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Kelly Choyce-Dwan

Software Engineer

@ryelle Philadelphia, PA, USA joined Feb 2009

ryelle.codes github.com/ryelle Slack: @ryelle
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    CODE
    7 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Themes Team '14
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Accessibility Contributor '19

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
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    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high1
    medium2
    score5
    Last 90 days
    10contributions
    high7
    medium3
    score24
    Last 12 months
    62contributions
    high40
    medium22
    score142

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 35 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.6
    • 3.5

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 29 Wed · 23:38
    Community med
    Closed issue #1828 on the WordPress/wordcamp.org repository:
    WordCamp US 2026 (Mobile): Speaker section image and text alignment mismatch
    Jul 27 Mon · 22:28
    Core med
    Created issue #80766 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Allow third-party color schemes to apply to Site Editor screens
    Jul 14 Tue · 20:54
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [14970] on Meta SVN:
    Theme Directory: Restrict search results to published themes
    June 2026
    Jun 02 Tue · 21:44
    GitHub med
    Created issue #698 in the WordPress/wporg-main-2022 repository:
    The github workflows fail with PHP version error
    May 2026
    May 14 Thu · 17:02
    Meta high
    Received props from @mukesh27 in Slack:
    Props to @ryelle for final review and commit for about page :hero:
    May 14 Thu · 14:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62363] on WordPress SVN:
    Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.
    May 14 Thu · 14:36
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.
    May 14 Thu · 14:35
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #64536 on Core Trac:
    About Page - 7.0
    May 14 Thu · 14:33
    Core med
    Closed ticket #64536 on Core Trac:
    About Page - 7.0
    May 14 Thu · 14:33
    Core high
    Committed [62362] to WordPress SVN:
    Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.

    Developer

    5 plugins

    Contributor

    2 plugins

    Themes

    6 themes

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    Themes

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