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Konstantin Obenland

Chairman of Height at Automattic

@obenland joined Dec 2011

konstantin.obenland.it github.com/obenland Slack: @obenland
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    Bio

    Chairman of Height at Automattic, WordPress Contributor.

    Badges

    CODE
    8 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '15 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photos Team '26
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '26 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '18
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '24 Test Contributor '21
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '26

    Current Job

    Chairman of Height
    Oct 2012 – Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    726contributions
    high325
    medium401
    score1376
    Last 90 days
    1587contributions
    high784
    medium803
    score3155
    Last 12 months
    2043contributions
    high1068
    medium975
    score4179

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 34 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83 to WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Theme: Fix all lint errors and warnings
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:47
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #82 to WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Tooling: Switch from yarn to npm and @wordpress/scripts
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:12
    Core high
    Merged pull request #81 into WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Editor: Register the write blocker before disable-features runs
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:10
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #304 to WordPress/props-bot-action:
    Output the contributors as JSON
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:08
    Meta high
    Committed [15419] to Meta SVN:
    FreeScout: Import WordCamp US's mailboxes from its own FreeScout
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:08
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81 to WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Editor: Register the write blocker before disable-features runs
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:08
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #303 to WordPress/props-bot-action:
    Queue Props Bot runs instead of cancelling them
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:02
    Core med
    Closed issue #34 on the WordPress/wporg-gutenberg repository:
    Restrict access to Media Library
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:02
    Core high
    Merged pull request #78 into WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Editor: Replace the Media Library with Openverse
    Oct 23 Fri · 20:02
    Core high
    Merged pull request #80 into WordPress/wporg-gutenberg:
    Editor: Load the entity field and action modules on the front end

    Developer

    15 plugins

    Contributor

    5 plugins

    Themes

    1 theme

    Plugins

    7 favorites

    Themes

    1 favorite

    Translations

    14 locales
    de_DE Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 12 projects.

    Block for Strava Change From Address Debug Bar Shiny Updates Twenty Eleven Showcase Slider Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User WP Author Slug WP Display Header WP Last Login WP Search Suggest WPMU Network Site Users Dropdown

    Contributed translations to 24 projects.

    WordPress.org ActivityPub Block for Strava Change From Address WordPress.com Editing Toolkit Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User WP Author Slug WP Display Header WP Last Login WP Search Suggest WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 4.3.x WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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    es_ES Español (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 6 projects.

    Block for Strava Change From Address Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User WP Display Header WP Last Login

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    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 6 projects.

    Block for Strava Change From Address WordPress.com Editing Toolkit Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User WP Last Login

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    Block for Strava Change From Address Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User WP Last Login

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    Block for Strava Change From Address WP Approve User WP Last Login

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    pt_PT Português (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    Block for Strava Uploads Unleashed WP Display Header WP Last Login

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Block for Strava Uploads Unleashed WP Approve User

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    pt_BR Português do Brasil (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Change From Address WP Approve User WP Last Login

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Block for Strava WP Approve User WP Last Login

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    ar العربية (Arabic) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Block for Strava Uploads Unleashed

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    pl_PL Polski (Polish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Block for Strava WP Approve User

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    uk Українська (Ukrainian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Block for Strava WP Display Header

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    zh_CN 简体中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Block for Strava Uploads Unleashed

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    da_DK Dansk (Danish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WP Last Login

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