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Dave Whitley

Design Engineer at Automattic

@drw158 Nashville, TN joined Jan 2010

davewhitley.com Slack: @davewhitley

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    Core Contributor '15 Design Contributor '19 Design Team '19 Plugin Developer

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    Design Engineer
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    Automattic

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    Last 12 months
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    Contributed to 6 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.3
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.3
    • 5.2

    Contributions

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    January 2026
    Jan 13 Tue · 20:39
    Core med
    Created ticket #64501 on Core Trac:
    Consider leaving title field blank as default for images in library
    December 2025
    Dec 30 Tue · 13:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61418] on WordPress SVN:
    Use the HTML API to generate style tags.
    Dec 15 Mon · 17:02
    Core med
    Created ticket #64418 on Core Trac:
    Valid CSS is causing failure in the Additional CSS panel
    May 2025
    May 20 Tue · 18:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Block does not show in editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you! I thought I tried that, but I guess not. It works! Is there…
    May 14 Wed · 16:06
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Block does not show in editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've tested WP 6.7.2 and 6.8.1 version 1 of the plu…
    June 2023
    Jun 17 Sat · 21:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [55933] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Log in link should look like a link.
    January 2021
    Jan 26 Tue · 18:53
    Core high
    Mentioned in [50025] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Standardize colors used in CSS to a single palette.
    July 2020
    Jul 13 Mon · 20:00
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Improvements to the Figma Libraries, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    Love the idea of Views. Nice work!
    Jul 07 Tue · 04:19
    Core high
    Mentioned in [48360] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Ensure that disabled buttons look disabled.
    November 2019
    Nov 27 Wed · 15:44
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
    Update: I've drafted design documentation for spacing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W30VVyx1S3tIvqOZqLblBCWe5kxrq9jqDfB70NRigf0/edit?usp=sharing

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