{"id":30989,"date":"2021-03-08T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhmultisite.com\/blog\/?p=30989"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:56:44","slug":"meet-the-all-women-and-non-binary-team-behind-the-wordpress-5-6-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/meet-the-all-women-and-non-binary-team-behind-the-wordpress-5-6-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the All-Women and Non-Binary Team Behind the WordPress 5.6 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the tech industry can be a male-dominated space. 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She acted as the Release Lead for the 5.6 release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 12, 2019, Josepha set her intention of an all-woman release squad by the end of 2020 \u2014 then made it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have a stretch goal of an all women release squad by the end of 2020.<\/p>&mdash; Josepha Haden Chomphosy (@JosephaHaden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephaHaden\/status\/1194431234245447680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ebonie-butler\">Ebonie Butler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Core Tech, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metalandcoffee_\">@metalandcoffee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebonie Butler worked as a core contributor for the 5.6 \u201cSimone\u201d release. 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