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Paul Kevan

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@paulkevan joined Mar 2013

github.com/pkevan Slack: @Paul Kevan
    Teams Core AI Core Meta
    Languages pirate

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Team '25 Core Contributor '22 Meta Contributor '23 Meta Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '22
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high4
    medium2
    score14
    Last 90 days
    20contributions
    high10
    medium10
    score40
    Last 12 months
    63contributions
    high30
    medium33
    score123

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:28
    Meta high
    Committed [14939] to Meta SVN:
    Environments: Add Browse Happy wp-env local development environment.
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:25
    Meta high
    Committed [14938] to Meta SVN:
    Environments: Add Browse Happy wp-env local development environment.
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:17
    GitHub med
    Closed pull request #666 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Browse Happy Environment
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:16
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #668 to WordPress/wordpress.org:
    Environments: Add Browse Happy wp-env local development environment
    May 2026
    May 20 Wed · 19:12
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #695 into WordPress/wporg-main-2022:
    Content updates from Page Editor
    May 20 Wed · 18:55
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #694 into WordPress/wporg-main-2022:
    Content updates from Page Editor
    March 2026
    Mar 24 Tue · 09:07
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62099] on WordPress SVN:
    Real-time collaboration: Use prepared queries instead of *_post_meta functions.
    Mar 19 Thu · 15:48
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76687 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Backport: invalidates_query_cache meta parameter
    Mar 18 Wed · 22:05
    Core high
    Pull request #76638 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update changelog link for pull request 11276
    Mar 18 Wed · 15:00
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #76638 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Update changelog link for pull request 11276

    Total photo contributions: 1

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    English (Pirate) Plugins Translation Editor - #art_xpirate

    English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

    WordPress.org and Secure Custom Fields

    🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor - #art_xemoji

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    English (Pirate) Translation Contributor - #art_xpirate

    WooCommerce