Rich Tabor (@richtabor) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: August 3rd, 2016
Location: Atlanta, GA
Website: richtabor.com
GitHub: richtabor
Job Title: Product
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

As a WordPress entrepreneur, designer and developer all wrapped up in one, Rich Tabor is recognized as one of the top leaders in this post-Gutenberg era of WordPress. His ever-precise design chops have topped the 2018 Automattic Design Awards and led him to co-found CoBlocks – a top-notch set of page builder blocks and tools for Gutenberg, ThemeBeans – a premier WordPress theme shop and Iceberg – a markdown editor for Gutenberg.

Rich is currently at Automattic, working towards making the web a better place.

WordPress Origin Story

Building experiences is what I do. I obsess over details you hardly see, but certainly feel.

Since 2011, I’ve been designing, building, and launching WordPress products like Iceberg, CoBlocks, ThemeBeans (acquired by GoDaddy). Over these past few years, my focus has turned towards defining top-notch block-editor experiences, to better empower folks to publish with WordPress.

In 2019, I joined GoDaddy as the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience, where we launched and grew the Go WordPress theme to just over 90,000 active installs and took CoBlocks from 5,000 installs to 500,000 installs in two years.

After a few years at GoDaddy I jumped in with Extendify as Head of Product — where we built a platform of site design and creation tools (Extendify Library, Launch, and Assist) to empower folks to publish beautifully online. The Extendify plugin was one of the fastest growing plugins of 2022, having gained nearly 70,000 installs in the first year.

Currently I’m a Product Manager at Automattic, working on making the web a better place.

I love WordPress — it’s priceless and free at the same time, equipping and inspiring folks to be successful online.

Contributions Sponsored

Automattic sponsors Rich Tabor to contribute 40 hours per week to the following teams: Core and Design.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Design Contributor
Meta Contributor
Pattern Author
Patterns Team
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Theme Developer
WordCamp Speaker

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Submitted pull request #49529 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Tweak remove block label to make it simpler
7 hours ago
Created issue #49528 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Clicking "Edit" on a Template Part should open it in focus mode
7 hours ago
Created issue #49527 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Template parts should not zoom out when browsing styles
7 hours ago
Submitted pull request #49526 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add blockGap as a default control on Columns/Column blocks
8 hours ago
Created issue #49525 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Inconsistent placeholder/start states between Group and Columns blocks
8 hours ago
Created issue #49524 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add block group variations to the block toolbar
8 hours ago
Submitted pull request #49523 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update media and video icons
9 hours ago
Created issue #49519 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Extraneous Site Logo block description
14 hours ago
Submitted pull request #49518 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add support for hiding breadcrumbs in the Site Editor
14 hours ago
Submitted pull request #49517 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Smooth out the drop zone animation
15 hours ago
Merged pull request #49381 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update some icons to address aliasing on high-res screens
1 day ago
Closed issue #49410 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Irrelevant alignment controls in the Post Template block
3 days ago
Merged pull request #49411 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove left/right/center block alignment controls from the Post Template block
3 days ago
Merged pull request #49416 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update alternative text labels and help text
3 days ago
Pull request #49414 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
ImageSizeControl: Remove the "Image Dimensions" label
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #49416 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update alternative text labels and help text
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #49414 to WordPress/gutenberg:
ImageSizeControl: Remove the "Image Dimensions" label
3 days ago
Closed issue #48477 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Update "image size" description on the Media & Text block
3 days ago
Merged pull request #48478 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Changes image size description, as it causes confusion
3 days ago
Created issue #49412 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post Template block: Font size does not apply to child blocks
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #49411 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove left/right/center block alignment controls from the Post Template block
4 days ago
Created issue #49410 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Irrelevant alignment controls in the Post Template block
4 days ago
Closed issue #49256 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Group block: When in its initial setup state, it's not a container...
5 days ago
Merged pull request #49361 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Group Block: Allow blocks to be dragged onto it in its placeholder...
5 days ago
Submitted pull request #49381 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update some icons to address aliasing on high-res screens
5 days ago
Created issue #49316 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add date formatting to the Post Date block placeholder
1 week ago
Created issue #49314 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Should Distraction Free mode have Edit and Select modes?
1 week ago
Created issue #49311 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Resolve improper aliasing for icons on high resolution screens
1 week ago
Merged pull request #49112 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Replace "Image size" with "Resolution" in image size controls
1 week ago
Created issue #49289 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
BlockTypes pattern preview scroll issues
1 week ago
Created issue #49275 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Table block: Make adding rows and columns more intuitive
1 week ago
Merged pull request #49219 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Revert: Make sticky block action on template part block
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55576] on Core SVN:
Administration: Update dashboard welcome panel colors, remove broken link
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55575] on Core SVN:
Help/About: Updates to About page.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55574] on Core SVN:
Administration: Update dashboard welcome panel colors, remove broken link
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55573] on Core SVN:
Help/About: Updates to About page.
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #49113 into WordPress/gutenberg:
ImageSizeControl: Use large 40px sizes
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #47582 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Consider removing "explore all patterns" with the pattern explorer not connected to...
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #49093 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post date block > rename it to Dates to better reflect its...
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #49115 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
TextareaControl: Inconsistent spacing between textarea and help text
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #49116 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix misaligned textarea input control
2 weeks ago
Created issue #49175 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add Distraction Free mode to the Site Editor
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #15772 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Tips: suggest the cover block the first time an user adds a...
2 weeks ago
Created issue #49174 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Patterns: Leveling-up WordPress.org Patterns
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #49101 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update Gallery block to use consistent 40px components
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #42283 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update border color on color panel items
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #49116 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix misaligned textarea input control
2 weeks ago
Created issue #49115 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
TextareaControl: Inconsistent spacing between textarea and help text
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #49113 to WordPress/gutenberg:
ImageSizeControl: Use large 40px sizes
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #49112 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Replace "Image size" with "Resolution" in image size controls
2 weeks ago