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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
    21contributions
    high5
    medium16
    score31
    Last 90 days
    64contributions
    high19
    medium45
    score102
    Last 12 months
    220contributions
    high85
    medium135
    score390

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    September 2026
    Sep 04 Fri · 11:17
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82441 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Video block: switch to UI Badge
    Sep 04 Fri · 10:58
    Core med
    Created issue #82440 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Migrate wp-components Badge instances to UI Badge
    Sep 03 Thu · 12:02
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82386 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Page v2 prototype
    Sep 03 Thu · 12:00
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82385 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Page: add Page.FullBleed and Page.Narrow
    Sep 03 Thu · 11:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82384 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Page: make breadcrumbs declarative
    Sep 03 Thu · 11:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82382 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Page: make badges declarative
    Sep 03 Thu · 11:58
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82381 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Page: add Page.Footer
    Sep 03 Thu · 11:50
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13378 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Admin pages: use rounded corners for canvas
    Sep 03 Thu · 11:30
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82379 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Components: deprecate Badge
    August 2026
    Aug 28 Fri · 10:01
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82139 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Build: allow wp-theme 2.x peer deps

    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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