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Paul Kevan

Automattic

@paulkevan joined Mar 2013

github.com/pkevan Slack: @Paul Kevan
    Teams Core AI Core Meta
    Languages pirate

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Team '25 Core Contributor '22 Meta Contributor '23 Meta Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '22
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high5
    medium0
    score15
    Last 90 days
    48contributions
    high43
    medium5
    score134
    Last 12 months
    118contributions
    high77
    medium41
    score272

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 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

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 18 Fri · 19:19
    Meta high
    Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
    Props to @adamsilverstein @desrosj @andraganescu @pbiron @abduremon @ugyensupport @rfaile313 @lancewillett @aaroncampbell @obenland @peterwilsoncc @azharderaiya @SergeyBiryukov…
    Sep 18 Fri · 09:12
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8438 on Meta Trac:
    Update credits for WordPress 7.1.1
    Sep 18 Fri · 09:11
    Meta high
    Committed [15217] to Meta SVN:
    Credits API: Update credits for 7.1.
    Sep 09 Wed · 10:56
    Meta high
    Committed [15162] to Meta SVN:
    Slack: make sure user can join subgroup from list.
    Sep 09 Wed · 10:34
    Meta high
    Committed [15161] to Meta SVN:
    Slack: update subgroup command to allow channels to be displayed for all members.
    August 2026
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:59
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63115] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 4.7 branch.
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:57
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63114] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 4.8 branch.
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63113] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 4.9 branch.
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:54
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63112] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 5.0 branch.
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:53
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63111] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 5.1 branch.

    Photos

    1 contribution

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    Translations

    3 locales
    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress.org Secure Custom Fields

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    art_xpirate English (Pirate) (English) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    WooCommerce

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WooCommerce

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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