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Paul Kevan

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@paulkevan joined Mar 2013

github.com/pkevan Slack: @Paul Kevan
    Teams Core AI Core Meta
    Languages pirate

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Team '25 Core Contributor '22 Meta Contributor '23 Meta Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '22
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '23
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '24

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high3
    medium1
    score10
    Last 90 days
    46contributions
    high40
    medium6
    score126
    Last 12 months
    120contributions
    high80
    medium40
    score280

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 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

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 19:31
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15417] on Meta SVN:
    Patterns API: Fix endpoint tests
    Oct 09 Fri · 15:09
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64257] on WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Update Google Fonts API endpoint for WordPress 7.2.
    Oct 09 Fri · 08:27
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #14130 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Editor: Update Google Fonts API endpoint for WordPress 7.2
    Oct 09 Fri · 08:09
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8450 on Meta Trac:
    Update Google fonts collection data for 7.2 release
    September 2026
    Sep 18 Fri · 19:19
    Meta high
    Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
    Props to @adamsilverstein @desrosj @andraganescu @pbiron @abduremon @ugyensupport @rfaile313 @lancewillett @aaroncampbell @obenland @peterwilsoncc @azharderaiya @SergeyBiryukov…
    Sep 18 Fri · 09:12
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8438 on Meta Trac:
    Update credits for WordPress 7.1.1
    Sep 18 Fri · 09:11
    Meta high
    Committed [15217] to Meta SVN:
    Credits API: Update credits for 7.1.
    Sep 09 Wed · 10:56
    Meta high
    Committed [15162] to Meta SVN:
    Slack: make sure user can join subgroup from list.
    Sep 09 Wed · 10:34
    Meta high
    Committed [15161] to Meta SVN:
    Slack: update subgroup command to allow channels to be displayed for all members.
    August 2026
    Aug 06 Thu · 19:59
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63115] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Backport the WordPress 7.0.3 security fixes to the 4.7 branch.

    Photos

    1 contribution

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    Translations

    3 locales
    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress.org Secure Custom Fields

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    art_xpirate English (Pirate) (English) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    WooCommerce

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WooCommerce

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org