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Matt Mullenweg

@matt San Francisco, CA joined Apr 2003

ma.tt github.com/m Slack: @matt
    Teams Core

    Interests

    PHP, MySQL, Fiona Apple, jazz

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '24 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Marketing Contributor '17 Photos Team '22
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high3
    medium2
    score11
    Last 90 days
    26contributions
    high15
    medium11
    score56
    Last 12 months
    59contributions
    high28
    medium31
    score115

    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
    • 6.3
    • 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
    • 3.2

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 12:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62685] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Show part of the excerpt for untitled posts in the list table Compact view.
    Jul 09 Thu · 19:34
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62681] on WordPress SVN:
    Widgets: Add "On This Day" dashboard widget.
    Jul 09 Thu · 09:15
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62673] on WordPress SVN:
    Comments: Allow changing a comment's parent from the Edit Comment screen.
    Jul 08 Wed · 02:32
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post The Classic block stays in the inserter for WordPress 7.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    "Understanding more in-depth why users still rely on Classic and bridging those gaps" I'd love…
    Jul 06 Mon · 09:50
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Hiding the Classic block from the inserter in WordPress 7.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Well, it's been a decade. Feels like we could finally do the special character thing…
    June 2026
    Jun 05 Fri · 18:51
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Protect The Shire, on the site WordPress News:
    tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an…
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 17:40
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP23, on the site WordPress News:
    WordPress at 23 is simultaneously both the strongest and most precarious it’s ever been. Last…
    May 23 Sat · 21:43
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [14912] on Meta SVN:
    Five for the Future: Add Find Me to the /pledges/ directory
    May 22 Fri · 18:44
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Leadership transition for the Core AI team, on the site WordPress AI:
    Huge thanks to James and Felix! Crazy, it's only been a year, it feels like…
    May 07 Thu · 11:51
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62319] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.

    Developer

    14 plugins

    Contributor

    5 plugins

    Themes

    2 themes

    Plugins

    9 favorites