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Daniel Richards

JavaScript Engineer at Automattic

@talldanwp Perth, Australia joined Jun 2018

github.com/talldan slack: @danr
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    JavaScript Engineer
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    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Core 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    May 2026
    May 22 Fri · 04:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unremovable borders since last WP7.11 release (may 20, 2026), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There is a reported issue for this problem, so you can track progress in fixing…
    March 2026
    Mar 03 Tue · 07:36
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Call for Testing – Pattern editing and content-only interactivity in WordPress 7.0, on the site Make WordPress Test:
    @talldanwp will fact check me, but I believe there were some technical speedbumps when editing…
    February 2026
    Feb 18 Wed · 11:29
    Meta high
    Received props from @Bernhard Reiter in Slack:
    Props to @Mamaduka @ramonopoly @talldanwp for fixing failing PHP unit tests in time for the…
    December 2025
    Dec 12 Fri · 01:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to My Patterns Folder Missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm not sure how technical your are @ecabral, but it sounds like a possible issue…
    Dec 11 Thu · 05:28
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'm supportive of the proposal. I generally find the WordPress PHP coding standards to be…
    July 2025
    Jul 30 Wed · 11:57
    Meta high
    Received props from @wildworks in Slack:
    Huge props to @Mamaduka, @talldanwp, @cbravobernal, @priethor and @oandregal for helping me with my first…
    Jul 09 Wed · 09:14
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to The editor has encountered an unexpected error in Gutentor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This error is slightly different to the others I've seen, but just to let you…
    Jul 09 Wed · 09:13
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to 21.1.0 editor error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There's now a Gutenberg v21.1.1 release that you can update to and it should resolve…
    Jul 09 Wed · 09:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Gutenberg error reported, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There's now a Gutenberg v21.1.1 release that you can update to and it should resolve…
    Jul 09 Wed · 09:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unexpected error after updating to 21.1.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There's now a Gutenberg v21.1.1 release that you can update to and it should resolve…

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