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Sarah Norris

Software Engineer at Automattic

@mikachan Liverpool, England joined Aug 2013

sekai.co.uk github.com/mikachan Slack: @mikachan
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    Bio

    I’m a software engineer who can usually be found working in Core and on the Editor. I also sometimes contribute to the Create Block Theme plugin and the occasional theme. I love attending WordCamps and being part of Contributor Days, especially helping new folks onboard to the project.

    I’m a Core Committer and a member of the Gutenberg Core team. I was part of the release squads for WordPress 6.1 and 6.4 as an Editor Tech Lead, and I was one of the Core Team Reps for 2024.

    Outside of WordPress, I love travelling, theme parks, photography, watching films, live music, reading comics, and hiking.

    Interests

    walking, hiking, travelling, reading, gaming, photography, rollercoasters

    WordPress Origin Story

    My first developer role, back in 2008, was for a start-up that used a variety of CMS solutions, and WordPress was one of them. It was my favourite to work with and quickly became our go-to solution. I haven’t looked back since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '23

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Key Accomplishments

    Default Theme Lead for WordPress 6.1
    Editor Tech Lead for WordPress 6.4
    Core Team Rep, 2024

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    14contributions
    high12
    medium2
    score38
    Last 90 days
    20contributions
    high12
    medium8
    score44
    Last 12 months
    194contributions
    high100
    medium94
    score394

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9

    Time commitment

    24 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 22 Thu · 00:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64676] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Generate custom CSS for blocks rendered by their parent block
    Oct 20 Tue · 12:27
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64598] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Add pseudo-selector support for select elements.
    Oct 20 Tue · 11:52
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Editor: Add pseudo-selector support for text inputs.
    Oct 20 Tue · 11:50
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65880 on Core Trac:
    Global Styles: Add pseudo-selector support for text inputs
    Oct 20 Tue · 11:50
    Core high
    Committed [64597] to WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Add pseudo-selector support for text inputs.
    Oct 19 Mon · 20:32
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Editor: Fix link color in the "Large title" query pattern.
    Oct 19 Mon · 20:30
    Core high
    Committed [64579] to WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Fix link color in the "Large title" query pattern.
    Oct 19 Mon · 20:30
    Core med
    Closed ticket #66201 on Core Trac:
    Patterns: Post title link color in "Large title" pattern renders ...
    Oct 15 Thu · 16:05
    Core med
    Closed issue #52615 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Outline styling of search button in the Search Block during a focus…
    Oct 15 Thu · 16:05
    Core high
    Merged pull request #84685 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Search: Don't clip the button focus outline when the field is collapsed

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    1 theme

    • WZR

      10+ active installs

    Photos

    11 contributions

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    Completed courses

    1 completed

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    Themes

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