Title: WordPress 4.5 Deputies
Author: Kira Schroder
Published: January 7, 2016
Last modified: March 25, 2016

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) [Kira Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/)
1:18 am _on_ January 7, 2016     
Tags: [4.5 ( 60 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/4-5/),
[deputies ( 3 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/deputies/), [deputy ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/deputy/)

# WordPress 4.5 Deputies

A few weeks ago, I put out a call for volunteers for deputies for WordPress 4.5.

Today, I’m excited to announce two deputies:

⌊Mel Choyce⌉⌊Mel Choyce⌉
 WordPress Committercommitter A developer with commit access.
WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit
access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers-
a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes
renewed) and/or for a specific component. **Mel Choyce** ([@melchoyce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/melchoyce/))
will be a Design Deputy, with a focus on maintaining UIUI User interface/UXUX User
experience consistency and handling design decisions throughout the release.

⌊Adam Silverstein⌉⌊Adam Silverstein⌉
 CoreCore Core is the set of software required
to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributor **Adam
Silverstein** ([@adamsilverstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamsilverstein/))
will be a release Deputy! You’ll see him around both on the make blogs and tracTrac
An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project
management tool for WordPress. helping to manage the release.

Please join me in congratulating them both, and feel free to pingPing The act of
sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science
to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also
a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users
might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” any of
us with release questions as 4.5 gets rolling.

[#4-5](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/4-5/), [#deputies](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/deputies/),
[#deputy](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/deputy/)

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 1.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6fc4e0b0bbcf6801f4aecdc779950447b43d0cdab3ace3e6ae17ef7c8db5f2ab?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 2.   [Ivan Kristianto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ivankristianto/)  2:00 am _on_
     January 7, 2016
 3.  Congratulations [@melchoyce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/melchoyce/) and [@adamsilverstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamsilverstein/)
 4.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e1e5d31cdd6d89dff9f3b1225a0fcc537760366b46321ab4c24ec5e42507961?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 5.   [nathangraham](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nathangraham/)  2:10 am _on_ January
     7, 2016
 6.  Congrats!
 7.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5829b86926e8946e34585c1937a39cb188ee38e8f34030d74d6404c972ea514e?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 8.   [Paal Joachim Romdahl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/)  9:29 am 
     _on_ January 7, 2016
 9.  That is awesome! Two very good persons to have as deputies.
 10. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3145034461a6a95758cd92cc3315cb4f980e65e2d1d55a03f3fef4d4f73e13b0?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 11.  [sinan isler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sinan-isler/)  10:24 am _on_ January
     7, 2016
 12. Congratulations
 13. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/49b8203edd2977aa566ea3f79db2b9e0666fbd51887206c1be80fa690da0b776?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 14.  [Francesco Di Candia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francescodicandia/)  4:05
     pm _on_ April 10, 2016
 15. Congratulations!!!

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