Fabian Kägy
Director Of Editorial Engineering at 10up
Winnweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolFabian Kägy is a Director of Editorial Engineering with nine years of experience crafting scalable, accessible editorial platforms for enterprise clients at 10up. He blends hands-on front-end expertise—especially modern JavaScript, React, and Gutenberg block development—with cross-functional leadership to improve editor workflows and ship high-performance content experiences. A long-time WordPress Core committer and contributor to high-profile projects like the Gutenberg editor and the bundled Twenty Nineteen theme, he influences both product direction and the underlying UX of the platform used by millions. Fabian is known for building internal training and mentoring programs that accelerate delivery quality, and for pragmatic accessibility work that pays dividends in real-world editorial use. Based in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, he pairs entrepreneurial roots as a former co-founder with a steady track record of shaping the next generation of WordPress editing.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Privates Gymnasium Weierhof am DonnersbergJunior, Junior at Burr and Burton Academy
German, English
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Github Skills (17)
customizer10
editors10
javascript10
custom-theme10
wordpress-themes10
css10
wordpress10
blocks10
editor10
php10
customisation10
gutenberg10
html10
wp-theme10
blockly10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:541 reviews, 82 commits, 248 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the Social Links block within the Gutenberg editor. Their contributions included adding features like "open in new tab," fixing bugs, and improving component behavior. They worked on the block's edit functionality using JavaScript and React components. In addition, the user also contributed to improving the ServerSideRender component.
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WordPress/twentynineteen
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Twenty Nineteen is a theme now included in all WordPress installs. To report any issues please go here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 17 PRs, 48 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and theme customization options of the WordPress theme. Their contributions include fixing alignment issues in the single blog post view, adding and removing widget areas in the footer, and implementing the display of featured images on the static front page. Furthermore, the user added functionality for customizing the primary color of the theme, and the hover color, and made these changes dynamic with the WordPress Customizer.
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