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Marin Atanasov

Engineering Director at Automattic

@tyxla Varna, Bulgaria joined Nov 2011

marinatanasov.com github.com/tyxla Slack: @tyxla
    Teams Core
    Languages bg_BG

    Bio

    Engineering Director @Automattic. Procrastinator. Nitpicker. Obsessed with detail. Fond of elegant solutions for complex problems.

    Interests

    WordPress, as well as debugging & fixing issues, while playing guitar or piano or reading a nice book.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I met WordPress in one rainy day of 2006, but vivid, warm sunshine has been glowing on my lawn ever since.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 Photo Contributor '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    4 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '17 WordCamp Speaker '15 WordCamp Volunteer '26
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Engineering Director
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    61contributions
    high11
    medium50
    score83
    Last 90 days
    185contributions
    high74
    medium111
    score333
    Last 12 months
    582contributions
    high208
    medium374
    score998

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 24 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
    • 5.0
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 19 Mon · 21:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64583] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Replace Dashicons in admin bar and sidebar with wp-icons.
    Oct 19 Mon · 16:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64519] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Fix display name live preview and "Howdy" color.
    Oct 19 Mon · 14:28
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64502] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Fix display name live preview and "Howdy" color
    Oct 12 Mon · 12:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64312] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Move "Howdy" into user menu item to free up space.
    Oct 11 Sun · 21:24
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64301] on WordPress SVN:
    Admin: Add screen option to turn off moving meta boxes.
    Oct 09 Fri · 18:15
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES SQL mode is now turned off by default in WordPress 7.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress 7.2 adds NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES to the list of SQL modes that WordPress doesn't support. WordPress…
    Oct 08 Thu · 13:23
    Core med
    Closed issue #70104 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    When registering custom blocks using register_block_type() function, providing a different 'name' as…
    Oct 08 Thu · 12:13
    Core med
    Closed issue #31112 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Query Block: select from a list for categories
    Oct 08 Thu · 12:13
    Core high
    Merged pull request #82583 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Query Loop: list taxonomy terms so they can be browsed, not recalled
    Oct 08 Thu · 11:14
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Database: Add `NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES` to `wpdb::$incompatible_modes`.

    Developer

    8 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Photos

    3 contributions

    View all 3 photos in the Photo Directory

    Plugins

    21 favorites

    Themes

    5 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    bg_BG Български (Bulgarian) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 209 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Browse Happy Forums Get Involved o2 WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) All-in-One WP Migration and Backup All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall Amazon Link amr users Activity Log – Monitor User and Agent Changes BackUpWordPress Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection Breadcrumb NavXT Broken Link Checker BuddyPress rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress BulletProof Security Maps by BestWebSoft Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms CataBlog Coming Soon Chop Chop Cimy User Extra Fields Clicky by Yoast Admin Columns Connections Business Directory Constant Contact for WordPress Contact Form 7 contact-form-7-to-database-extension Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) Page Security & Membership WordPress Calls to Action Custom Content Type Manager Custom Field Template MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions Delightful Downloads Download Monitor DW Question & Answer Easing Slider

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