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Weston Ruter

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@westonruter Portland, OR, USA joined May 2007

weston.ruter.net github.com/westonruter Slack: @westonruter
    Maintains Customize Script Loader
    Teams Core Core Performance

    Bio

    Working on making WordPress fast!

    WordPress Origin Story

    See https://weston.ruter.net/?p=34264

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '23 C Core Performance Team '23 Core Team '15 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Aug 2025 – Present
    WP Engine · Full-time
    Working full time contributing to making WordPress.

    Job History

    Developer Relations Engineer
    Oct 2018 – Jun 2025
    Google
    Head of WordPress => CTO
    Apr 2013 – Sep 2018
    XWP
    Senior Web Developer
    May 2010 – Apr 2013
    X-Team
    Note: My role transitioned from X-Team to our newly-founded sister company, XWP.
    Sr. Web Application Developer
    Oct 2007 – May 2010
    Shepherd Interactive

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    184contributions
    high149
    medium35
    score482
    Last 90 days
    537contributions
    high389
    medium148
    score1315
    Last 12 months
    1958contributions
    high1328
    medium630
    score4614

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 34 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
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 11 Tue · 05:54
    Meta high
    Received props from @masteradhoc in Slack:
    The # part of the WordPress 7.1 release is complete! :tada: 13 privacy tickets are…
    Aug 11 Tue · 00:32
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65811 on Core Trac:
    Hoist count() out of "for" loop conditions
    Aug 11 Tue · 00:32
    Core high
    Committed [63171] to WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Hoist `count()` out of `for` loop conditions.
    Aug 11 Tue · 00:13
    Core high
    Committed [63170] to WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Add `@phpstan-assert` on `assertWPError` and `assertNotWPError`.
    Aug 10 Mon · 23:29
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63169] on WordPress SVN:
    Code Quality: Correct the case of the `MO` class in a `WP_Locale_Switcher` docblock.
    Aug 07 Fri · 20:02
    Core high
    Merged pull request #2621 into WordPress/performance:
    Merge release/2026-08-06 into trunk
    Aug 07 Fri · 19:51
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #2621 to WordPress/performance:
    Merge release/2026-08-06 into trunk
    Aug 07 Fri · 19:35
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #2620 to WordPress/performance:
    Compare plugin versions when deciding whether to deploy
    Aug 07 Fri · 19:12
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63158] on WordPress SVN:
    Docs: Revert "Indicate absint() returns non-negative-int...".
    Aug 07 Fri · 19:03
    Core med
    Reopened pull request #12917 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Avoid fatal error condition in absint()

    Developer

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    Contributor

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