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Birgit Pauli-Haack

Developer Advocate at Automattic

@bph Munich, Germany joined Jan 2010

gutenbergtimes.com github.com/bph Slack: @bph
    Teams Community Core Documentation Playground
    Languages de_DE

    Bio

    WordPress Developer Advocate
    Curating community voices around the new editor on Gutenberg Times

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    Core Contributor '18 Core Team '22 Meta Contributor '20 P Playground Contributor '25 P Playground Team '25 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    3 badges
    Documentation Contributor '20 Documentation Team '20 Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    Community Contributor '19 Community Team '17 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '18
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '21
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Editor '26

    Current Job

    Developer Advocate
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    8contributions
    high3
    medium5
    score14
    Last 90 days
    63contributions
    high18
    medium45
    score99
    Last 12 months
    273contributions
    high123
    medium150
    score519

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 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
    • 5.0
    • 4.9

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 22 Fri · 11:13
    Themes med
    Created issue #846 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
    Palette: auto-fill slug from Name with transliteration support
    May 21 Thu · 21:04
    Themes med
    Submitted pull request #845 to WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Add/Edit Color Settings + Palette to color tab
    May 21 Thu · 11:31
    Themes med
    Closed issue #837 on the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
    REST endpoint + CBT_Theme_Settings_Save service
    May 21 Thu · 11:31
    Themes high
    Merged pull request #843 into WordPress/create-block-theme:
    Add /theme-settings REST endpoint + CBT_Theme_Settings_Save service
    May 19 Tue · 18:05
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Version / description mismatch, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Oh hi @peteringersoll I am so glad you stopped by and took the time to…
    May 18 Mon · 09:50
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #475 into WordPress/developer-blog-content:
    Post heads-up notification when auto-creating monthly roundup issue
    May 18 Mon · 09:22
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #475 to WordPress/developer-blog-content:
    Post heads-up notification when auto-creating monthly roundup issue
    May 12 Tue · 17:47
    Meta high
    Received props from @greenshady in Slack:
    Props to @bph and @psykro for feedback and reviewing https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/whats-new-for-developers-may-2026/.
    May 07 Thu · 10:12
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #179 into WordPress/blueprints:
    Add blueprint to enable Gutenberg Guidelines experiment
    May 07 Thu · 09:29
    Themes med
    Created issue #844 in the WordPress/create-block-theme repository:
    [Tracking] Tighten CBT REST API conventions across endpoints

    Developer

    Total photo contributions: 7

    View all photos contributed by Birgit Pauli-Haack to the WordPress Photo Directory →

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 2

    Plugins

    Themes

    Deutsch (German) Plugins Translation Editor - #de_DE