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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
    49contributions
    high22
    medium27
    score93
    Last 90 days
    140contributions
    high61
    medium79
    score262
    Last 12 months
    477contributions
    high153
    medium324
    score783

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 21 releases
    • 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
    July 2026
    Jul 31 Fri · 03:58
    Core high
    Pull request #80956 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add opt-out for block style state controls
    Jul 30 Thu · 12:34
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80824 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Fix overflowing block UI being covered after a block is…
    Jul 30 Thu · 12:34
    Core med
    Closed issue #80823 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation: submenu flyout goes behind the following menu items after moving the…
    Jul 30 Thu · 12:16
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80956 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add opt-out for block style state controls
    Jul 22 Wed · 06:31
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80553 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Device type preview: fix collapsing to content height
    Jul 22 Wed · 04:32
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80553 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Device type preview: fix collapsing to content height
    Jul 21 Tue · 08:20
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80505 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    State control - avoid tertiary variant on toggle to match style of…
    Jul 21 Tue · 07:09
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #80505 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    State control - avoid tertiary variant on toggle to match style of…
    Jul 21 Tue · 02:55
    Core med
    Closed issue #78380 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Navigation block in footer is difficult to edit from Site Editor and…
    Jul 21 Tue · 02:55
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78427 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Navigation: Fix missing 'Add block' option in Link UI when inside template…

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