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Velda

Happiness Engineer at Automattic

@supernovia Massachusettes joined Nov 2008

legendofvelda.com github.com/supernovia Slack: @Velda
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    Bio

    Contributing to WordPress.org through Five for the Future, with a focus on community support, education, and the occasional trek through new ideas.

    Interests

    Open source, community, design, exploring new trails and ideas, and making the most of life with my senior rescue dog.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I first met WordPress while working at a hosting company, and my local open source user group nudged me toward WordCamp in 2008. I’ve been hooked ever since: the software drew me in, but the community made me stay.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '25 Meta Contributor '26 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '26 Photo Contributor '24 WordPress.tv Contributor '26
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    Community Contributor '25 Community Team '25 WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14 WordCamp Volunteer '26

    Current Job

    Happiness Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high5
    medium7
    score22
    Last 90 days
    130contributions
    high49
    medium81
    score228
    Last 12 months
    445contributions
    high127
    medium318
    score699

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 11 Tue · 19:58
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15062] on Meta SVN:
    Slack: Add /here access to channel manager for wp-ahmedabad.
    Aug 10 Mon · 18:31
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #776 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Add /here access to channel manager for wp-ahmedabad
    July 2026
    Jul 23 Thu · 20:03
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking our Monthly Team Meetings, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    I like it. Thanks for putting this together, @unintended8. Will the schedule in the sidebar…
    Jul 23 Thu · 15:29
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Meetup Formats That Work: How WordPress Nairobi turned a meetup into a hands-on workshop, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    @aquila20 this sounds like an amazing meetup. Would you be open to sharing these resources?…
    Jul 20 Mon · 16:07
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #269 into WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Add community events design document
    Jul 20 Mon · 16:07
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #269 to WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Add community events design document
    Jul 15 Wed · 22:12
    Community med
    Created issue #1058 in the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
    [Design Request] New Meetup.com image for Greenfield WordPress Meetup
    Jul 15 Wed · 21:11
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1057 into WordPress/Community-Team:
    Modify labels in design request template
    Jul 15 Wed · 21:11
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #1057 to WordPress/Community-Team:
    Modify labels in design request template
    Jul 15 Wed · 21:06
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1056 into WordPress/Community-Team:
    Modify title placeholder in design request template

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Photos

    2 contributions

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    Completed courses

    9 completed

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