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Alex Kirk

Automattic

@akirk Vienna, Austria joined Mar 2006

alex.kirk.at github.com/akirk Slack: @akirk
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    Languages de_DE de-at it_IT

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '22 P Playground Contributor '25 P Playground Team '25 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '23
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    47contributions
    high21
    medium26
    score89
    Last 90 days
    92contributions
    high42
    medium50
    score176
    Last 12 months
    177contributions
    high79
    medium98
    score335

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 9 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.5
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.2
    • 5.0
    • 4.4
    • 4.3

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 24 Wed · 11:41
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3828 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Fix file browser tab layout in site manager
    Jun 24 Wed · 06:50
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3824 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Improve OPFS sync copy error messages
    Jun 23 Tue · 10:49
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3820 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Avoid remote progress calls when progress bar is disabled
    Jun 22 Mon · 17:55
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3820 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Avoid remote progress calls when progress bar is disabled
    Jun 22 Mon · 04:29
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3818 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    [Personal-WP] Add my.wordpress.net specific MCP instructions and skills
    Jun 19 Fri · 10:43
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #213 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Restore app catalog icons
    Jun 19 Fri · 10:40
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #211 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Migrate BrewCommerce Blueprint to current schema
    Jun 19 Fri · 10:39
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #213 to WordPress/blueprints:
    Restore app catalog icons
    Jun 19 Fri · 10:12
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #205 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Add landing page to AI Assistant
    Jun 19 Fri · 09:44
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #212 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Add My Apps catalog icons and apps

    Developer

    12 plugins

    Contributor

    5 plugins

    Plugins

    47 favorites

    Themes

    2 favorites

    Translations

    21 locales
    art_xpirate English (Pirate) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Friends WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Patterns

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Enable Mastodon Apps Family Wiki Friends Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Locatoraid Store Locator Masterbar Note Product Catalog Simple Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack WooCommerce WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Friends Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ar العربية (Arabic) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    he_IL עִבְרִית (Hebrew) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    id_ID Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ko_KR 한국어 (Korean) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_TW 繁體中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    es_ES Español (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    pt_BR Português do Brasil (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_CN 简体中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    sv_SE Svenska (Swedish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    tr_TR Türkçe (Turkish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Slim Jetpack

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    el Ελληνικά (Greek) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Friends

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    de_AT Deutsch (Österreich) (German) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Enable Mastodon Apps

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