2020 WordPress Release Squads

Update, June 6 – Changed to include the newest member of the release squad, Mary Baum, on Marketing. -Josepha

Excellent progress has been made on WordPress 5.5 so far, and I’m here to do some updates! One of the big things missing from that post was some clarity around who was joining the release squad to help make sure this is a success. This post has the names we know, and I’m happy to take corrections or suggestions as well. 🙂

• Release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release.: Matt Mullenweg @matt
• Release coordinator: Jake Spurlock @whyisjake
• Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. PM: David Baumwald @davidbaumwald
• CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Tech: Sergey Biryukov @sergeybiryukov
• Editor Tech: Ella van Durpe @ellatrix
• Editor Design: Michael Arestad @michael-arestad
• Media Tech: Andrew Ozz @azaozz
• AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Tech: JB Audras @audrasjb
• Docs coordinator: Justin Ahinon @justinahinon
• Marketing/Release Comms: TBD @marybaum

Joining simultaneously is the WordPress 5.6 release squad! I’ve tagged all of them here, but have left out role assignments. If they make it part way through the ride along process of WP5.5 and decide it’s not what they signed up for after all, then they can step back and someone else can join. 🙂 The WP5.6 release squad will be announced in a roundup/kickoff post of their own.

@afshanadiya @alliennimmons @amandahdm @amykamala @anchenlr @angelasjin @anyssa @annezazu @aurooba @Azhiyadev @bethannon1 @bethsoderberg @breannmcdede @cguntur @chanthaboune @daydah @elmastudio @eringoblog @estelaris @francina @helen @hellofromTonya @isabel_brison @jainnidhi @katiejrichards @laurora @luminuu @m_butcher @marybaum @mbguery @meaganhanes @meher @mekalekahi @melchoyce @metalandcoffee @michelleames @monikarao @newyorkerlaura @planningwrite @poena @rebasaurus @sarahricker @shital-patel @sncoker @thelmachido @thewebprincess @tray @trisha_cornelius @whitneyyadrich @yvettesonneveld

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