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Weston Ruter

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@westonruter Portland, OR, USA joined May 2007

weston.ruter.net github.com/westonruter Slack: @westonruter
    Maintains Customize Script Loader
    Teams Core Core Performance

    Bio

    Working on making WordPress fast!

    WordPress Origin Story

    See https://weston.ruter.net/?p=34264

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '23 C Core Performance Team '23 Core Team '15 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Aug 2025 – Present
    WP Engine · Full-time
    Working full time contributing to making WordPress.

    Job History

    Developer Relations Engineer
    Oct 2018 – Jun 2025
    Google
    Head of WordPress => CTO
    Apr 2013 – Sep 2018
    XWP
    Senior Web Developer
    May 2010 – Apr 2013
    X-Team
    Note: My role transitioned from X-Team to our newly-founded sister company, XWP.
    Sr. Web Application Developer
    Oct 2007 – May 2010
    Shepherd Interactive

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    291contributions
    high212
    medium79
    score715
    Last 90 days
    809contributions
    high628
    medium181
    score2065
    Last 12 months
    2355contributions
    high1665
    medium690
    score5685

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 35 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
    • 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

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 25 Sun · 05:55
    Core high
    Merged pull request #68401 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: incorrect conditional check in WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg::convert_variables_to_values()
    Oct 25 Sun · 05:38
    Core high
    Merged pull request #68389 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: ensure `base_convert()` is type `int` before division
    Oct 25 Sun · 05:05
    Core med
    Closed pull request #68400 on WordPress/gutenberg:
    chore: remove duplicate code in `WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg::get_block_nodes()`
    Oct 24 Sat · 20:38
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #14830 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Build/Test Tools: Update PHPStan to 2.3.2
    Oct 23 Fri · 22:26
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Administration: Refine the admin menu view transitions.
    Oct 23 Fri · 22:24
    Core high
    Committed [64691] to WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Refine the admin menu view transitions.
    Oct 23 Fri · 22:24
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65032 on Core Trac:
    View transition admin bar quirks
    Oct 23 Fri · 18:00
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Code Modernization: Use `array_any()` and `array_all()` more widely.
    Oct 23 Fri · 17:59
    Core med
    Closed pull request #14618 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Code Modernization: Use `array_any()` and `array_all()` in more places
    Oct 23 Fri · 17:58
    Core high
    Committed [64690] to WordPress SVN:
    Code Modernization: Use `array_any()` and `array_all()` more widely.

    Developer

    33 plugins

    Contributor

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