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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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    Core Contributor '18 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
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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
    57contributions
    high22
    medium35
    score101
    Last 90 days
    128contributions
    high47
    medium81
    score222
    Last 12 months
    510contributions
    high168
    medium342
    score846

    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
    October 2026
    Oct 05 Mon · 09:24
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #84067 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Fix 'Manage allowed blocks' not shown when its the only…
    Oct 01 Thu · 03:04
    Core med
    Closed issue #81837 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Allow patterns to be synced and version controlled
    September 2026
    Sep 30 Wed · 08:25
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83809 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Template Part: Fall back to rendering a template part from the theme…
    Sep 30 Wed · 05:38
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83842 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    E2E: Mock Openverse in image drag-and-drop inserter test
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:58
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83830 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update AI Development package versions after npm audit
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:58
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83830 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update AI Development package versions after npm audit
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:43
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83829 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Bump fast-uri from 3.1.7 to 3.1.8
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:40
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83797 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Bump js-yaml and promptfoo in /test/ai-development
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:39
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83807 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Bump brace-expansion in /test/ai-development
    Sep 30 Wed · 03:19
    Core high
    Merged pull request #83799 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Tests: Bump undici in the AI development test lockfile

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