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Darren Ethier (nerrad)

Engineering Director at Automattic

@nerrad Ontario, Canada joined Nov 2006

unfoldingneurons.com github.com/nerrad Slack: @nerrad

    Bio

    Hi there! I currently work for Automattic as a software engineer. My passion is developing useful and pretty code. I also love anything to do with leadership and the wise use of words.

    (I love contributing to the WordPress project on my own time!)

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '22

    Current Job

    Engineering Director
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    9contributions
    high1
    medium8
    score11
    Last 90 days
    12contributions
    high1
    medium11
    score14
    Last 12 months
    25contributions
    high7
    medium18
    score39

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 18 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.4
    • 4.2
    • 4.1

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 07 Fri · 16:40
    Core med
    Closed issue #38409 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    When there isn't space on top and below the block, the toolbar…
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:46
    Core med
    Closed issue #43083 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Components: remove hardcoded classnames and move away from Sass styles
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:46
    Core med
    Closed issue #43083 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Components: remove hardcoded classnames and move away from Sass styles
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:40
    Core med
    Closed issue #53230 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    `( 'core/edit-site' ).getEditedPostId()` returns a number instead of a string
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:39
    Core med
    Closed issue #49715 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    `wp_get_global_styles`: resolver the reference to the value
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:35
    Core med
    Closed issue #15972 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Update docs to reflect new preferred `convert` method on transform objects
    Aug 07 Fri · 15:33
    Core med
    Closed issue #15972 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Update docs to reflect new preferred `convert` method on transform objects
    Aug 04 Tue · 18:43
    Core high
    Merged pull request #81175 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Revise CODEOWNERS for package ownership (removing nerrad)
    Aug 04 Tue · 17:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81175 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Revise CODEOWNERS for package ownership (removing nerrad)
    June 2026
    Jun 22 Mon · 12:00
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79398 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add initial size metadata for dashboard widgets