diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 2824b04755..1101893580 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -10,44 +10,6 @@
   "commit": false,
   "commitConvention": "none",
   "contributors": [
-    {
-      "login": "yyx990803",
-      "name": "Evan You",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/499550?v=4",
-      "profile": "http://evanyou.me",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "ulivz",
-      "name": "ULIVZ",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/23133919?v=4",
-      "profile": "http://ulivz.com",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "doc"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "kefranabg",
-      "name": "Franck Abgrall",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/9840435?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://www.franck-abgrall.me/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "question"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "f3ltron",
-      "name": "Giraud Florent",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/11556276?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://github.com/f3ltron",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
-    },
     {
       "login": "newsbielt703",
       "name": "Billyyyyy3320",
@@ -64,27 +26,8 @@
       "profile": "http://www.bencodezen.io",
       "contributions": [
         "code",
-        "blog"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "vicbergquist",
-      "name": "Victoria Bergquist",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/25737281?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://twitter.com/vicbergquist",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "design"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "sarahdayan",
-      "name": "Sarah Dayan",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/5370675?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://frontstuff.io/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "doc"
+        "doc",
+        "question"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -95,52 +38,24 @@
         "code"
       ]
     },
-    {
-      "login": "sobolevn",
-      "name": "Nikita Sobolev",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/4660275?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://sobolevn.me",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "doc"
-      ]
-    },
     {
       "login": "CodesOfRa",
       "name": "Ramona",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/945186?v=4",
       "profile": "https://twitter.com/CodesOfRa",
       "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "fatihacet",
-      "name": "Fatih Acet",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/712419?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://fatihacet.com",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "farcaller",
-      "name": "Vladimir Pouzanov",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/693?v=4",
-      "profile": "http://farcaller.net/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
+        "code",
+        "doc"
       ]
     },
-    {
-      "login": "vinayakkulkarni",
-      "name": "Vinayak Kulkarni",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/19776877?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://twitter.com/_vinayak_k",
+        {
+      "login": "kefranabg",
+      "name": "Franck Abgrall",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/9840435?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://www.franck-abgrall.me/",
       "contributions": [
-        "plugin",
         "code",
-        "blog"
+        "question"
       ]
     }
   ],
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb125b858..8e5095bd0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,35 +44,48 @@ If you have a VuePress-related project/component/tool, add it with a pull reques
 
 ## Contributors
 
-### Core Team
+### Creator / Lead
+
+<table>
+  <td align="center"><a href="http://evanyou.me"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/499550?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Evan You"/><br /><sub><b>Evan You</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=yyx990803" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+  <td align="center"><a href="http://ulivz.com"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/23133919?v=4" width="100px;" alt="ULIVZ"/><br /><sub><b>ULIVZ</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=ulivz" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=ulivz" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+</table>
+
+### Active Core Team
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 <!-- markdownlint-disable -->
 <table>
   <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="http://evanyou.me"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/499550?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Evan You"/><br /><sub><b>Evan You</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=yyx990803" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="http://ulivz.com"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/23133919?v=4" width="100px;" alt="ULIVZ"/><br /><sub><b>ULIVZ</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=ulivz" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=ulivz" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.franck-abgrall.me/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/9840435?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Franck Abgrall"/><br /><sub><b>Franck Abgrall</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=kefranabg" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#question-kefranabg" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/f3ltron"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/11556276?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Giraud Florent"/><br /><sub><b>Giraud Florent</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=f3ltron" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://billychin.netlify.com/"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/38957202?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Billyyyyy3320"/><br /><sub><b>Billyyyyy3320</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=newsbielt703" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="http://www.bencodezen.io"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4836334?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Ben Hong"/><br /><sub><b>Ben Hong</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=bencodezen" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#blog-bencodezen" title="Blogposts">📝</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/vicbergquist"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/25737281?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Victoria Bergquist"/><br /><sub><b>Victoria Bergquist</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=vicbergquist" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#design-vicbergquist" title="Design">🎨</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="http://www.bencodezen.io"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4836334?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Ben Hong"/><br /><sub><b>Ben Hong</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=bencodezen" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=bencodezen" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#question-bencodezen" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/18205362?s=400&v=4" width="100px;" alt="meteorlxy"/><br /><sub><b>meteorlxy</b></sub><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=meteorlxy" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/CodesOfRa"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/945186?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Ramona"/><br /><sub><b>Ramona</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=CodesOfRa" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=CodesOfRa" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.franck-abgrall.me/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/9840435?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Franck Abgrall"/><br /><sub><b>Franck Abgrall</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=kefranabg" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#question-kefranabg" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td>
   </tr>
+</table>
+
+<!-- markdownlint-enable -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
+
+### Core Team Emeriti
+
+Here we honor some no-longer-active core team members who have made valuable contributions in the past.
+
+<table>
   <tr>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/f3ltron"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/11556276?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Giraud Florent"/><br /><sub><b>Giraud Florent</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=f3ltron" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://frontstuff.io/"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/5370675?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Sarah Dayan"/><br /><sub><b>Sarah Dayan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=sarahdayan" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=sarahdayan" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/18205362?s=400&v=4" width="100px;" alt="meteorlxy"/><br /><sub><b>meteorlxy</b></sub><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=meteorlxy" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/_vinayak_k"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/19776877?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Vinayak Kulkarni"/><br /><sub><b>Vinayak Kulkarni</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#plugin-vinayakkulkarni" title="Plugin/utility libraries">🔌</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=vinayakkulkarni" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#blog-vinayakkulkarni" title="Blogposts">📝</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/vicbergquist"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/25737281?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Victoria Bergquist"/><br /><sub><b>Victoria Bergquist</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=vicbergquist" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#design-vicbergquist" title="Design">🎨</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://sobolevn.me"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/4660275?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Nikita Sobolev"/><br /><sub><b>Nikita Sobolev</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=sobolevn" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=sobolevn" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/CodesOfRa"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/945186?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Ramona"/><br /><sub><b>Ramona</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=CodesOfRa" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://fatihacet.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/712419?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Fatih Acet"/><br /><sub><b>Fatih Acet</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=fatihacet" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="http://farcaller.net/"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/693?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Vladimir Pouzanov"/><br /><sub><b>Vladimir Pouzanov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=farcaller" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/_vinayak_k"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/19776877?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Vinayak Kulkarni"/><br /><sub><b>Vinayak Kulkarni</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#plugin-vinayakkulkarni" title="Plugin/utility libraries">🔌</a> <a href="https://github.com/vuejs/vuepress/commits?author=vinayakkulkarni" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#blog-vinayakkulkarni" title="Blogposts">📝</a></td>
   </tr>
-</table>
 
-<!-- markdownlint-enable -->
-<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
+</table>
 
 ### Code Contributors