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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
    45contributions
    high22
    medium23
    score89
    Last 90 days
    148contributions
    high66
    medium82
    score280
    Last 12 months
    485contributions
    high159
    medium326
    score803

    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
    August 2026
    Aug 07 Fri · 04:33
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63157] on WordPress SVN:
    Global styles: render element styles set only inside a breakpoint and remove phantom pseudo element style output
    Aug 07 Fri · 03:17
    Core high
    Pull request #81291 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: Fix phantom pseudo element style output
    Aug 06 Thu · 23:38
    Core high
    Pull request #81277 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: fix state deselection when selecting the already selected block
    Aug 06 Thu · 17:32
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63077] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 6.9 branch.
    Aug 06 Thu · 16:49
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12918 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Global styles: Fix pseudo element output
    Aug 06 Thu · 15:55
    Core med
    Created ticket #65827 on Core Trac:
    Fix theme.json incorrect element pseudo style generation
    Aug 06 Thu · 15:16
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81291 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: Fix phantom pseudo element style output
    Aug 06 Thu · 10:53
    Core med
    Closed pull request #81278 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Keep the selected pseudo-state when the caret moves within the…
    Aug 06 Thu · 10:39
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81277 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Style states: fix state deselection when selecting the already selected block
    Aug 05 Wed · 16:20
    Meta high
    Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
    Props to @milana_cap, @adamsilverstein, @tyxla, @joedolson, @isabel_brison, @talldanwp, @aaronrobertshaw, @wildworks, @oandregal, @youknowriad, @0mirka00, @aduth, @fushar,…

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