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Tonya Mork

Technology Director at Dreamers of Day

@hellofromtonya Two Rivers, WI, USA joined May 2015

github.com/hellofromtonya Slack: @hellofromtonya

    Bio

    Hello, I’m Tonya.

    Some highlights:

    ✦ engineering leader, architect, coach
    ✦ core committer
    ✦ build/test tools maintainer
    ✦ 2023 core team rep
    ✦ WordPress 6.6.x maintenance release lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.4 core tech lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.2 core tech lead
    ✦ WordPress 5.9 core tech lead and release coordinator
    ✦ WordPress 5.7 release triage lead
    ✦ WordPress 5.6 release triage lead
    ✦ test team rep for 2021-2022
    ✦ story to tell (go read it on HeroPress)
    ✦ high-tech alum

    Update: I’ve paused my contributions.

    WordPress Origin Story

    My origin story is on HeroPress: “Finding Your Purpose in Life”.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '20 Meta Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Test Contributor '21 Test Team '21

    Current Job

    Technology Director
    Present
    Dreamers of Day

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6
    Last 90 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 12 months
    12contributions
    high12
    medium0
    score36

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 17 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 11 Sun · 21:24
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64301] on WordPress SVN:
    Admin: Add screen option to turn off moving meta boxes.
    Oct 09 Fri · 03:00
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64247] on WordPress SVN:
    Feeds: Fix feed build date for ID-only and partial queries.
    September 2026
    Sep 04 Fri · 06:17
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63461] on WordPress SVN:
    General: Recognize any numeric zero in `size_format()`.
    August 2026
    Aug 27 Thu · 10:19
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63359] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Improve wp namespace in password-strength-meter.js
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 17:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62688] on WordPress SVN:
    Users: Improve interfaces for deleting users.
    March 2026
    Mar 19 Thu · 09:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62059] on WordPress SVN:
    General: Remove unused dynamic `$features` variable from the constructor of `class-ftp.php`.
    February 2026
    Feb 19 Thu · 12:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61695] on WordPress SVN:
    Plugins: Add a new `plugins_list_status_text` filter in `get_views()` to allow custom filtering.
    Feb 16 Mon · 17:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61651] on WordPress SVN:
    Users: Set username, email, and password fields to ltr.
    January 2026
    Jan 09 Fri · 04:26
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61457] on WordPress SVN:
    Code Modernization: Use null coalescing operator instead of `isset()` ternaries in remaining core files.
    December 2025
    Dec 11 Thu · 01:53
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61369] on WordPress SVN:
    Export: Update `export_wp()` to handle `get_comment()` returning `null` due to filter.

    Developer

    4 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin