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Mikael Korpela

Maker of Internet Things at Automattic

@simison Lithuania joined Jun 2006

mikaelkorpela.fi github.com/simison Slack: @Mikael Korpela

    Bio

    Developer & designer.

    Work at Automattic.com

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’m an old-timer since WP v1.x.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

    Maker of Internet Things
    Jan 2018 – Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    43contributions
    high13
    medium30
    score69
    Last 90 days
    85contributions
    high27
    medium58
    score139
    Last 12 months
    279contributions
    high105
    medium174
    score489

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 13 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.4
    • 5.8
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.0

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 16:55
    Core high
    Merged pull request #85464 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook: Add Design System MCP page
    Oct 23 Fri · 16:28
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85482 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook: Add illustrated package cards to the Design System intro page
    Oct 23 Fri · 15:10
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85477 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Boot: update error copy button for better accessibility
    Oct 23 Fri · 12:20
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85464 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Storybook: Add Design System MCP page
    Oct 23 Fri · 07:35
    Core med
    Closed pull request #75021 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    DataViews: always include filter container styles with free composition
    Oct 22 Thu · 16:02
    Core med
    Closed pull request #82686 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    UI: add "copy to clipboard" component
    Oct 22 Thu · 15:22
    Core med
    Closed pull request #85383 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    Build: allow wp-theme 3.x peer deps
    Oct 22 Thu · 12:50
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85389 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Theme: Present token docs pages as tables with copy and share links
    Oct 22 Thu · 12:44
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85388 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Theme Build Tools: Declare @wordpress/theme as a peer dependency
    Oct 22 Thu · 12:34
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #85386 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Build: Add CI check for workspace peer dependency version ranges

    Developer

    3 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    3 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    fi Suomi (Finnish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

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