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Ben Dwyer

Automattic

@scruffian United Kingdom joined Oct 2007

scruffian.com github.com/scruffian Slack: @scruffian
    Teams Core

    Bio

    Playing for Automattic. Make it simpler.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    25contributions
    high7
    medium18
    score39
    Last 90 days
    111contributions
    high29
    medium82
    score169
    Last 12 months
    498contributions
    high161
    medium337
    score820

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 20 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
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 4.3
    • 3.7

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 15:07
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #14795 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Twenty Twenty-Five: Render every template inside a shared index template
    Oct 23 Fri · 14:29
    Community med
    Closed pull request #267 on WordPress/community-themes:
    Add Twenty Twenty-Five Inherit: a test theme for template inheritance
    Oct 23 Fri · 12:16
    Community med
    Submitted pull request #267 to WordPress/community-themes:
    Add Twenty Twenty-Five Inherit: a test theme for template inheritance
    Oct 22 Thu · 16:34
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85402 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Templates: Let a template be rendered inside another template
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:43
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85398 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Try: Template inheritance (templates with a parent template)
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79241 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add welcome guide to site editor v2
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79228 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add site editor v2 export action
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79227 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    [codex] Add mobile surfaces to v2 site editor routes
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79270 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Load site editor context for lazy editor
    Oct 22 Thu · 14:28
    Core med
    Closed pull request #79271 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Mount preferences modal in lazy editor

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    3 themes