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Sarah Norris

Software Engineer at Automattic

@mikachan Liverpool, England joined Aug 2013

sekai.co.uk github.com/mikachan Slack: @mikachan
    Teams Core

    Bio

    I’m a software engineer who can usually be found working in Core and on the Editor. I also sometimes contribute to the Create Block Theme plugin and the occasional theme. I love attending WordCamps and being part of Contributor Days, especially helping new folks onboard to the project.

    I’m a Core Committer and a member of the Gutenberg Core team. I was part of the release squads for WordPress 6.1 and 6.4 as an Editor Tech Lead, and I was one of the Core Team Reps for 2024.

    Outside of WordPress, I love travelling, theme parks, photography, watching films, live music, reading comics, and hiking.

    Interests

    walking, hiking, travelling, reading, gaming, photography, rollercoasters

    WordPress Origin Story

    My first developer role, back in 2008, was for a start-up that used a variety of CMS solutions, and WordPress was one of them. It was my favourite to work with and quickly became our go-to solution. I haven’t looked back since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '23

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high6
    medium6
    score24
    Last 90 days
    40contributions
    high18
    medium22
    score76
    Last 12 months
    219contributions
    high104
    medium115
    score427

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 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

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 27 Wed · 14:07
    Core med
    Closed pull request #78643 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Change to math.js
    May 27 Wed · 14:06
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78584 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add copilot-instructions.md file
    May 25 Mon · 17:55
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78643 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Change to math.js
    May 22 Fri · 16:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78584 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add copilot-instructions.md file
    May 20 Wed · 20:19
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78477 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Guidelines: Fix fatal when `rest_api_init` fires before init (cherry-pick #78350)
    May 15 Fri · 16:36
    Core med
    Closed issue #9137 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    'multiple' property of MediaUpload misdocumented as boolean
    May 15 Fri · 15:01
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78350 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Guidelines: Fix fatal when `rest_api_init` fires before init
    May 15 Fri · 14:19
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78347 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Backport package publish commits to release/23.2
    May 15 Fri · 08:46
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78301 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Manually update all package versions to match wp/latest
    May 14 Thu · 14:53
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78301 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Manually update all package versions to match wp/latest

    Developer

    • WZR
      WZR

      Active Installs: 10+

    Total photo contributions: 11

    View all photos contributed by Sarah Norris to the WordPress Photo Directory →

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 1

    Plugins

    Themes