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Ben Dwyer

Automattic

@scruffian United Kingdom joined Oct 2007

scruffian.com github.com/scruffian Slack: @scruffian
    Teams Core

    Bio

    Playing for Automattic. Make it simpler.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    63contributions
    high21
    medium42
    score105
    Last 90 days
    145contributions
    high55
    medium90
    score255
    Last 12 months
    476contributions
    high163
    medium313
    score802

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 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
    • 4.3
    • 3.7

    Time commitment

    30 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 10 Mon · 13:40
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81389 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Media blocks: Stop other page media when playback starts
    Aug 10 Mon · 13:16
    Core high
    Merged pull request #81385 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Improve audio conversion and track selection (#80926)
    Aug 10 Mon · 13:02
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81387 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Media blocks: Stop other playback when media starts
    Aug 10 Mon · 12:39
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81386 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Convert multiple tracks to Audio blocks
    Aug 10 Mon · 12:28
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81385 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Improve audio conversion and track selection (#80926)
    Aug 10 Mon · 11:46
    Core med
    Closed issue #80921 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Playlist: Media Library only allows selecting one track at a time when…
    Aug 10 Mon · 11:46
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80926 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Improve audio conversion and track selection
    Aug 10 Mon · 11:46
    Core med
    Closed issue #80920 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Playlist: no way to convert or move an Audio block into a…
    Aug 07 Fri · 20:25
    Core high
    Merged pull request #81342 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Playlist: Normalize Waveform Player configuration handling
    July 2026
    Jul 31 Fri · 21:12
    Core high
    Pull request #80368 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Pass Playlist controls to track blocks

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    3 themes