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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
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '18 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    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
    28contributions
    high6
    medium22
    score40
    Last 90 days
    113contributions
    high44
    medium69
    score201
    Last 12 months
    488contributions
    high158
    medium330
    score804

    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 14 Mon · 05:34
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82649 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: Improve block inspector UI
    Sep 14 Mon · 01:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63610] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Retain responsive styles in block style variation partials
    Sep 11 Fri · 16:13
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63602] on WordPress SVN:
    Block Editor: Output `flex-direction: row` when a viewport override switches a flex layout to horizontal.
    Sep 10 Thu · 03:14
    Core med
    Closed pull request #82652 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Schema changes for standalone variation style state fix
    Sep 09 Wed · 09:17
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82652 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Schema changes for standalone variation style state fix
    Sep 09 Wed · 08:25
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82649 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: Improve block inspector UI
    Sep 09 Wed · 06:53
    Core med
    Closed issue #82636 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Site Editor: editing a menu that appears in both Header and Footer…
    Sep 08 Tue · 06:29
    Core med
    Closed pull request #81593 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    POC: Table block with inner blocks
    Sep 08 Tue · 06:25
    Core med
    Created issue #82587 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Table block with inner blocks - iteration issue for WordPress 7.3-7.4
    Sep 08 Tue · 02:27
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82375 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update navigation link block name, use a default variation for custom link

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