WordPress today is shaped by four threads: the core platform and Gutenberg, theme and block development, plugin development, and performance and hosting. The WordPress experts below lead work across each.
| Avatar | Name | GitHub | Notable Contributions† |
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Scott Taylor | @staylor | Long-time WordPress core committer (media APIs) |
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Ella | @ellatrix | Core Gutenberg block-editor engineer at Automattic |
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Joost de Valk | @jdevalk | Founder of Yoast; creator of Yoast SEO, one of WordPress's most-installed plugins |
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Mike Jolley | @mikejolley | Lead WooCommerce engineer at Automattic |
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Daniel Bachhuber | @danielbachhuber | Lead author of WP-CLI; creator of multiple editorial and admin plugins |
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Helen Hou-Sandi | @helen | WordPress release lead (multiple major releases) |
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Weston Ruter | @westonruter | WordPress core committer; AMP Plugin lead at WPEngine |
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Riad Benguella | @youknowriad | Core Gutenberg architect at Automattic |
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Marin Atanasov | @tyxla | WordPress.com / Calypso engineer at Automattic |
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Bill Erickson | @billerickson | Independent WordPress consultant; author of many open-source Genesis child themes |
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Greg Ziółkowski | @gziolo | Gutenberg architect at Automattic |
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Jared Novack | @jarednova | Co-creator of Timber, the Twig-based template engine for WordPress |
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Andrew Nacin | @nacin | Former WordPress lead developer; major core committer |
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Gary Pendergast | @pento | WordPress core committer; former Calypso & Gutenberg lead |
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Sergey Biryukov | @SergeyBiryukov | Top WordPress core committer; release maintainer |
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Dion Hulse | @dd32 | Long-time WordPress core committer (updates/plugins APIs) |
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Drew Jaynes | @DrewAPicture | Long-time WordPress core committer (documentation) |
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Pippin Williamson | @pippinsplugins | Creator of Easy Digital Downloads, Restrict Content Pro, and AffiliateWP |
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Andrew Duthie | @aduth | Lead Gutenberg engineer at Automattic |
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Brian Gardner | @bgardner | Founder of StudioPress; creator of the Genesis Framework |
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Payton Swick | @sirbrillig | WordPress.com / Calypso engineer at Automattic |
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Mark Jaquith | @markjaquith | Former WordPress lead developer; long-time core committer |
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Claudio Sanches | @claudiosanches | Core WooCommerce engineer at Automattic |
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Peter Kimanzi | @peter-kimanzi | WordPress developer and practitioner |
† Note: this is not a ranking. The order does not reflect quality or seniority.
Together, these WordPress experts shape the project's roadmap and surrounding ecosystem.
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