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Naoko Takano

Project Manager

@nao Yakushima (Kagoshima), Japan joined Jan 2004

naoko.blog github.com/naokomc Slack: @nao
    Languages ja id_ID ko_KR zh_TW zh_CN vi de_DE el es-mx

    Bio

    Ex-Automattic. I was a sponsored contributor working on various things.
    WordPress 日本語翻訳についての情報をお探しの方はこちらをご覧ください。

    Former roles:
    – Japanese Team Locale Manager: 2008-2024
    – Japanese General Translation Editor (GTE): 2008-2024
    – WordCamp Tokyo organizer: 2008-2019
    – Polyglots Team Global Mentor
    – WordPress Translation Day Lead Organizer: 2019
    – Community Team Program Manager (Deputy): ~2024
    – WordCamp Asia Global Lead: 2020-2023
    – Five for the Future Program contributor: 2023-2024
    – WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program Facilitator: 2023-2024

    WordPress Origin Story

    After I switched my personal blog system to WordPress, I started helping out with Japanese documentation and support forums because there was so little information on WordPress in Japanese back then.
    You can read my HeroPress story here: https://heropress.com/essays/how-the-wordpress-community-helped-me-find-my-way/

    I may be referred to as 高野直子 / @naokomc, or Naoko McCracken in the past!

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '19 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '18 Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    6 badges
    bbPress Contributor '19 Community Contributor '17 Community Team '22 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '18
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    Project Manager
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high5
    medium0
    score15
    Last 90 days
    27contributions
    high27
    medium0
    score81
    Last 12 months
    53contributions
    high53
    medium0
    score159

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 17 releases
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 3.9
    • 3.8
    • 3.7
    • 3.6
    • 3.5
    • 3.4
    • 3.3

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 16 Wed · 05:06
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 13 Sun · 14:17
    Polyglots high
    Translated 19 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 11 Fri · 13:42
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    August 2026
    Aug 28 Fri · 15:33
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 22 Sat · 01:33
    Polyglots high
    Translated 6 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 18 Tue · 13:16
    Polyglots high
    Translated 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 17 Mon · 14:15
    Polyglots high
    Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 15 Sat · 10:47
    Polyglots high
    Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 14 Fri · 15:34
    Polyglots high
    Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Aug 12 Wed · 12:17
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Photos

    8 contributions