diff --git a/wp-admin/credits.php b/wp-admin/credits.php
index e1784a46f2..9e5d983e56 100644
--- a/wp-admin/credits.php
+++ b/wp-admin/credits.php
@@ -24,16 +24,22 @@ add_contextual_help($current_screen,
 add_action( 'admin_head', '_wp_credits_add_css' );
 function _wp_credits_add_css() { ?>
 <style type="text/css">
-h3.wp-people-group, h3.wp-props-group { clear: both; }
+div.wrap { max-width: 750px }
+h3.wp-people-group, p.wp-credits-list { clear: both; }
+ul.compact { margin-bottom: 0 }
+
 <?php if ( is_rtl() ) { ?>
 ul.wp-people-group { margin-bottom: 30px; float: right; clear: both; }
 li.wp-person { float: right; height: 70px; width: 220px; margin-left: 10px; }
-li.wp-person img.gravatar { float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 60px; height: 60px }
+li.wp-person img.gravatar { float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
 <?php } else { ?>
-ul.wp-people-group { margin-bottom: 30px; float: left; clear: both; }
-li.wp-person { float: left; height: 70px; width: 220px; margin-right: 10px; }
-li.wp-person img.gravatar { float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 60px; height: 60px }
+li.wp-person { float: left; margin-right: 10px; }
+li.wp-person img.gravatar { float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
 <?php } ?>
+li.wp-person img.gravatar { width: 60px; height: 60px; }
+ul.compact li.wp-person img.gravatar { width: 30px; height: 30px; }
+li.wp-person { height: 70px; width: 220px; }
+ul.compact li.wp-person { height: 40px; width: auto; white-space: nowrap }
 li.wp-person a.web { font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; }
 </style>
 <?php }
@@ -44,13 +50,13 @@ function wp_credits() {
 
 	$results = get_site_transient( 'wordpress_credits_' . $locale );
 
-	if ( ! is_array( $results ) || ! isset( $results['people'] ) || ! isset( $results['lists'] ) ) {
-		$response = wp_remote_get( "http://api.wordpress.org/core/credits/1.0/?version=$wp_version&locale=$locale" );
+	if ( ! is_array( $results ) ) {
+		$response = wp_remote_get( "http://api.wordpress.org/core/credits/1.1/?version=$wp_version&locale=$locale" );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) || 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) )
 			return false;
 
-		$results = unserialize( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
+		$results = maybe_unserialize( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
 
 		if ( ! is_array( $results ) )
 			return false;
@@ -61,8 +67,12 @@ function wp_credits() {
 	return $results;
 }
 
-function _wp_credits_add_profile_link( &$display_name, $username, $prefix ) {
-	$display_name = '<a href="' . esc_url( $prefix . $username ) . '">' . esc_html( $display_name ) . '</a>';
+function _wp_credits_add_profile_link( &$display_name, $username, $profiles ) {
+	$display_name = '<a href="' . esc_url( sprintf( $profiles, $username ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $display_name ) . '</a>';
+}
+
+function _wp_credits_build_object_link( &$data ) {
+	$data = '<a href="' . esc_url( $data[1] ) . '">' . $data[0] . '</a>';
 }
 
 include( './admin-header.php' );
@@ -73,9 +83,9 @@ include( './admin-header.php' );
 
 <?php
 
-$results = wp_credits();
+$credits = wp_credits();
 
-if ( ! $results ) {
+if ( ! $credits ) {
 	echo '<p>' . sprintf( __( 'WordPress is created by a <a href="%1$s">worldwide team</a> of passionate individuals. <a href="%2$s">Get involved in WordPress</a>.' ),
 		'http://wordpress.org/about/',
 		/* translators: Url to the codex documentation on contributing to WordPress used on the credits page */
@@ -88,33 +98,49 @@ echo '<p>' . __( 'WordPress is created by a worldwide team of passionate individ
 
 $gravatar = is_ssl() ? 'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/' : 'http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/';
 
-foreach ( (array) $results['people'] as $group_slug => $members ) {
-	echo '<h3 class="wp-people-group">' . translate( $results['groups'][ $group_slug ] ) . "</h3>\n";
-	echo '<ul class="wp-people-group" id="wp-people-group-' . $group_slug . '">' . "\n";
-	shuffle( $members ); // We were going to sort by ability to pronounce "hierarchical," but that wouldn't be fair to Matt.
-	foreach ( $members as $member_slug => $member ) {
-		echo '<li class="wp-person" id="wp-person-' . $member_slug . '">' . "\n\t";
-		echo '<a href="' . $results['data']['profile_prefix'] . $member[2] . '"><img src="' . $gravatar . $member[3] . '?s=60" class="gravatar" alt="' . esc_attr( $member[0] ) . '" /></a>' . "\n\t";
-		echo '<a class="web" href="' . $results['data']['profile_prefix'] . $member[2] . '">' . $member[0] . "</a>\n\t";
-		echo '<br /><span class="title">' . translate( $member[1] ) . "</span>\n</li>\n";
-	}
-	echo "</ul>\n";
-}
+foreach ( $credits['groups'] as $group_slug => $group_data ) {
+	if ( $group_data['name'] ) {
+		if ( 'Translators' == $group_data['name'] ) {
+			// Considered a special slug in the API response. (Also, will never be returned for en_US.)
+			$title = _x( 'Translators', 'Translate this to be the equivalent of English Translators in your language for the credits page Translators section' );
+		} elseif ( isset( $group_data['placeholders'] ) ) {
+			$title = vsprintf( translate( $group_data['name'] ), $group_data['placeholders'] );
+		} else {
+			$title = $group_data['name'];
+		}
 
-foreach ( (array) $results['lists'] as $group_slug => $members ) {
-	if ( $group_slug === 'translators' ) {
-		// Considered a special slug in the API response. (Also, will never be returned for en_US.)
-		$title = _x( 'Translators', 'Translate this to be the equivalent of English Translators in your language for the credits page Translators section' );
-	} else {
-		$title = translate( $results['groups'][ $group_slug ] );
-		if ( isset( $results['data']['placeholders'][ $group_slug ] ) )
-			$title = vsprintf( $title, $results['data']['placeholders'][ $group_slug ] );
+		echo '<h3 class="wp-people-group">' . $title . "</h3>\n";
 	}
 
-	echo '<h3 class="wp-props-group">' . $title . "</h3>\n\n";
-	array_walk( $members, '_wp_credits_add_profile_link', $results['data']['profile_prefix'] );
-	shuffle( $members );
-	echo '<p>' . wp_sprintf( '%l.', $members ) . "</p>\n\n";
+	if ( ! empty( $group_data['shuffle'] ) )
+		shuffle( $group_data['data'] ); // We were going to sort by ability to pronounce "hierarchical," but that wouldn't be fair to Matt.
+
+	switch ( $group_data['type'] ) {
+		case 'list' :
+			array_walk( $group_data['data'], '_wp_credits_add_profile_link', $credits['data']['profiles'] );
+			echo '<p class="wp-credits-list">' . wp_sprintf( '%l.', $group_data['data'] ) . "</p>\n\n";
+			break;
+		case 'libraries' :
+			array_walk( $group_data['data'], '_wp_credits_build_object_link' );
+			echo '<p class="wp-credits-list">' . wp_sprintf( '%l.', $group_data['data'] ) . "</p>\n\n";
+			break;
+		default:
+			$compact = 'compact' == $group_data['type'];
+			$classes = 'wp-people-group ' . ( $compact ? 'compact' : '' );
+			echo '<ul class="' . $classes . '" id="wp-people-group-' . $group_slug . '">' . "\n";
+			foreach ( $group_data['data'] as $person_data ) {
+				echo '<li class="wp-person" id="wp-person-' . $person_data[2] . '">' . "\n\t";
+				echo '<a href="' . sprintf( $credits['data']['profiles'], $person_data[2] ) . '">';
+				$size = 'compact' == $group_data['type'] ? '30' : '60';
+				echo '<img src="' . $gravatar . $person_data[1] . '?s=' . $size . '" class="gravatar" alt="' . esc_attr( $person_data[0] ) . '" /></a>' . "\n\t";
+				echo '<a class="web" href="' . sprintf( $credits['data']['profiles'], $person_data[2] ) . '">' . $person_data[0] . "</a>\n\t";
+				if ( ! $compact )
+					echo '<br /><span class="title">' . translate( $person_data[3] ) . "</span>\n";
+				echo "</li>\n";
+			}
+			echo "</ul>\n";
+		break;
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
@@ -137,10 +163,12 @@ __( 'Core Contributors to WordPress %s' );
 __( 'Cofounder, Project Lead' );
 __( 'Lead Developer' );
 __( 'User Experience Lead' );
-__( 'Developer, Core Committer' );
+__( 'Core Committer' );
+__( 'Guest Committer' );
 __( 'Developer' );
 __( 'Designer' );
 __( 'XML-RPC Developer' );
 __( 'Internationalization' );
+__( 'External Libraries' );
 
 ?>