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Amy Kamala

@amykamala Santa Monica, CA joined Dec 2018

kittenkamala.com github.com/kittenkamala Slack: @amykamala
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    Bio

    Core Team Rep 2026
    Hosting Team Rep 2026

    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 and 7.0
    Hosting Team Rep 2019-2023
    Tech Lead Cohort contributor WP 5.6
    WPLA MeetUps organizer (but not currently hosting events)
    Release Model Working Group 2019-2020
    WordCamp LA 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
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '26
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '20

    Job History

    WordPress Support Specialist
    Feb 2015 – May 2019
    DreamHost · Full-time
    Social support > tech support > live chat > WP specialist. Helped form a new dedicated WP support team, devise and document team processes, take escalations, support enterprise clients, push code to hosting infrastructure and facilitated the conception, creation and implementation of new WordPress professional services and products.

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    41contributions
    high20
    medium21
    score81
    Last 90 days
    115contributions
    high57
    medium58
    score229
    Last 12 months
    377contributions
    high220
    medium157
    score817

    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 24 Wed · 18:17
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #323 into WordPress/phpunit-test-runner:
    Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 in the github-actions group
    Jun 24 Wed · 16:52
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @JeffPaul and @desrosj for organizing and facilitating so much behind the scenes for…
    Jun 24 Wed · 16:51
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @desrosj and @dmsnell for going above and beyond to maintain the Core development…
    Jun 24 Wed · 16:49
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @jorbin for spearheading minor releases!
    Jun 24 Wed · 04:04
    GitHub med
    Created issue #64 in the WordPress/wporg-make repository:
    Allow pinned posts to be minimized, or create logic to unpin them…
    Jun 24 Wed · 03:52
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda – June 24, 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 22 Mon · 19:06
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 Release Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    A huge congratulations, and a giant thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 7.0…
    Jun 17 Wed · 21:23
    GitHub med
    Created issue #121 in the WordPress/phpunit-test-reporter repository:
    Create security.md for better Github security
    Jun 17 Wed · 21:23
    GitHub med
    Created issue #505 in the WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook repository:
    Create security.md for better Github security
    Jun 17 Wed · 21:22
    GitHub med
    Created issue #406 in the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Create security.md for better Github security