Profiles

Bio

WordPress Core Committer and plugin author, also working on Polyglots, Support, and Meta teams. Co-founder of Russian WP community.

Interests

Lifelong learning

WordPress Origin Story

I studied Applied Mathematics at the Southern Federal University (formerly Rostov State University) in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

I have a passion for open source, which started with contributing documentation and bug fixes for a popular file manager in 2002. While creating some websites for my university, I’ve discovered a growing web publishing software called WordPress, which quickly grabbed my attention due to its simplicity, extensibility, and an amazing community. Giving back to the community was a natural thing for me, so I’ve started translating WordPress into Russian, answering questions on support forums, and participating in core development.

I’ve joined Yoast in July 2015, and since then I’m working on WordPress full time as a core committer and an active member of several other teams: Polyglots (which translates WordPress into 200+ languages), Support (which helps users to find answers to their questions), and Meta (which manages the WordPress.org network). I’m also a frequent speaker at WordPress conferences, called WordCamps, in Russia and Europe.

In my spare time, I enjoy listening to music, playing guitar or keyboards, watching movies, going for a walk or a bike ride, repairing all kinds of things.

Badges

CODE
10 badges
Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Core Team '14 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '15 Plugin Developer Plugins Team '23 Security Contributor '22 Security Team '20
CONTENT
3 badges
Documentation Contributor '16 Documentation Team '16 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
COMMUNITY
4 badges
bbPress Contributor '19 bbPress Team '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '19
PRACTICE
6 badges
Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '17 Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16 Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21
POLYGLOTS
2 badges
Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

Current Job

WordPress Core Contributor
Present
Yoast

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days
68contributions
high68
medium0
score204
Last 90 days
218contributions
high195
medium23
score608
Last 12 months
830contributions
high679
medium151
score2188

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 39 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
  • 5.8
  • 5.7
  • 5.6
  • 5.5
  • 5.4
  • 5.3
  • 5.2
  • 5.1
  • 5.0
  • 4.9
  • 4.8
  • 4.7
  • 4.6
  • 4.5
  • 4.4
  • 4.3
  • 4.2
  • 4.1
  • 4.0
  • 3.9
  • 3.8
  • 3.7
  • 3.6
  • 3.5
  • 3.4
  • 3.3
  • 3.2

Time commitment

10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

Contributions

Type
June 2026
Jun 07 Sun · 22:12
Core high
Committed [62472] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Seventeen: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 06 Sat · 23:01
Core high
Committed [62471] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Sixteen: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 05 Fri · 22:00
Core high
Committed [62468] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Fifteen: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 04 Thu · 22:29
Core high
Committed [62465] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Fourteen: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 03 Wed · 22:15
Core high
Committed [62456] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Thirteen: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 02 Tue · 17:54
Core high
Committed [62451] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Twelve: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
Jun 01 Mon · 23:20
Core high
Committed [62442] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Eleven: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
May 2026
May 31 Sun · 23:13
Core high
Committed [62438] to WordPress SVN:
Twenty Ten: Add missing documentation for some global variables.
May 31 Sun · 19:19
Core high
Mentioned in [62437] on WordPress SVN:
Privacy: Correct type of `WP_User_Request::$user_id` from `int` to `string`/`numeric-string`.
May 30 Sat · 19:41
Meta med
Created ticket #8273 on Meta Trac:
Core commits not counted as contributions

Developer

Contributor

General Translation Editor

Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor - #ru_RU

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Français (French (France)) Translation Contributor - #fr_FR

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