Nikunj Hatkar (@nikunj8866) – WordPress user profile

Bio

My WordPress journey began over 8 years ago when I started exploring ways to build flexible, user-friendly websites without reinventing the wheel. What started with customizing themes quickly evolved into developing custom plugins and deep-diving into WordPress core, hooks, and APIs.

I was drawn to WordPress because of its vibrant open-source community, extensibility, and real-world impact. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of helping clients and teams build scalable solutions from simple blogs to complex WooCommerce setups and API-driven automation tools.

Today, I contribute to the WordPress ecosystem not just as a developer, but also as a problem solver, community supporter, and meetup organizer. Every project I work on, every bug I report, and every feature I build is a small way to give back to the platform that kickstarted my career.

WordPress Origin Story

– Part of WordPress 7.1 Release Squad

WordCamp Journey:
– WordCamp Asia 2026 (Table Lead)
– WordCamp Surat 2025 (Organizer)
– WordCamp Ahmedabad 2025
– WordCamp Mumbai 2023

– Navsari Meetup Co-Organizer

Badges

CODE

10 badges

C Core AI Contributor '25 Core Contributor '25 C Core Performance Contributor '25 Core Team '26 Hosting Contributor '25 Meta Contributor '26 Pattern Author '25 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer WP-CLI Contributor '25

CONTENT

4 badges

Documentation Contributor '25 O Openverse Contributor '25 Photo Contributor '25 WordPress.tv Contributor '25

COMMUNITY

3 badges

B BuddyPress Contributor '25 Meetup Organizer '25 WordCamp Organizer '25

PRACTICE

4 badges

Accessibility Contributor '25 Test Contributor '25 Test Team '25 Training Contributor '25

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '22 Translation Editor '25

Current Job

WordPress Plugin Developer

Jan 2024 – Present

TeamUpdraft · Freelance

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

20contributions

high17

medium3

score54

Last 90 days

51contributions

high37

medium14

score125

Last 12 months

189contributions

high122

medium67

score433

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 4 releases

Time commitment

6 hours per week

On my own time 6 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

September 2026

Sep 04 Fri · 08:07

Plugins high

Committed [3680846] to Plugins SVN:
update stable tag

Sep 04 Fri · 06:17

Meta high

Gave props in Slack:
Props to @r1k0 for leading this week’s Voice Chat for the Test Team! Thank you…

Sep 03 Thu · 05:19

Plugins high

Committed [3679006] to Plugins SVN:
update tested to 7.1

Sep 03 Thu · 05:00

Plugins high

Committed [3678980] to Plugins SVN:
Tested with the 7.1

Sep 03 Thu · 04:53

Plugins high

Committed [3678963] to Plugins SVN:
Tested with the 7.1

August 2026

Aug 31 Mon · 10:21

Meta med

Completed the course Developing your first WordPress block on learn.wordpress.org

Aug 28 Fri · 05:15

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Test Team Update: 28 August, 2026, on the site Team Updates:
💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ held every…

Aug 26 Wed · 05:44

Meta med

Created ticket #8414 on Meta Trac:
Add email subscription feature to WordPress Jobs board notifications

Aug 24 Mon · 12:44

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Test Chat Summary: August 20th, 2026, on the site Make WordPress Test:
On , <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @nikunj8866. The agenda can be found here. 1. Attendance…

Aug 20 Thu · 14:28

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Team Chat Agenda: 20th August, 2026, on the site Make WordPress Test:
Here is the agenda for the upcoming Test Team Chat scheduled for , which is…