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Marin Atanasov

Engineering Director at Automattic

@tyxla Varna, Bulgaria joined Nov 2011

marinatanasov.com github.com/tyxla Slack: @tyxla
    Teams Core
    Languages bg_BG

    Bio

    Engineering Director @Automattic. Procrastinator. Nitpicker. Obsessed with detail. Fond of elegant solutions for complex problems.

    Interests

    WordPress, as well as debugging & fixing issues, while playing guitar or piano or reading a nice book.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I met WordPress in one rainy day of 2006, but vivid, warm sunshine has been glowing on my lawn ever since.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 Photo Contributor '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '15
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Engineering Director
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    21contributions
    high9
    medium12
    score39
    Last 90 days
    74contributions
    high38
    medium36
    score150
    Last 12 months
    139contributions
    high68
    medium71
    score275

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 22 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
    • 5.0
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.1

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 06 Sat · 09:46
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Gutenberg Conflict with Yoast SEO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @madarkosh,This should be resolved in the latest version of Gutenberg (v23.3.2).Could you please test…
    Jun 05 Fri · 08:33
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Gutenberg ver. 23.3.0: Error/plugin conflict with Yoast ver. 27.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey folks!The issue should now be resolved in Gutenberg v23.3.2. Can you please retest on…
    May 2026
    May 28 Thu · 09:40
    Core high
    Pull request #78636 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    RTC: Re-render collaborators overlay when the block tree changes
    May 27 Wed · 16:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78747 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Remove React Native implementation, framework, and dependencies
    May 27 Wed · 13:39
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78685 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Compose: Support React 19 ref callback cleanups in `useMergeRefs`
    May 26 Tue · 15:45
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78690 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Compose: Deprecate `useRefEffect` in favor of native `useCallback` ref cleanups
    May 26 Tue · 13:20
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78685 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Compose: Support React 19 ref callback cleanups in `useMergeRefs`
    May 26 Tue · 10:25
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78673 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Docs: Mark React Native mobile editor as unmaintained on trunk after React…
    May 26 Tue · 09:50
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78673 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Docs: Mark React Native mobile editor as unmaintained on trunk after React…
    May 26 Tue · 09:09
    Core high
    Pull request #61521 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Upgrade to React 19

    Developer

    Contributor

    Total photo contributions: 3

    View all photos contributed by Marin Atanasov to the WordPress Photo Directory →

    Plugins

    Themes

    General Translation Editor

    Български (Bulgarian) Translation Contributor - #bg_BG

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