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Amy Kamala

@amykamala Santa Monica, CA joined Dec 2018

kittenkamala.com github.com/kittenkamala Slack: @amykamala
    Team Rep Core Hosting
    Teams Core Hosting

    Bio

    Core Team Rep 2026
    Hosting Team Rep 2026

    WordPress contributions sponsored by Elementor!

    Tech nerd + artist. Full stack web dev with team leadership and project management experience, with some UIUX and product development mixed in. MFA from UCLA.

    Past contributions:
    Release Coordinator WordPress 6.9 and 7.0
    Hosting Team Rep 2019-2023
    Tech Lead Cohort contributor WP 5.6
    WPLA MeetUps organizer (but not currently hosting events)
    Release Model Working Group 2019-2020
    WordCamp LA organizer 2020
    Spoken at and/or helped with contributor day tables at a few camps and meetups including: WCAsia, WCEU, WCUS, WC Las Vegas, WC/WP Santa Clarita, WC/WP LA
    Previous sponsors include DreamHost, InMotion Hosting, Kanopi Studios

    Interests

    art, crafts, animals, animation, gardening, baking, hiking, yoga, sci-fi, non-fiction reading, theology, technology

    WordPress Origin Story

    I found my way to WordPress.org through working technical support at a web host. <3

    I've worked at 3 different web hosts in a technical and/or team lead capacity and am well versed in hosting infra, standards and practices.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '25 Hosting Contributor '19 Hosting Team '19
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '26
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '20

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    37contributions
    high22
    medium15
    score81
    Last 90 days
    110contributions
    high69
    medium41
    score248
    Last 12 months
    380contributions
    high230
    medium150
    score840

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.5
    • 5.6
    • 5.4

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 08 Wed · 19:15
    GitHub med
    Created issue #407 in the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
    Reduce onboarding overhead -- Hosting Team FAQ page
    Jul 08 Wed · 03:20
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-07-08, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    Next Meeting The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and . Agenda…
    Jul 08 Wed · 02:16
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Dev Chat Agenda – July 1, 2026, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…
    Jul 02 Thu · 17:41
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #104 on the WordPress/phpunit-test-reporter repository:
    Update dockerfile to use up to date image
    Jul 01 Wed · 02:49
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-07-01, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    Next Meeting The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and . Agenda…
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:40
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @chrisdavidmiles for leading the Hosting Table at WCUS CD this year
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:40
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @mindctrl for hammering out so many PRs AND reviews for the Hosting team…
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:38
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @ekamran for hammering out many PRs for the Hosting Team lately!
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:35
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #240 on the WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook repository:
    Network Admin Settings - Default upload file types & broken link
    Jul 01 Wed · 01:35
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #493 into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
    Update default upload file types and fix broken functions.php link