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Nikul Valani

Nikul Valani Senior WordPress Engineer & Contributor @WordPress

WordPress Specialist | Building fast, secure & scalable custom solutions

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Web Developer
Since April 2026 440 views
Availability
Available for hire · Freelance
Specialties
Product / Agency Owner Developer Site Builder Designer SEO Specialist Community
Company
Freelancer
Preferred Hosting
Hostinger
First WP Version Used
Before 3.0
Birthday
May 31
Joined WP.org
April 2019
Joined WPFolks
April 2026

Currently shipping

Creator of WP Online Active Users WordPress Plugin

WPFolks 13 folks invited
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CI/CD Enabled
Modern PHP
Tested on PHP 8.3+
Project Helper
Community Builder
Anchor
First Plugin
Active Snippet Contributor
First Theme
Scout
Quarterly Folk
Three-Kind Week
Daily Folk (1 Week)
WordPress.org 10 badges
Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Meta Contributor
Pattern Author
Photo Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Support Contributor
WordCamp Volunteer

About

I have built strong expertise in the WordPress ecosystem, focusing on developing custom solutions with performance, scalability, and clean development practices at the core. With over 8+ years of hands-on experience, my skill set includes custom theme development, plugin development, WooCommerce customization, API integrations, Gutenberg development, website optimization, and advanced WordPress customization.

I enjoy building efficient, user-friendly, and well-structured websites while following modern coding standards, responsive design principles, and performance best practices. My experience also includes website migration, maintenance, troubleshooting, bug fixing, and improving website speed and security.

Beyond development, I am an active member of the WordPress community. I regularly participate in WordCamps and community events as an attendee, volunteer, and organizer, while also contributing and supporting the growth of the ecosystem.

I am passionate about continuous learning, collaboration, and staying updated with the latest advancements in WordPress and web technologies.

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Projects

WP Online Active Users

WP Online Active Users is a lightweight, powerful plugin to monitor and display how…

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Also published on WPFolks: 1 plugin 1 theme

131 contributions in the last year

online-active-users

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AI features and experiments for WordPress. Modular framework for testing AI capabilities.

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performance

Performance plugin from the WordPress Performance Group, which is a collection of standalone performance modules.

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AI Provider for Anthropic for the WordPress AI Client.

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plugin-check

A repository for the new Plugin Check plugin from the WordPress Performance and Plugins Team.

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contributor-toolkit

Desktop app that sets up a WordPress core development environment with no prerequisites, applies the work already on a Trac ticket, and…

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