James Koster
Designer at Automattic
@jameskoster UK joined Aug 2009
Teams
Design
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
Badges
CODE
5 badges
C
Core AI Contributor
'26
Core Contributor
'19
Core Team
'23
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Current Job
Designer
Present
Automattic
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
45contributions
high19
medium26
score83
Last 90 days
81contributions
high30
medium51
score141
Last 12 months
219contributions
high56
medium163
score331
Team focus
Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 18 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
Time commitment
10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time
Contributions
Type
June 2026
Jun 10
Wed · 14:48
Core
med
Created issue #79089 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
`@wordpress/ui`: Unify the opacity (fade) transition pattern across overlay components
`@wordpress/ui`: Unify the opacity (fade) transition pattern across overlay components
Jun 10
Wed · 14:02
Core
med
Created issue #79088 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Adopt the new `size` design tokens (`--wpds-dimension-size-*`)
Adopt the new `size` design tokens (`--wpds-dimension-size-*`)
Jun 10
Wed · 10:48
Core
high
Jun 09
Tue · 08:20
Core
med
Jun 08
Mon · 15:35
Core
high
Jun 08
Mon · 14:05
Core
high
Merged pull request #78983 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Tooltip: Use md border radius for portaled popups.
Tooltip: Use md border radius for portaled popups.
Jun 08
Mon · 11:02
Core
high
Jun 05
Fri · 14:46
Core
med
Submitted pull request #78983 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Tooltip: Use md border radius for portaled popups.
Tooltip: Use md border radius for portaled popups.
Jun 05
Fri · 12:12
Core
high
Pull request #78979 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Storybook: Declare workspace dependencies for theme example story
Storybook: Declare workspace dependencies for theme example story
Jun 05
Fri · 11:37
Core
med
Submitted pull request #78979 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Storybook: Declare workspace dependencies for theme example story
Storybook: Declare workspace dependencies for theme example story
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