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Dion Hulse

WordPress.org Engineer at Automattic

@dd32 Australia joined Jan 2005

dd32.id.au github.com/dd32 Slack: @dd32
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    Bio

    Hi! I’m Dion.

    A software developer from Australia, working on WordPress.org, WordCamp.org, and WordPress itself.

    You’ll find me with my finger in far too many pies, but that means I’ll always have that piece of history from 20-years ago that explains why something is how it is to this day.

    Interests

    WordPress, IoT, PHP, Other

    WordPress Origin Story

    Got involved through the Google Summer of Code in 2008 after missing the cutoff in 2007. Been here ever since.

    Badges

    CODE
    12 badges
    Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '15 Pattern Author '22 Patterns Team '22 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer '24 Plugins Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '19
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '25 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    6 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 B BuddyPress Contributor '20 C Campus Connect Participant '25 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    C Credits Graduate '25 C Credits Mentor '26 Support Contributor '22
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    WordPress.org Engineer
    Oct 2014 – Present
    Automattic

    Job History

    WordPress Developer
    Nov 2011 – Present
    Automattic
    WordPress Lead Developer
    Jan 2010 – Present
    WordPress

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    24contributions
    high23
    medium1
    score70
    Last 90 days
    27contributions
    high26
    medium1
    score79
    Last 12 months
    1320contributions
    high824
    medium496
    score2968

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 39 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
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3

    Time commitment

    38 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 21 Wed · 00:26
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8097] on bbPress SVN:
    Canonical: Match route roots case-insensitively.
    Oct 21 Wed · 00:24
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8096] on bbPress SVN:
    Canonical: Match route roots case-insensitively.
    Oct 20 Tue · 23:16
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8094] on bbPress SVN:
    Canonical: Avoid broad malformed-route guesses.
    Oct 20 Tue · 23:07
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8093] on bbPress SVN:
    Canonical: Avoid broad malformed-route guesses.
    Oct 20 Tue · 13:55
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8080] on bbPress SVN:
    Topics/Replies: Respect logged revision authors.
    Oct 20 Tue · 13:54
    bbPress high
    Mentioned in [8079] on bbPress SVN:
    Topics/Replies: Respect logged revision authors.
    Oct 16 Fri · 09:26
    Community high
    Pull request #1683 merged into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    Create Gutenberg block for the [camptix] shortcode
    Oct 15 Thu · 15:14
    Community high
    Pull request #1552 merged into WordPress/wordcamp.org:
    PDFs: Switch to DomPDF & use Noto Sans (plus KR, SC, and…
    Oct 15 Thu · 03:20
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64351] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Display 404 error for unregistered admin pages.
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:00
    Photos med
    Closed issue #55 on the WordPress/wporg-photo-directory repository:
    Shouldn't reset the scroll position after closing the preview modal

    Developer

    5 plugins

    Contributor

    6 plugins

    Completed courses

    4 completed

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    Plugins

    7 favorites

    Themes

    4 favorites

    Translations

    8 locales
    en_AU English (Australia) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 194 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Learn WordPress Openverse Pattern Directory WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordCamp.org WordPress.org Patterns Add From Server Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) AnsPress – Question and answer Button Builder – Buttons X Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms Coming Soon Chop Chop Admin Columns CommentPress Core contact-form-7-to-database-extension Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) WordPress Calls to Action Custom Content Type Manager Custom Post Type UI Delightful Downloads Display Featured Image for Genesis Event List Event Organiser Album and Image Gallery with Lightbox – Flagallery Photo Portfolio Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder Gmedia Photo Gallery Gwolle Guestbook Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Ktai Style WordPress Landing Pages LBDesign Button Shortcode WordPress Leads Lightweight Social Icons Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder Magic Fields Magic Fields 2 MailPress MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites MyBookTable Bookstore by Stormhill Media Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred P2 Resolved Posts PIKLIST – Easily Build Fields, Forms, Settings, Widgets and More.

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    cs_CZ Čeština (Czech) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Add From Server Test Plugin 3 – Testing plugin

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Add From Server Test Plugin 3 – Testing plugin

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Post Translation

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    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Add From Server

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    en_NZ English (New Zealand) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress.org

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Mantra

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Add From Server

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