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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
    75contributions
    high24
    medium51
    score123
    Last 90 days
    179contributions
    high59
    medium120
    score297
    Last 12 months
    446contributions
    high126
    medium320
    score698

    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
    July 2026
    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
    Jul 15 Wed · 21:06
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #1056 to WordPress/Community-Team:
    Modify title placeholder in design request template
    Jul 15 Wed · 21:01
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1052 into WordPress/Community-Team:
    Create design request issue template
    Jul 10 Fri · 19:41
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #268 into WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Add new pathways for contributing to data liberation and workshop kit
    Jul 10 Fri · 19:40
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #268 to WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Add new pathways for contributing to data liberation and workshop kit

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Support Rep

    1 plugin

    Photos

    2 contributions

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    Completed courses

    9 completed

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