Here’s some aggregate data for February about WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contribution on TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/..
Please note:
- These data only include code contributions to WordPress codebase, not contributions on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repositories such as GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ (but it still include Gutenberg package merges and related backports).
- These data only includes commits to trunk. Branch backports are not taken into account for now.
- The raw data for this post are available on this public spreadsheet (opens in a new tab). You might find it easier to read.
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General Trac overview
Ticket numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above.
In February, the WordPress Core team shipped 104 commits. 148 tickets were opened, 205 tickets were closed, and 25 were reopened.
This month, 215 people contributed to WordPress source code using Trac, and 42 people made their very first contribution to WordPress Core ♥️
Components activity
How did February’s commits break out by Core Component?
The most prolific components were:
- Coding Standards with 15 commits (14%)
- Editor with 14 commits (13%)
- Administration with 9 commits (9%)
- General with 8 commits (8%)
- Build/Test Tools with 8 commits (8%)
- Bundled Themes with 7 commits (7%)
- Security with 6 commits (6%)
Contributors data retrieved from WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ profiles
The data below comes from matching contributors’ usernames, as mentioned in Trac props, with their profiles on WordPress.org.
One caveat: this ignores usernames that did not match a profile on dotorg, plus any that had blank or unusable country/company information (“The Universe”, “Unicorn land” or “Planes, Trains, and Busses” are not known countries 🙂).
Countries stats
In February, people from at least 31 countries contributed to WordPress Core.
The next graphs show the number of props received by country, and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these:
| Country | Contributions | Contributors |
| USA | 74 | 27 |
| India | 63 | 35 |
| France | 38 | 6 |
| Italy | 34 | 5 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1 |
| Greece | 19 | 4 |
| Russia | 18 | 2 |
| UK | 16 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1 |
| Australia | 10 | 4 |
| Germany | 10 | 7 |
Organizations stats
In February, people from at least 73 different companies/organizations contributed to WordPress Core.
The next graphs show the number of props received by organization, and the number of contributors from each organization. The top 10 organizations, based on the number of props received, are these:
| Company | Contributions | Contributors |
| Yoast | 64 | 3 |
| 10up | 50 | 7 |
| Automattic | 40 | 20 |
| rtCamp | 36 | 16 |
| Whodunit | 34 | 3 |
| 30 | 4 | |
| Human Made | 18 | 4 |
| Emilia Capital | 15 | 2 |
| Accessible WD | 10 | 1 |
| Bluehost | 9 | 1 |
| GoDaddy | 9 | 1 |
What did February hold for Core Committers?
18 Core Committers committed code to the WordPress SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. repository this month.
Of the 104 commits, 26 (25%) were made by people working at Whodunit, 20 (19%) from people working at Yoast, 14 (13%) from employees of 10up, and 13 (12%) by Human Made employees.
| Account | Commits | Country | Company | Member since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| audrasjb | 26 | France | Whodunit | 2011 |
| sergeybiryukov | 18 | Russia | Yoast | 2007 |
| johnbillion | 13 | Human Made | 2005 | |
| peterwilsoncc | 10 | 10up | 2008 | |
| joedolson | 7 | Accessible WD | 2008 | |
| desrosj | 6 | USA | Bluehost | 2009 |
| flixos90 | 5 | USA | 2012 | |
| joemcgill | 4 | USA | 10up | 2008 |
| mamaduka | 3 | Georgia | GoDaddy | 2009 |
| jorbin | 2 | 2009 | ||
| adamsilverstein | 2 | USA | 2012 | |
| poena | 2 | Sweden | Yoast | 2008 |
| karmatosed | 1 | 2006 | ||
| bernhard-reiter | 1 | Automattic | 2008 | |
| swissspidy | 1 | Switzerland | 2008 | |
| spacedmonkey | 1 | UK | Spacedmonkey | 2009 |
| westonruter | 1 | USA | 2007 | |
| davidbaumwald | 1 | USA | Dream Encode | 2016 |
Thanks to @benjamin_zekavica, @francina for proofreading this post.