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Tonya Mork

Technology Director at Dreamers of Day

@hellofromtonya Two Rivers, WI, USA joined May 2015

github.com/hellofromtonya Slack: @hellofromtonya

    Bio

    Hello, I’m Tonya.

    Some highlights:

    ✦ engineering leader, architect, coach
    ✦ core committer
    ✦ build/test tools maintainer
    ✦ 2023 core team rep
    ✦ WordPress 6.6.x maintenance release lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.4 core tech lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.2 core tech lead
    ✦ WordPress 5.9 core tech lead and release coordinator
    ✦ WordPress 5.7 release triage lead
    ✦ WordPress 5.6 release triage lead
    ✦ test team rep for 2021-2022
    ✦ story to tell (go read it on HeroPress)
    ✦ high-tech alum

    Update: I’ve paused my contributions.

    WordPress Origin Story

    My origin story is on HeroPress: “Finding Your Purpose in Life”.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21

    Current Job

    Technology Director
    Present
    Dreamers of Day

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    0contributions
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    medium0
    score0
    Last 90 days
    1contribution
    high1
    medium0
    score3
    Last 12 months
    10contributions
    high10
    medium0
    score30

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 16 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

    Contributions

    Type
    March 2026
    Mar 19 Thu · 09:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62059] on WordPress SVN:
    General: Remove unused dynamic `$features` variable from the constructor of `class-ftp.php`.
    February 2026
    Feb 19 Thu · 12:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61695] on WordPress SVN:
    Plugins: Add a new `plugins_list_status_text` filter in `get_views()` to allow custom filtering.
    Feb 16 Mon · 17:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61651] on WordPress SVN:
    Users: Set username, email, and password fields to ltr.
    January 2026
    Jan 09 Fri · 04:26
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61457] on WordPress SVN:
    Code Modernization: Use null coalescing operator instead of `isset()` ternaries in remaining core files.
    December 2025
    Dec 11 Thu · 01:53
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61369] on WordPress SVN:
    Export: Update `export_wp()` to handle `get_comment()` returning `null` due to filter.
    Dec 08 Mon · 21:53
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61360] on WordPress SVN:
    Posts, Post Types: Only set default title for custom post types if they have title support.
    October 2025
    Oct 22 Wed · 16:28
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61048] on WordPress SVN:
    Query: Prevent querying for all terms in `WP_Term_Query` when `include` is set to `[0]`.
    September 2025
    Sep 12 Fri · 18:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60732] on WordPress SVN:
    Widgets: Prevent fatal errors in PHP 8 when `retrieve_widgets()` and `wp_map_sidebars_widgets()` attempt to merge non-array values.
    Sep 10 Wed · 20:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60727] on WordPress SVN:
    Block Supports: Avoid throwing warning when checking for class attribute as string.
    August 2025
    Aug 26 Tue · 18:39
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60666] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Move Hello Dolly plugin to directory structure.

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    Contributor