Riad Benguella
Keeper of the blocks at Automattic
@youknowriad Oran Algeria joined Oct 2016
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CODE
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Core Team
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Keeper of the blocks
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Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
6contributions
high3
medium3
score12
Last 90 days
19contributions
high10
medium9
score39
Last 12 months
819contributions
high287
medium532
score1393
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 23 releases
- 7.0
- 6.9
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- 6.5
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- 6.2
- 6.1
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- 5.2
- 5.1
- 5.0
- 4.9
- 4.7
Time commitment
Five for the Future sponsors
Contributions
Type
June 2026
Jun 11
Thu · 13:17
Core
med
Closed pull request #76216 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Block: Add slug attribute to core/block for registered pattern references
Block: Add slug attribute to core/block for registered pattern references
Jun 11
Thu · 12:55
Core
med
Submitted pull request #79115 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Blocks: Add innerContent support for static inner blocks, adopt it in the…
Blocks: Add innerContent support for static inner blocks, adopt it in the…
Jun 11
Thu · 08:36
Core
med
Closed pull request #75574 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Unify selection API: route all selection through onChangeSelection
Unify selection API: route all selection through onChangeSelection
Jun 03
Wed · 09:44
Core
high
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Improve admin color scheme contrast for the editor chrome.
Administration: Improve admin color scheme contrast for the editor chrome.
Jun 03
Wed · 09:40
Core
med
Closed ticket #65382 on Core Trac:
Admin color schemes: improve contrast to make sidebar compatible with ...
Admin color schemes: improve contrast to make sidebar compatible with ...
Jun 03
Wed · 09:40
Core
high
Committed [62454] to WordPress SVN:
Administration: Improve admin color scheme contrast for the editor chrome.
Administration: Improve admin color scheme contrast for the editor chrome.
May 2026
May 12
Tue · 17:46
Core
med
May 12
Tue · 09:06
Core
high
May 12
Tue · 08:15
Core
med
Submitted pull request #78191 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add a 1-day minimum release age to npm installs
Add a 1-day minimum release age to npm installs
April 2026
Apr 16
Thu · 12:58
high
Received props from @juanmaguitar in Slack:
Props to @youknowriad @welcher @greenshady for reviewing the article https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/04/wordpress-build-the-next-generation-of-wordpress-plugin-build-tooling/ on the developer blog
Props to @youknowriad @welcher @greenshady for reviewing the article https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/04/wordpress-build-the-next-generation-of-wordpress-plugin-build-tooling/ on the developer blog
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Contributed translations to 7 projects.