Ryan Welcher
@welcher on WordPress.org and Slack
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: January 23rd, 2011
- Location: Bracebridge Ontario
- Website: www.ryanwelcher.com
- GitHub: ryanwelcher
- Job Title: Developer Relations Advocate
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Ryan Welcher’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Submitted pull request #75576 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove the Icon Block and Icon SVG API from experiments -
Posted a reply to Category Posts and Order By Custom Field, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did this work for you? -
Committed [3460887] to Plugins SVN:
Bump tested up to version in latest release -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @ndiego, @fellyph, @bph, and @welcher for contributing to and reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/02/whats-new-for-developers-february-2026/. -
Closed issue #16484 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add an Icons block -
Merged pull request #71227 into WordPress/gutenberg:
New Block: Icon Block -
Mentioned in [61620] on WordPress SVN:
Block Supports: Add height to dimensions supports -
Mentioned in [61619] on WordPress SVN:
Block Supports: Add width to dimensions supports -
Merged pull request #21 into wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Add mcp.json template that contains the GitHub MCP setup. -
Submitted pull request #21 to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Add mcp.json template that contains the GitHub MCP setup. -
Merged pull request #7 into wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Updates paths for `.gitignore`. -
Merged pull request #73986 into WordPress/gutenberg:
[create-block] Updates variant handling for missing directory files -
Posted a reply to Include search doesn’t pay attention to multiple post types but exclude does, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for confirming -
Closed issue #14378 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
ColorPicker label and help text not showing when set -
Posted a reply to Category Posts and Order By Custom Field, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi and thanks for using AQL! I think this can be done by creating a… -
Posted a reply to Query Attachments?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello and thanks for using AQL! You can query for attachments by adding them to… -
Merged pull request #73660 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update the useCommandLoader example to fix the syntax error and add missing... -
Submitted pull request #2 to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Dev Inspector -
Created issue #1 in the wptrainingteam/developer-showcase repository:
Dev Inspector -
Pull request #71914 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add height block support to dimension -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph, @zieladam, @fellyph, @psykro, and @rodrigosprimo for contributing notes and @juanmaguitar and @welcher… -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Update repo structure section. -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Updates to work with Studio -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Updates to readme. -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Removing composer from the root. -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Readme updates -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Fix formatting. -
Pushed 1 commit to wptrainingteam/developer-showcase:
Add readme -
Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix, @davidbaumwald, @SergeyBiryukov, @estelaris, @akshayar, @amykamala, @desrosj, @jorbin, @annezazu, @priethor, @fcoveram, @4thhubbard, @wildworks,… -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Sofia 2025
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Submitted pull request #73660 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update the useCommandLoader example to fix the syntax error and add missing... -
Closed issue #73657 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Interactivity API: issue with the documentation for #wp-style -
Merged pull request #73658 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Documentation: fix a typo in the documentation -
Is the 86th person to arrive at WordCamp Sofia 2025
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Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix, @davidbaumwald, @zunaid321, @shsajalchowdhury, @ravigadhiyawp, @gajendrasingh, @vishitshah, @muddassirnasim, @kausaralm, @huzaifaalmesbah, @jigar9998, @abduremon, @noruzzaman,… -
Pull request #71905 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Add width block supports under dimensions. -
Mentioned in [61293] on WordPress SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` -
Mentioned in [61290] on WordPress SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` -
Received props from @bph in Slack:
Props to @greenshady @psykro and @welcher for reviewing and giving feedback on this month's https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/11/whats-new-for-developers-november-2025/ -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph and @welcher for feedback and review on the Developer Blog post https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/11/how-wordpress-6-9-gives-forms-a-theme-json-makeover/. -
Mentioned in [61114] on WordPress SVN:
Docs: Update description for some method parameters in `WP_REST_Server` class. -
Mentioned in [61113] on WordPress SVN:
Docs: Correct the type for some method parameters in `WP_REST_Server` class. -
Mentioned in [61112] on WordPress SVN:
Docs: Correct `@return` type for `WP_REST_Response::remove_link()`. -
Merged pull request #72745 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix incorrectly tabbed code blocks. -
Submitted pull request #72746 to WordPress/gutenberg:
[Create block templates] Add main properties to the template package.json files -
Submitted pull request #72745 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix incorrectly tabbed code blocks. -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph and @welcher for reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/10/styling-accordions-in-wordpress-6-9/ for the Developer Blog. -
Mentioned in [61037] on WordPress SVN:
Users: Revert Lazy load user capabilities in WP_User object. -
Mentioned in [61034] on WordPress SVN:
Comments: Ensure custom comment form fields appear for logged-in users -
Mentioned in [60959] on WordPress SVN:
Networks and Sites: add a general `pre_site_option` filter to `get_network_option()`.
Developer
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Advanced Query Loop
Active Installs: 5,000+
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Limit Widgets
Active Installs: 40+
Contributor
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Block for Apple Maps
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Simple Page Ordering
Active Installs: 100,000+
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 5
- Basic principles of conflict resolution September 15, 2021
- Writing in the WordPress voice September 15, 2021
- Community meeting etiquette September 15, 2021
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project September 15, 2021
- Open source basics and WordPress September 14, 2021