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Sarah Norris

Software Engineer at Automattic

@mikachan Liverpool, England joined Aug 2013

sekai.co.uk github.com/mikachan Slack: @mikachan
    Teams Core Themes

    Bio

    I’m a software engineer who can usually be found working in Core and on the Editor. I also sometimes contribute to the Create Block Theme plugin and the occasional theme. I love attending WordCamps and being part of Contributor Days, especially helping new folks onboard to the project.

    I’m a Core Committer and a member of the Gutenberg Core team. I was part of the release squads for WordPress 6.1 and 6.4 as an Editor Tech Lead, and I was one of the Core Team Reps for 2024.

    Outside of WordPress, I love travelling, theme parks, photography, watching films, live music, reading comics, and hiking.

    Interests

    walking, hiking, travelling, reading, gaming, photography, rollercoasters

    WordPress Origin Story

    My first developer role, back in 2008, was for a start-up that used a variety of CMS solutions, and WordPress was one of them. It was my favourite to work with and quickly became our go-to solution. I haven’t looked back since!

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '22 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '23

    Current Job

    Software Engineer
    Present
    Automattic

    Key Accomplishments

    Default Theme Lead for WordPress 6.1
    Editor Tech Lead for WordPress 6.4
    Core Team Rep, 2024

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    10contributions
    high6
    medium4
    score22
    Last 90 days
    36contributions
    high18
    medium18
    score72
    Last 12 months
    229contributions
    high110
    medium119
    score449

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 12 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9

    Time commitment

    24 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 19 Fri · 15:33
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #853 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    [Automation] New minor Release: 2.10.0
    Jun 19 Fri · 14:25
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #852 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Validate downloaded theme assets against extension and MIME allowlists
    Jun 19 Fri · 13:13
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #850 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Require super-admin for theme-modifying REST routes on multisite
    Jun 17 Wed · 09:56
    Themes med
    Closed issue #825 on the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
    i18n: Additional blocks not made translation-ready on theme save
    Jun 17 Wed · 09:56
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #826 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    i18n: Localize label attribute of additional blocks
    Jun 17 Wed · 09:53
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #827 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    i18n: Localise fileName and downloadButtonText of the File block
    Jun 16 Tue · 16:18
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #851 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Strip PHP execution tags from pattern body content
    Jun 16 Tue · 10:58
    Themes med
    Submitted pull request #852 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Validate downloaded theme assets against extension and MIME allowlists
    Jun 16 Tue · 10:54
    Themes med
    Submitted pull request #851 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Strip PHP execution tags from pattern body content
    Jun 16 Tue · 10:50
    Themes med
    Submitted pull request #850 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Require super-admin for theme-modifying REST routes on multisite

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Themes

    1 theme

    • WZR

      10+ active installs

    Photos

    11 contributions

    View all 11 photos in the Photo Directory

    Completed courses

    1 completed

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    Plugins

    2 favorites

    Themes

    4 favorites