Matt Cromwell
Founder at Roots & Fruit
@webdevmattcrom Braunfels, Germany joined May 2013
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Translation Contributor
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Current Job
Founder
Feb 2026 –
Present
Roots & Fruit · Full-time
Founder. I help product businesses grow sustainbly.
Job History
Senior Director of Customer Experience for StellarWP
May 2021 – Oct 2025
Liquid Web · Full-time
I created the StellarWP Customer Experience department; merging together over 100 support agents, customer success managers, and account services professionals. Together we helped provide some of the best customer experiences in WordPress over four years.
Co-founder
Oct 2014 – Apr 2021
GiveWP · Full-time
Co-founded GiveWP, the most widely adopted and successful donation platform for WordPress. We built it from zero and grew it to a 25 person team, earning over $4M in ARR, and sold it to Liquid Web in 2021.
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
3contributions
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medium3
score3
Last 90 days
3contributions
high0
medium3
score3
Last 12 months
30contributions
high11
medium19
score52
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 7 releases
- 6.6
- 6.5
- 5.6
- 5.5
- 5.1
- 5.0
- 4.4
Contributions
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June 2026
Jun 24
Wed · 21:17
GitHub
med
Submitted pull request #223 to WordPress/mcp-adapter:
docs: clarify Abilities API is core in 6.9+ (fixes #150)
docs: clarify Abilities API is core in 6.9+ (fixes #150)
Jun 24
Wed · 18:38
GitHub
med
Jun 19
Fri · 08:25
Forums
med
Created a topic, Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just activated the plugin and it fatal errored my si…
I just activated the plugin and it fatal errored my si…
March 2026
Mar 19
Thu · 14:45
Core
med
Closed issue #76679 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add Gap width (block spacing) control to the Grid block’s Layout panel
Add Gap width (block spacing) control to the Grid block’s Layout panel
Mar 19
Thu · 12:30
Core
med
Created issue #76679 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add Gap width (block spacing) control to the Grid block’s Layout panel
Add Gap width (block spacing) control to the Grid block’s Layout panel
Mar 14
Sat · 20:27
Core
med
February 2026
Feb 14
Sat · 16:15
med
Wrote a comment on the post Right now, we discourage product-specific…, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Not sure that's the best distinction because plugins that have paid versions get negative reviews…
Not sure that's the best distinction because plugins that have paid versions get negative reviews…
January 2026
Jan 29
Thu · 18:41
Plugins
high
Jan 21
Wed · 18:27
Forums
med
Posted a reply to GDPR compliance, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
HI there, WP Rollback does not create or store any cookies whatsoever. The plugin does…
HI there, WP Rollback does not create or store any cookies whatsoever. The plugin does…
Jan 20
Tue · 15:02
Plugins
high
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Developer
3 plugins-
Give - Double the Donation
100+ active installs -
Reviews Block for Google
1,000+ active installs -
Synced Pattern Popups
10+ active installs
Contributor
4 plugins-
Give - Divi Donation Modules
600+ active installs -
GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
100,000+ active installs -
GiveWP Donation Widgets for Elementor
7,000+ active installs -
WP Rollback - Rollback Plugins and Themes
300,000+ active installs
Plugins
47 favoritesThemes
1 favoriteTranslations
2 locales
de_DE
Deutsch (German)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 1 project.
en_GB
English (UK) (English)
Translation Contributor
Contributed translations to 1 project.