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Mikael Korpela

Maker of Internet Things at Automattic

@simison Lithuania joined Jun 2006

mikaelkorpela.fi github.com/simison Slack: @Mikael Korpela

    Bio

    Developer & designer.

    Work at Automattic.com

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’m an old-timer since WP v1.x.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

    Maker of Internet Things
    Jan 2018 – Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    29contributions
    high10
    medium19
    score49
    Last 90 days
    147contributions
    high65
    medium82
    score277
    Last 12 months
    200contributions
    high80
    medium120
    score360

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.4
    • 5.8
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.0

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 30 Thu · 11:53
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80952 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Stylelint: disallow global css defence token usage outside UI package
    Jul 29 Wed · 11:26
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80793 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook e2e: add small, compact and icon examples to button matrix
    Jul 28 Tue · 14:29
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80793 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook e2e: add small, compact and icon examples to button matrix
    Jul 28 Tue · 13:33
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80783 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    UI: add dialog vs drawer design guidance
    Jul 28 Tue · 12:43
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80783 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    UI: add dialog vs drawer design guidance
    Jul 22 Wed · 11:25
    Core high
    Pull request #80361 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    WP Build: avoid infinite worker build loop
    Jul 17 Fri · 22:13
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80426 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook: fix Emotion jsxImportSource
    Jul 17 Fri · 18:54
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80426 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook: fix Emotion jsxImportSource
    Jul 17 Fri · 09:03
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80401 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Theme: add LightningCSS WPDS token fallback plugin
    Jul 16 Thu · 18:45
    Core med
    Closed pull request #80129 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    UI: improve component code readability in Storybook

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    3 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    fi Suomi (Finnish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

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