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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
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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
    58contributions
    high25
    medium33
    score108
    Last 90 days
    84contributions
    high35
    medium49
    score154
    Last 12 months
    433contributions
    high128
    medium305
    score689

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 21 releases
    • 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
    June 2026
    Jun 08 Mon · 06:34
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79004 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Inserter: Fix error being thrown for spoken message when inserting default/direct block
    Jun 08 Mon · 05:46
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78973 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link: fix duplicate block html attributes in editor
    Jun 08 Mon · 02:46
    Core med
    Closed issue #78978 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Linking text containing a colon breaks the URL
    Jun 05 Fri · 10:44
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78976 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Try omit-unchanged for compressed-size-action
    Jun 05 Fri · 10:33
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78976 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Try omit-unchanged for compressed-size-action
    Jun 05 Fri · 10:09
    Core med
    Closed pull request #78971 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix navigation wrapper classname duplication
    Jun 05 Fri · 09:02
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78973 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation Link: fix duplicate block html attributes in editor
    Jun 05 Fri · 07:01
    Core med
    Closed issue #78955 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Keyboard navigation broken in block editor with 7.0 release
    Jun 05 Fri · 06:32
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78971 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Fix navigation wrapper classname duplication
    Jun 05 Fri · 04:38
    Core med
    Created issue #78966 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    RTC: Saved navigation block changes 'removed' by real time collaboration when reloading

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