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Paul Kevan

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@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
    15contributions
    high9
    medium6
    score33
    Last 90 days
    22contributions
    high14
    medium8
    score50
    Last 12 months
    78contributions
    high41
    medium37
    score160

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 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
    July 2026
    Jul 11 Sat · 10:17
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62693] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Update Google Fonts API endpoint for WordPress 7.1.
    Jul 09 Thu · 10:47
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8352 on Meta Trac:
    Bump recommended MariaDB version to 10.11
    Jul 09 Thu · 08:35
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #708 into WordPress/wporg-main-2022:
    Bump recommended MariaDB version to 10.11.
    Jul 08 Wed · 09:50
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1753 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Local environment setup cleanups (follow-ups to #1752)
    Jul 08 Wed · 09:49
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1752 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Docker setup: follow WordPress trunk instead of a pinned branch
    Jul 08 Wed · 08:56
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1758 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Site Cloner: Load Customizer assets on block themes
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 09:13
    Plugins high
    Merged pull request #747 into WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins:
    CI: only update build branch after lint and tests pass
    Jun 29 Mon · 13:21
    Plugins med
    Submitted pull request #747 to WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins:
    CI: only update build branch after lint and tests pass
    Jun 29 Mon · 08:18
    Plugins high
    Merged pull request #746 into WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins:
    Remove wporg_icons_filepath_shim function
    Jun 29 Mon · 08:08
    Training med
    Closed issue #3540 on the WordPress/Learn repository:
    Bug: Exporting selected Jetpack Form responses produces an empty 1B file

    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

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    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 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org