senior wordpress developer · core contributor · speaker
Hi, I’m Jessica.
I build fast, accessible and user-friendly websites with WordPress — no unnecessary bloat. My focus: the Block and Site Editor, theme development, and web accessibility. Tea is my coffee and I’m a music lover.
Selected work
WordPress 6.4
Twenty Twenty-Four Default Theme
Default Theme Lead — one of the most widely used themes in the world, shipped with every WordPress install.
since 2020
WordPress Core Contributor
Default Theme Wrangler for WordPress 5.6, creator of the “Pilgrimage” style variation for Twenty Twenty-Three.
WCDE 2023
WordCamp Organizer
Lead organizer of WordCamp Germany 2023 and WordCamp Osnabrück 2019, meetup organizer in Nuremberg.
since 2016
Speaker
Talks at WordCamp Europe, WordCamp US and many more — themes, CSS, performance, accessibility.
Recent talks
From the blog
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WCEU talk: How Subgrid enhances CSS Grid
Better late than never, I’ve finally managed to bring this blog post together! I also took time and changed the theme on this website,…
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TIL: Smooth scroll behaviour with CSS
I was aware that the scrolling behaviour of browsers can be adjusted with JavaScript. Today I learned that it’s also possible to do with…