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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
    12contributions
    high3
    medium9
    score18
    Last 90 days
    129contributions
    high36
    medium93
    score201
    Last 12 months
    492contributions
    high163
    medium329
    score818

    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
    October 2026
    Oct 07 Wed · 21:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #84203 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Add a freeform canvas for placing blocks by dragging
    Oct 01 Thu · 09:52
    Core med
    Closed pull request #12333 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Fix rich-text block attribute validation
    September 2026
    Sep 26 Sat · 21:39
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83549 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Toolbar: Add a Delete button for every block
    Sep 17 Thu · 15:15
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83088 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    WIP Ex Editor (rebuilt on trunk)
    Sep 17 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83086 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: store waveform peaks on the track block
    Sep 14 Mon · 23:26
    Core med
    Closed pull request #76775 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Site Editor v2: Add Site Identity section
    Sep 14 Mon · 23:26
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79699 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    [codex] Dashboard: Move Howdy greeting into welcome widget
    Sep 14 Mon · 23:26
    Core med
    Closed pull request #76640 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Site Editor v2: Add Customize section to sidebar
    Sep 11 Fri · 19:00
    Core med
    Closed pull request #76204 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fast Refresh for the editor
    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…

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    3 themes