update readme title to match block name
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 08:40
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83451 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Global Styles: Add pseudo-state controls for Navigation Link
    Sep 23 Wed · 16:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83457 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link: Add colour support to Nav Link
    Sep 23 Wed · 15:29
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83454 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style States: Scope feature selectors to custom state selectors
    Sep 23 Wed · 14:39
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83451 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Global Styles: Add pseudo-state controls for Navigation Link
    Sep 22 Tue · 10:10
    Core med
    Closed pull request #77097 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Extend "Apply globally" to inner blocks within parent
    Sep 22 Tue · 10:09
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83339 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Extend Apply globally to sibling blocks within a parent
    Sep 22 Tue · 09:32
    Core med
    Closed pull request #76489 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Editor: Add new block support for syncing sibling block styles

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    1 theme

    • WZR

      10+ active installs

    Photos

    11 contributions

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    Completed courses

    1 completed

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    Plugins

    2 favorites

    Themes

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