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Mikael Korpela

Maker of Internet Things at Automattic

@simison Lithuania joined Jun 2006

mikaelkorpela.fi github.com/simison Slack: @Mikael Korpela

    Bio

    Developer & designer.

    Work at Automattic.com

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’m an old-timer since WP v1.x.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

    Maker of Internet Things
    Jan 2018 – Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    17contributions
    high6
    medium11
    score29
    Last 90 days
    142contributions
    high66
    medium76
    score274
    Last 12 months
    174contributions
    high72
    medium102
    score318

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.4
    • 5.8
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.0

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 02 Thu · 10:52
    Core med
    Closed issue #77098 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    UI: Add `LinkButton`, `IconLinkButton` components
    Jul 02 Thu · 10:52
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78944 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    UI: add LinkButton
    Jul 01 Wed · 23:49
    Core high
    Merged pull request #79585 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Badge: update storybook with "don't use icons" example
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 15:25
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79700 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Theme: document as stable in storybook & readme
    Jun 30 Tue · 15:19
    Core high
    Merged pull request #79688 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    WP Build: improve documentation for routes
    Jun 30 Tue · 12:32
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79688 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    WP Build: improve documentation for routes
    Jun 29 Mon · 13:44
    GitHub high
    Pull request #785 merged into WordPress/ai:
    Settings: replace CSS with Stack component
    Jun 29 Mon · 13:30
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79634 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Private api docs: elaborate on how to add/deprecate private APIs between bundled…
    Jun 27 Sat · 08:33
    Core high
    Pull request #79579 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Experiments: shorten the page name
    Jun 26 Fri · 16:12
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79596 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Experiments: support "read more" links

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    3 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    fi Suomi (Finnish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

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