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Alex Kirk

Automattic

@akirk Vienna, Austria joined Mar 2006

alex.kirk.at github.com/akirk Slack: @akirk
    Teams Meta Playground Polyglots
    Languages de_DE de-at it_IT

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '15 Meta Team '22 P Playground Contributor '25 P Playground Team '25 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '23
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    39contributions
    high19
    medium20
    score77
    Last 90 days
    78contributions
    high36
    medium42
    score150
    Last 12 months
    161contributions
    high72
    medium89
    score305

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 9 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.5
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.2
    • 5.0
    • 4.4
    • 4.3

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 17 Wed · 13:09
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3804 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Add MCP support for Personal Playground
    Jun 17 Wed · 03:38
    Playground med
    Closed pull request #190 on WordPress/blueprints:
    [codex] Add POP to My WordPress apps
    Jun 16 Tue · 11:36
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3804 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Add MCP support for Personal Playground
    Jun 15 Mon · 09:35
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3798 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Use direct relay.php endpoints for Remote Access
    Jun 15 Mon · 09:04
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3798 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Use direct relay.php endpoints for Remote Access
    Jun 15 Mon · 08:33
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3797 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    [Personal-WP] Fix relay routing
    Jun 15 Mon · 08:04
    Playground med
    Submitted pull request #3797 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    [Personal-WP] Fix relay routing
    Jun 15 Mon · 06:23
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3758 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    [Personal-WP] Add Remote Access
    Jun 11 Thu · 09:54
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3701 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    Flush Personal WP restore before reload
    Jun 11 Thu · 09:29
    Playground high
    Merged pull request #3768 into WordPress/wordpress-playground:
    [Personal WP] Install my-apps on existing personal sites

    Developer

    12 plugins

    Contributor

    5 plugins

    Plugins

    47 favorites

    Themes

    2 favorites

    Translations

    21 locales
    art_xpirate English (Pirate) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Friends WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    de_DE Deutsch (German) Patterns Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Patterns

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Enable Mastodon Apps Family Wiki Friends Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Locatoraid Store Locator Masterbar Note Product Catalog Simple Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack WooCommerce WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 5 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Friends Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ar العربية (Arabic) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    he_IL עִבְרִית (Hebrew) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    id_ID Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ko_KR 한국어 (Korean) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    ru_RU Русский (Russian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_TW 繁體中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    es_ES Español (Spanish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    ja 日本語 (Japanese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    pt_BR Português do Brasil (Portuguese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    zh_CN 简体中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WordPress for Android WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    fr_FR Français (French) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    sv_SE Svenska (Swedish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress for iOS Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    tr_TR Türkçe (Turkish) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth WooCommerce

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    art_xemoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) (Emoji) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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    de_DE / formal Deutsch (German) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Slim Jetpack

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    el Ελληνικά (Greek) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    Friends

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    de_AT Deutsch (Österreich) (German) Plugins Translation Editor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Enable Mastodon Apps

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