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Weston Ruter

Principal Software Engineer at WP Engine

@westonruter Portland, OR, USA joined May 2007

weston.ruter.net github.com/westonruter Slack: @westonruter
    Maintains Customize Script Loader
    Teams Core Core Performance

    Bio

    Working on making WordPress fast!

    WordPress Origin Story

    See https://weston.ruter.net/?p=34264

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 C Core Performance Contributor '23 C Core Performance Team '23 Core Team '15 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Documentation Contributor '17
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '25 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '26 Test Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Principal Software Engineer
    Aug 2025 – Present
    WP Engine · Full-time
    Working full time contributing to making WordPress.

    Job History

    Developer Relations Engineer
    Oct 2018 – Jun 2025
    Google
    Head of WordPress => CTO
    Apr 2013 – Sep 2018
    XWP
    Senior Web Developer
    May 2010 – Apr 2013
    X-Team
    Note: My role transitioned from X-Team to our newly-founded sister company, XWP.
    Sr. Web Application Developer
    Oct 2007 – May 2010
    Shepherd Interactive

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    329contributions
    high259
    medium70
    score847
    Last 90 days
    732contributions
    high567
    medium165
    score1866
    Last 12 months
    2288contributions
    high1610
    medium678
    score5508

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 35 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 28 Mon · 07:39
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63960] on WordPress SVN:
    Tests: Use `assertEqualHTML()` in icons registry sanitizer tests.
    Sep 28 Mon · 01:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63958] on WordPress SVN:
    Options, Meta APIs: Ensure meta cache is an array before use.
    Sep 27 Sun · 23:37
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63957] on WordPress SVN:
    Plugin Editor: Use a consistent way to check for an active plugin.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:39
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Administration: Use script helper for bulk update JS.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:38
    Core med
    Closed pull request #13492 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Upgrade/Install: Use wp_print_inline_script_tag() in Bulk_Upgrader_Skin.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:37
    Core high
    Committed [63947] to WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Use script helper for bulk update JS.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:27
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Build/Test Tools: Allow far-future caching in the local environment.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:25
    Core high
    Committed [63946] to WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Allow far-future caching in the local environment.
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:25
    Core med
    Closed ticket #66194 on Core Trac:
    Allow far-future caching of static assets in the core dev environment
    Sep 26 Sat · 19:14
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13777 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Build/Test Tools: Allow far-future caching of static assets in the local environment

    Developer

    33 plugins

    Contributor

    3 plugins

    Plugins

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