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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
    37contributions
    high12
    medium25
    score61
    Last 90 days
    77contributions
    high26
    medium51
    score129
    Last 12 months
    248contributions
    high97
    medium151
    score442

    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 29 Tue · 13:02
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83779 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    ProgressBar: Use WPDS color tokens
    Sep 29 Tue · 09:37
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82379 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Components: deprecate Badge
    Sep 28 Mon · 15:21
    Core med
    Closed issue #82440 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Migrate wp-components Badge instances to UI Badge
    Sep 28 Mon · 15:19
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83618 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Changelog validator: ignore markdown & configs d46223
    Sep 28 Mon · 14:25
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83618 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Changelog validator: ignore markdown & configs d46223
    Sep 28 Mon · 13:52
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83536 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    ESLint: Add allowUseWithCaution option to use-recommended-components
    Sep 28 Mon · 12:39
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83577 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    CI: Check CHANGELOG presence for published tooling and config packages
    Sep 28 Mon · 09:31
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83577 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    CI: Check CHANGELOG presence for published tooling and config packages
    Sep 28 Mon · 08:12
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83568 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Theme: Move build and Stylelint plugins to @wordpress/theme-build-tools
    Sep 28 Mon · 07:07
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82608 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block editor: migrate state-control badges to UI Badge

    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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