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Dion Hulse

WordPress.org Engineer at Automattic

@dd32 Australia joined Jan 2005

dd32.id.au github.com/dd32 Slack: @dd32
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    Bio

    Hi! I’m Dion.

    A software developer from Australia, working on WordPress.org, WordCamp.org, and WordPress itself.

    You’ll find me with my finger in far too many pies, but that means I’ll always have that piece of history from 20-years ago that explains why something is how it is to this day.

    Interests

    WordPress, IoT, PHP, Other

    WordPress Origin Story

    Got involved through the Google Summer of Code in 2008 after missing the cutoff in 2007. Been here ever since.

    Badges

    CODE
    13 badges
    C Campus Connect Participant '25 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '15 Pattern Author '22 Patterns Team '22 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer '24 Plugins Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '19
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '25 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 B BuddyPress Contributor '20 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    C Credits Graduate '25 C Credits Mentor '26 Support Contributor '22
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    WordPress.org Engineer
    Oct 2014 – Present
    Automattic

    Job History

    WordPress Developer
    Nov 2011 – Present
    Automattic
    WordPress Lead Developer
    Jan 2010 – Present
    WordPress

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    143contributions
    high101
    medium42
    score345
    Last 90 days
    565contributions
    high358
    medium207
    score1281
    Last 12 months
    1633contributions
    high1025
    medium608
    score3683

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 38 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
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3

    Time commitment

    38 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 12 Fri · 05:35
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1747 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Update npm packages and WordPress Scripts 32
    Jun 11 Thu · 08:35
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [14957] on Meta SVN:
    Profiles: Link the handbook page from handbook-update activity items.
    Jun 11 Thu · 07:51
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #1747 to WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Update npm packages and WordPress Scripts 32
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:39
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1746 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Campus Connect: show admin notice and audit note on Needs Orientation
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:32
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #1746 to WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Campus Connect: show admin notice and audit note on Needs Orientation
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:22
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1745 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    CI: cache node_modules and Composer downloads to speed up install steps
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:21
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1731 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Campus Connect: admin notice and audit log on Approved For Pre-Planning (issue…
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:11
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #1745 to WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    CI: cache node_modules and Composer downloads to speed up install steps
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:10
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1730 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Campus Connect: email trigger on Needs Orientation
    Jun 11 Thu · 06:09
    Community high
    Merged pull request #1729 into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Campus Connect: MCP vetting server (issue #1714 point 3)

    Developer

    5 plugins

    Contributor

    7 plugins

    Completed courses

    4 completed

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    Plugins

    7 favorites

    Themes

    4 favorites

    Translations

    8 locales
    en_AU English (Australia) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 193 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Learn WordPress Openverse Pattern Directory WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Patterns Add From Server Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic AnsPress – Question and answer Button Builder – Buttons X Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms Coming Soon Chop Chop Admin Columns CommentPress Core contact-form-7-to-database-extension Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor) WordPress Calls to Action Custom Content Type Manager Custom Post Type UI Delightful Downloads Display Featured Image for Genesis Event List Event Organiser Album and Image Gallery with Lightbox – Flagallery Photo Portfolio Formidable Forms – WordPress Form Builder for Contact Forms, Calculators, Quizzes & More Gmedia Photo Gallery Gwolle Guestbook Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Ktai Style WordPress Landing Pages LBDesign Button Shortcode WordPress Leads Lightweight Social Icons Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder Magic Fields Magic Fields 2 MailPress MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred P2 Resolved Posts PIKLIST – Easily Build Fields, Forms, Settings, Widgets and More. Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields

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    cs_CZ Čeština (Czech) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Add From Server Test Plugin 3 – Testing plugin

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Add From Server Test Plugin 3 – Testing plugin

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Post Translation

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    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Add From Server

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    en_NZ English (New Zealand) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress.org

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Mantra

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Add From Server

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