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Daniel Richards

JavaScript Engineer at Automattic

@talldanwp Perth, Australia joined Jun 2018

github.com/talldan Slack: @danr
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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '18 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
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    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '20

    Current Job

    JavaScript Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    22contributions
    high2
    medium20
    score26
    Last 90 days
    114contributions
    high44
    medium70
    score202
    Last 12 months
    488contributions
    high157
    medium331
    score802

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 22 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0

    Time commitment

    30 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 03 Thu · 09:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82375 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update navigation link block name, use a default variation for custom link
    Sep 02 Wed · 09:17
    Core med
    Closed issue #82252 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Gallery block: "Fill" crop broken in editor canvas since WP 7.1 -…
    Sep 02 Wed · 09:17
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82318 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Gallery block: Fix 'Crop images to fit' broken in editor
    Sep 02 Wed · 06:14
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82318 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Gallery block: Fix 'Crop images to fit' broken in editor
    August 2026
    Aug 31 Mon · 03:35
    Core med
    Closed issue #82115 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Option + Shift + Left on macOS Should Keep Native Word Selection…
    Aug 27 Thu · 14:48
    Core high
    Pull request #82097 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update changelog instructions for agents
    Aug 27 Thu · 03:52
    Core med
    Closed issue #50159 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Patterns / Pattern block tracking issue
    Aug 27 Thu · 03:51
    Core med
    Closed issue #30899 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Block 'Move to' option keyboard controls are confusing.
    Aug 27 Thu · 03:48
    Core med
    Closed issue #26184 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Add end to end tests for the storybook playground block editor
    Aug 27 Thu · 03:43
    Core med
    Closed issue #40773 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Improve full-content tests and possibly package them up as a testing tool…

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