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Rachel Baker

Spreadsheet & Agenda Maker at Stitch Fix

@rachelbaker Chicago, IL USA joined Aug 2010

rachelbaker.me Slack: @rachelbaker

    Bio

    Core committer. Co-lead development of the WordPress REST API along with Ryan McCue.

    Interests

    WordPress, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Ruby, Bash

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '16 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Spreadsheet & Agenda Maker
    Present
    Stitch Fix

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
    0contributions
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    Last 12 months
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 24 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.3
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.6

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2025
    Oct 21 Tue · 13:58
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61034] on WordPress SVN:
    Comments: Ensure custom comment form fields appear for logged-in users
    September 2025
    Sep 12 Fri · 22:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60734] on WordPress SVN:
    Formatting: Allow specifying `https://` as the default protocol in `esc_url()`.
    August 2024
    Aug 19 Mon · 20:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58915] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Fix admin image cropping calculations.
    June 2024
    Jun 21 Fri · 19:49
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58456] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: Fix admin image cropping calculations.
    June 2023
    Jun 28 Wed · 17:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [56096] on WordPress SVN:
    REST API: Expose current $request object to cors_header filters in WP_REST_SERVER->serve_request().
    August 2022
    Aug 12 Fri · 12:09
    Core high
    Mentioned in [53888] on WordPress SVN:
    General: Add required fields helper functions for better reusability.
    July 2022
    Jul 22 Fri · 13:58
    Core high
    Mentioned in [53760] on WordPress SVN:
    REST API: Avoid unnecessarily preparing item links.
    April 2022
    Apr 11 Mon · 05:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [53125] on WordPress SVN:
    Feeds: Remove comment feed HTML headers when empty.
    January 2022
    Jan 04 Tue · 14:23
    Core high
    Mentioned in [52436] on WordPress SVN:
    REST API: Add unit tests for the 404 template slug handler.
    November 2021
    Nov 16 Tue · 02:13
    Core high
    Mentioned in [52175] on WordPress SVN:
    Comments: Don't output "cancel comment reply link" if comments aren't threaded.