Maciej (Matt) Pilarski (@gomp) – WordPress user profile

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress around 2007, beginning as a curious user exploring the possibilities of open publishing. My involvement deepened in 2014 when I volunteered at WordCamp Sofia and went on to co-organize local WordPress meetups and WordCamps across Poland, helping grow the regional community.
That same year, I joined OnTheGoSystems, providing multilingual support for the WPML plugin, and later moved to Japan, where I worked as a Product Evangelist focused on connecting creators and open-source tools.
Since 2016, I have been part of Automattic Inc., where I currently serve as a Community Wrangler. In this role, bridge support, community, and product feedback — ensuring that users and contributors alike have a voice in shaping the WordPress experience.

Passionate about education and open collaboration, I actively promote initiatives like WordPress Credits and WP Campus Connect, which connect academia with the global open-source ecosystem to empower the next generation of contributors.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

2 badges

WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '15

PRACTICE

2 badges

C Credits Graduate '26 C Credits Mentor '26

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '26

Current Job

Community Wrangler

Present

Automattic Inc.

Job History

Happiness Engineer

Oct 2016 – Oct 2025

Automattic Inc.

Technical Evangelist

Nov 2015 – Jun 2016

DigitalCube Inc.

Support Team

Dec 2014 – Oct 2015

OnTheGoSystems

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

44contributions

high37

medium7

score118

Last 90 days

56contributions

high48

medium8

score152

Last 12 months

87contributions

high66

medium21

score219

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Time commitment

40 hours per week

Automattic 40 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

August 2026

Aug 10 Mon · 03:37

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: the guide sidebar ends under its search

Aug 10 Mon · 03:31

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: move the guide search under the contents list

Aug 10 Mon · 03:27

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: the landing page mentor figure is live

Aug 10 Mon · 03:18

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: a search at the foot of the Documentation sidebar

Aug 10 Mon · 03:12

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: match the Documentation template to the page treatment

Aug 10 Mon · 03:05

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: the Documentation template as two cards

Aug 10 Mon · 02:54

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: a Documentation template for the program guides

Aug 06 Thu · 13:14

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Dashboard: draw the feedback scales as stars

Aug 06 Thu · 12:15

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Education: bring the guides and the READMEs up to date

Aug 06 Thu · 11:50

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker:
Theme: remove the design preview

Plugins 1
Photos 3
Courses 3
Favorites 12
Translations 1

Developer

1 plugin

Contributor Team Matcher

Less than 10 active installs

Photos

3 contributions

View all 3 photos in the Photo Directory

Completed courses

3 completed

WordPress Credits

Completed June 12, 2026
WordPress Credits Mentor's Course

Completed March 4, 2026
Open source basics and WordPress

Completed October 15, 2025

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Plugins

12 favorites

Translations

1 locale

pl_PL Polski (Polish) Meta Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Profiles