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Matt Mullenweg

@matt San Francisco, CA joined Apr 2003

ma.tt github.com/m Slack: @matt
    Teams Core

    Interests

    PHP, MySQL, Fiona Apple, jazz

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '24 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Marketing Contributor '17 Photos Team '22
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high3
    medium1
    score10
    Last 90 days
    28contributions
    high15
    medium13
    score58
    Last 12 months
    64contributions
    high33
    medium31
    score130

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 20 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 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

    10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 05 Fri · 18:51
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Protect The Shire, on the site WordPress News:
    tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an…
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 17:40
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP23, on the site WordPress News:
    WordPress at 23 is simultaneously both the strongest and most precarious it’s ever been. Last…
    May 23 Sat · 21:43
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [14912] on Meta SVN:
    Five for the Future: Add Find Me to the /pledges/ directory
    May 22 Fri · 18:44
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Leadership transition for the Core AI team, on the site WordPress AI:
    Huge thanks to James and Felix! Crazy, it's only been a year, it feels like…
    May 07 Thu · 11:51
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62319] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.
    May 06 Wed · 21:44
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62310] on WordPress SVN:
    Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector.
    April 2026
    Apr 21 Tue · 03:35
    GitHub high
    Pushed 123 commits to WordPress/library:
    Rewrite top-level and Vol. 1 READMEs for the combined library
    Apr 21 Tue · 03:18
    GitHub high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/library:
    Fix protocol-relative URL in mingus chapter source
    Apr 21 Tue · 03:15
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #116 on the WordPress/library repository:
    ePub Doesn't work with Google Play Books
    Apr 21 Tue · 03:15
    GitHub high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/library:
    Fix EPUB validation errors (fixes #116)

    Developer

    14 plugins

    Contributor

    5 plugins

    Themes

    2 themes

    Plugins

    9 favorites