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Amy Kamala

@amykamala Santa Monica, CA joined Dec 2018

kittenkamala.com github.com/kittenkamala Slack: @amykamala
    Teams Core Hosting

    Bio

    Core Team Rep 2026
    Hosting Team Rep 2026
    Release Coordinator WordPress 7.0

    WordPress contributions sponsored by Elementor!

    Tech nerd + artist. Full stack web dev with team leadership and project management experience, with some UIUX and product development mixed in. MFA from UCLA.

    Past contributions:
    Release Coordinator WordPress 6.9
    Hosting Team Rep 2019-2023
    Tech Lead Cohort Contributor WordPress 5.6
    WPLA MeetUps organizer (but not currently hosting events)
    Facilitated Core meetings and Release Model Working Group 2019-2020
    WordCamp LA contributor/organizer 2020
    Spoken at and/or helped with contributor day tables at a few camps and meetups including: WCAsia, WCEU, WCUS, WC Las Vegas, WC/WP Santa Clarita, WC/WP LA
    Previous sponsors include DreamHost, InMotion Hosting, Kanopi Studios

    Interests

    art, crafts, animals, animation, gardening, baking, hiking, yoga, sci-fi, non-fiction reading, theology, technology

    WordPress Origin Story

    I found my way to WordPress.org through working technical support at a web host. <3

    I've worked at 3 different web hosts in a technical and/or team lead capacity and am well versed in hosting infra, standards and practices.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '25 Hosting Contributor '19 Hosting Team '19
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '20

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    38contributions
    high25
    medium13
    score88
    Last 90 days
    119contributions
    high67
    medium52
    score253
    Last 12 months
    357contributions
    high209
    medium148
    score775

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.5
    • 5.6
    • 5.4

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:21
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #395 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Remove old team description index.md + section redo
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:20
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #399 on the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Empty hover tooltip appears on multiple ticket links across the Server Environment…
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:20
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #400 into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
    Update link format for hovercard compatibility.
    Jun 04 Thu · 08:52
    GitHub high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Fix the link URL for backing up WordPress files
    Jun 04 Thu · 08:52
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #501 into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Fix the link URL for backing up WordPress files
    Jun 03 Wed · 20:04
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    Get ready for WordCamp Europe 2026! Happening in Kraków, Poland, on June 4-6th, with a…
    Jun 03 Wed · 19:40
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Help Core help test Real Time Collaboration, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    WordPress Core is expanding testing efforts for Real Time Collaboration ahead of WordPress 7.1 to…
    Jun 03 Wed · 06:08
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-06-03, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and on Agenda WordPress News…
    Jun 03 Wed · 04:59
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda – June 3, 2026, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…
    Jun 03 Wed · 00:50
    GitHub med
    Created issue #398 in the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Update "beta" info on compatibility page