Riad Benguella
Keeper of the blocks at Automattic
@youknowriad Oran Algeria joined Oct 2016
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Keeper of the blocks
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Last 30 days
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high104
medium1673
score1985
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2518contributions
high353
medium2165
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Contributed to 24 releases
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October 2026
Oct 21
Wed · 08:46
Core
med
Closed pull request #85178 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Font Library: Set up the Brotli decoder on first use
Font Library: Set up the Brotli decoder on first use
Oct 20
Tue · 22:54
Core
high
Merged pull request #85177 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Rich Text: Append runs of text to the DOM at once
Rich Text: Append runs of text to the DOM at once
Oct 20
Tue · 15:51
Core
med
Closed issue #73913 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
When selecting "custom" in a Query Loop block, the taxonomy of the…
When selecting "custom" in a Query Loop block, the taxonomy of the…
Oct 20
Tue · 15:50
Core
med
Closed issue #62213 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
ContrastChecker does not work in site editor
ContrastChecker does not work in site editor
Oct 20
Tue · 15:50
Core
med
Closed issue #53134 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Link control: Typing a hashtag # should suggest id's on the same…
Link control: Typing a hashtag # should suggest id's on the same…
Oct 20
Tue · 15:49
Core
med
Closed issue #42400 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
More conservative number of retry attempts for failed requests
More conservative number of retry attempts for failed requests
Oct 20
Tue · 14:14
Core
high
Merged pull request #85182 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Theme: Use the prebuilt ramps of the default seeds in ThemeProvider
Theme: Use the prebuilt ramps of the default seeds in ThemeProvider
Oct 20
Tue · 11:03
Core
med
Closed issue #19539 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Blocks: Separator: Background style is too specific
Blocks: Separator: Background style is too specific
Oct 20
Tue · 11:02
Core
med
Submitted pull request #85182 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Theme: Use the prebuilt ramps of the default seeds in ThemeProvider
Theme: Use the prebuilt ramps of the default seeds in ThemeProvider
Oct 20
Tue · 11:02
Core
med
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