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Seth Rubenstein

Head of Engineering at Pew Research Center

@smrubenstein Silver Spring, MD joined Jul 2010

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    Bio

    Blocks evangelist, Head of Engineering at Pew Research Center. Gutenberg Contributor. Buffalo wing connoisseur.

    Interests

    WordPress + React + Gutenberg

    Badges

    CODE
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    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '23
    CONTENT
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    Photo Contributor '22

    Current Job

    Head of Engineering
    Present
    Pew Research Center

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high0
    medium1
    score1
    Last 90 days
    1contribution
    high0
    medium1
    score1
    Last 12 months
    14contributions
    high4
    medium10
    score22

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 7 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4

    Time commitment

    5 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 08 Fri · 14:12
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Real-time collaboration will not ship in WordPress 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    🥲 Sad to see it delayed, but it's the right call.
    February 2026
    Feb 08 Sun · 21:01
    Core high
    Pull request #75219 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Optimize tabsList computation with useRef for comparison
    Feb 04 Wed · 18:15
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #75219 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Optimize tabsList computation with useRef for comparison
    Feb 04 Wed · 15:18
    Core high
    Pull request #75208 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Remove unnecessary block deprecation from experimental tabs
    Feb 04 Wed · 14:20
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #75208 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Remove unnecessary block deprecation from experimental tabs
    January 2026
    Jan 24 Sat · 01:16
    Core high
    Pull request #74412 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Feat/core tabs restructure
    Jan 07 Wed · 14:26
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #74412 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Feat/core tabs restructure
    December 2025
    Dec 14 Sun · 17:12
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Planning for 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Wow what a huge list, very exciting. Just as an update from me, I plan…
    Dec 05 Fri · 15:52
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Hard no.
    October 2025
    Oct 30 Thu · 10:43
    Core high
    Pull request #69789 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    New Block: `core/tabs`