Availability
Available for hire · Full-time
Open to sponsorship
Open to volunteering
Specialties
Product / Agency Owner
Developer
Content Creator
Community
- Company
- WPAnkit | WPFolks
- Preferred Hosting
- WordPress.com | Hostinger | Bluehost
- First WP Version Used
- 3.x
- Birthday
- May 7
- Joined WP.org
- February 2013
- Joined WPFolks
- April 2026
Currently shipping
WPAnkit | WPFolks
WPFolks
11 folks invited
Game On
Games Silver
Games Gold
Trailblazer
Bug Hunter
Feature Champion
Curator
Core Shipper
Sharp Eye
WPFolks Supporter
Hype Crew
Welcomer
Host
WP @ 23
Streak Saved
CI/CD Enabled
Modern PHP
Security Audit Clean
Tested on PHP 8.3+
Maintainer
Project Helper
Learned Translation
Learned Plugins
Learned Themes
WordPress VIP Certified
WordCamp Rajasthan 2026
Quiz Apprentice
Perfect Run
Week of Play
Community Builder
Decade Club
Established Plugin Author
First Snippet
Sparked
Three-Kind Week
Daily Folk (1 Week)
Active Folk (1 Week)
First Audience
Apprentice
Authority
WordPress.org
12 badges
Core Contributor
Core AI Contributor
Plugin Developer
bbPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
WP-CLI Contributor
Photo Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Test Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
About
Credited in 15 of the last 18 WordPress releases. Founder of WPFolks.
Hi, I'm Ankit Panchal, a WordPress engineer and indie founder based in Pune, India, with 13+ years in the WordPress ecosystem.
Code in WordPress core. Plugins on 20,000+ sites, including Hide Admin Bar, UltimaKit and PushRow for Google Sheets. A free community for WordPress people. A camera on every build.
I started with a browser and WordPress 3.x. Everything since has been built one plugin, one patch and one community at a time, with 29+ WordCamps along the way across India and Asia.
I share the whole journey on YouTube at @AnkitMakes: product decisions, code walkthroughs, real numbers and building in public.
One goal: help more people ship on WordPress.
From their blog 74 posts
wpankit.comCertifications
9 credentialsPhotos on WordPress.org
@ankitmaruContributions
WordPress releases
Credited in 15 releases- 7.1 Core Contributor
- 7.0 Core Contributor
- 6.9 Core Contributor
- 6.8 Core Contributor
- 6.6 Core Contributor
- 6.5 Core Contributor
- 6.4 Core Contributor
- 6.3 Core Contributor
- 6.2 Core Contributor
- 5.9 Core Contributor
- 5.8 Core Contributor
- 5.7 Core Contributor
- 5.6 Core Contributor
- 5.5 Core Contributor
- 5.4 Core Contributor
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams, last 12 months- Community 22%
- Core 22%
- Meta 11%
- Polyglots 44%
Recent impact
High-impact work counts three times in the score
Last 30 days
19
contributions
high 19
medium 0
score 57
Last 90 days
55
contributions
high 55
medium 0
score 165
Last 12 months
132
contributions
high 126
medium 6
score 384
Recent contributions on WordPress.org
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Oct 14 2026
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Oct 14 2026Plugins highCommitted [3745857] to Plugins SVN:Release 0.0.5: fix fatal error on PHP 7.4/8.0, fix Contact Form 7 settings saving and export filters, declare WooCommerce HPOS compatibility, update bundled libraries with security fixes.5 days ago
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Oct 12 2026
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Oct 12 2026Plugins highCommitted [3742061] to Plugins SVN:Release 7.5.0 (Stable tag stays 7.3.0 for testing)6 days ago
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Sep 25 2026Plugins highCommitted [3712069] to Plugins SVN:Release 0.0.2: apply deals agreed before a guest's email, save negotiation details on Checkout block orders, tell shoppers they are chatting with an AI assistant, remove the Powered by link and tracking parameters; tested up to 7.13 weeks ago
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Sep 25 2026Plugins highCommitted [3712025] to Plugins SVN:Update readme and wp.org assets: tested up to 7.1, accurate setup steps and external services, new FAQ; new vector icon, banners and 14 screenshots3 weeks ago
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Sep 25 2026Plugins highCommitted [3711986] to Plugins SVN:Release 4.3.2: no jQuery needed, new icon, banners and screenshots, clearer readme3 weeks ago
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Sep 25 2026Plugins highCommitted [3711966] to Plugins SVN:Release 3.0.0: a complete rebuild with live counts, one vote per person, styles, Was this helpful?, likes on comments, most liked posts and stats3 weeks ago
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Sep 25 2026Plugins highCommitted [3711901] to Plugins SVN:Release 2.0.1: clearer wording about what is free, and the 1.x notice stays dismissed across updates3 weeks ago