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Ben Dwyer

Automattic

@scruffian United Kingdom joined Oct 2007

scruffian.com github.com/scruffian Slack: @scruffian
    Teams Core

    Bio

    Playing for Automattic. Make it simpler.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    52contributions
    high15
    medium37
    score82
    Last 90 days
    182contributions
    high64
    medium118
    score310
    Last 12 months
    526contributions
    high175
    medium351
    score876

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 20 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
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 4.3
    • 3.7

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 10 Thu · 14:56
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82733 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Command Palette: only add the admin bar node when Core does not…
    Sep 10 Thu · 12:03
    Core high
    Merged pull request #81760 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix playlist track selector stability
    Sep 10 Thu · 10:05
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82596 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation: don't force submenus open inside a custom overlay
    Sep 09 Wed · 14:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82688 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Cover: add "Insert from URL" for the background media
    Sep 08 Tue · 11:57
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82596 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation: don't force submenus open inside a custom overlay
    Sep 08 Tue · 09:18
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82590 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Custom CSS: Generate styles for blocks rendered by their parent block
    Sep 07 Mon · 12:41
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82534 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    CodeRabbit: Disable the review status comment
    Sep 07 Mon · 12:05
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82534 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    CodeRabbit: Disable the review status comment
    Sep 04 Fri · 14:48
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82448 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    CodeRabbit: Only review on request, keep PR descriptions untouched
    Sep 04 Fri · 13:22
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82448 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    CodeRabbit: Only review on request, keep PR descriptions untouched

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    3 themes