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David Calhoun

Software Engineer at Automattic

@dpcalhoun Tennessee, USA joined Sep 2009

davidcalhoun.me github.com/dcalhoun Slack: @David Calhoun
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    Bio

    Jesus follower. Father. Husband. Software developer at Automattic. FC Barcelona fan. Drummer. Web enthusiast.

    Interests

    Soccer, hiking, kayaking.

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2009, my development career began with WordPress. Working with WordPress was my introduction to PHP, my first scripting language. WordPress helped spark my interest in coding and I continued utilizing WordPress as my CMS of choice due to its well-built, accessible admin interface; easy-to-extend themes and plugins; and welcoming open-source community.

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    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 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

    Contributions

    Type
    March 2026
    Mar 02 Mon · 19:44
    Playground med
    Closed issue #1611 on the WordPress/wordpress-playground repository:
    Incorrect user capabilities result in unexpected 401 responses from the REST API
    December 2025
    Dec 05 Fri · 16:05
    Core med
    Closed issue #72006 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Formatting lost when pasting text from certain apps
    November 2025
    Nov 25 Tue · 17:19
    Core med
    Closed pull request #70644 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: Repair missing Freeform/Classic block render
    Nov 17 Mon · 18:33
    Core med
    Closed pull request #73316 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: YouTube embed previews render valid referrer
    Nov 14 Fri · 21:49
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #73316 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: YouTube embed previews render valid referrer
    Nov 14 Fri · 12:53
    Core med
    Created issue #73288 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    YouTube embed previews fail with `Error 153` in Safari
    October 2025
    Oct 01 Wed · 15:20
    Core med
    Created issue #72006 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Formatting lost when pasting text from certain apps
    July 2025
    Jul 08 Tue · 15:37
    Core med
    Closed pull request #67595 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    ci: Update macOS runner
    Jul 08 Tue · 13:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #70644 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: Repair missing Freeform/Classic block render
    June 2025
    Jun 06 Fri · 18:37
    Core high
    Merged pull request #70346 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Image: Fix outdated accessibility hint on native component