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 #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()`. -
Is the 102nd person to arrive at WordCamp Canada 2025
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Received props from @juanmaguitar in Slack:
Props to @greenshady @bph @welcher @fellyph @akirk and @zieladam for feedback and review for the… -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @welcher and @juanmaguitar for feedback and review for the Developer Blog article https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/09/border-radius-size-presets-in-wordpress-6-9/. -
Submitted pull request #71914 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add height block support to dimension -
Submitted pull request #71905 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add width block supports under dimensions. -
Wrote a comment on the post Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@sirlouen thank you for calling that out! This was my mistake, I duplicated an older… -
Wrote a new post, Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's time to get WordPress 6.9 ready for release, and help is needed to ensure… -
Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
Props to @bph and @welcher for feedback and review on the Developer Blog tutorial https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/09/building-a-light-dark-toggle-with-the-interactivity-api/. -
Closed issue #385 on the WordPress/developer-blog-content repository:
What's new for developers? (September 2025) -
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @psykro, @fellyph, @greenshady and @areziaal for their help on https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/09/whats-new-for-developers-september-2025/ -
Wrote a new post, What’s new for developers? (September 2025), on the site WordPress Developer Blog:
September 2025 highlights: Abilities API testing, Accordion blocks, theme.json form styling, Data Views upgrades, create-block… -
Posted a reply to Post Order By Meta Value Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello and thanks for using AQL! I'm sorry you're running into this. I'll need to… -
Posted a reply to External Site/RSS Feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello and thanks for using AQL! Unfortunately, this is not something that AQL supports. Best… -
Posted a reply to Suggestion on implementation?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not something that can be done in AQL directly but you may be… -
Posted a reply to Random order?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it adds more options to order by. -
Submitted pull request #71227 to WordPress/gutenberg:
New Block: Icon Block -
Posted a reply to How to hook into the save function of a Gutenberg block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If I might make a suggestion to check the permission for the user on the…
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Advanced Query Loop
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Block for Apple Maps
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Simple Page Ordering
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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