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Darren Ethier (nerrad)

Engineering Director at Automattic

@nerrad Ontario, Canada joined Nov 2006

unfoldingneurons.com github.com/nerrad Slack: @nerrad

    Bio

    Hi there! I currently work for Automattic as a software engineer. My passion is developing useful and pretty code. I also love anything to do with leadership and the wise use of words.

    (I love contributing to the WordPress project on my own time!)

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '22

    Current Job

    Engineering Director
    Present
    Automattic

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
    high0
    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    7contributions
    high1
    medium6
    score9
    Last 12 months
    18contributions
    high6
    medium12
    score30

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 18 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.4
    • 4.2
    • 4.1

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 05 Fri · 12:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Known issue on sites with Gutenberg 23.3.0 active, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This has been fixed with Gutenberg v23.3.2 - if you use Gutenberg you can update…
    Jun 03 Wed · 14:07
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Known issue on sites with Gutenberg 23.3.0 active, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The recent release of Gutenberg 23.3.0 has a bug that …
    April 2026
    Apr 11 Sat · 00:48
    Core med
    Closed issue #20569 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    @wordpress/env: Loopback requests fail
    Apr 11 Sat · 00:48
    Core high
    Merged pull request #77057 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Env: Fix loopback requests when running on non-default ports
    Apr 06 Mon · 12:24
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #77057 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Env: Fix loopback requests when running on non-default ports
    Apr 04 Sat · 14:02
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [BUG] WooCommerce 10.6.1 – Analytics Dashboard Crash: “tz is not a function”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I did some digging @emacencini and I'm convinced this is due to a plugin conflict…
    Apr 04 Sat · 12:35
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [BUG] WooCommerce 10.6.1 – Analytics Dashboard Crash: “tz is not a function”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @emacencini it looks like at least one other person has reported this being due to…
    November 2025
    Nov 19 Wed · 12:31
    Core med
    Created issue #73433 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Improve wp-env handling of zipped packages where archived folder is not the…
    September 2025
    Sep 20 Sat · 14:17
    Core med
    Closed issue #71669 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    New gift icon
    Sep 20 Sat · 14:17
    Core high
    Merged pull request #71705 into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add gift Icon