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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
    50contributions
    high29
    medium21
    score108
    Last 90 days
    123contributions
    high49
    medium74
    score221
    Last 12 months
    522contributions
    high178
    medium344
    score878

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 22 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    October 2026
    Oct 21 Wed · 04:48
    Core high
    Merged pull request #85247 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Styles: Fix inconsistent 'Elements' tools panel heading level
    Oct 21 Wed · 04:07
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85247 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Styles: Fix inconsistent 'Elements' tools panel heading level
    Oct 20 Tue · 06:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64591] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Scope state rules to the block's own element.
    Oct 20 Tue · 06:09
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64590] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Add a background clip block support.
    Oct 19 Mon · 10:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64499] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Add author support to the `wp_block` post type.
    Oct 19 Mon · 04:25
    Core med
    Closed ticket #66336 on Core Trac:
    Revisions: Meta key `revisions_enabled` not respected in `GET` ...
    Oct 19 Mon · 04:19
    Core med
    Created ticket #66336 on Core Trac:
    Revisions: Meta key `revisions_enabled` not respected in `GET` ...
    Oct 15 Thu · 07:33
    Core med
    Created issue #84809 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Patterns: Restoring revisions is broken
    Oct 13 Tue · 08:59
    Core med
    Closed issue #84553 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Block Toolbar: plugin last item buttons stay enabled in the placeholder toolbar…
    Oct 13 Tue · 08:59
    Core high
    Merged pull request #84554 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Toolbar: Keep last item fills out of the placeholder toolbar

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