Profiles

Bio

Greetings, I’m Shipon Karmakar, a passionate WordPress developer and enthusiast. I have honed my skills in developing custom WordPress themes and plugins, optimizing website performance, and providing exceptional user experiences. Since 2014, I have been working on WordPress projects, both as a freelancer and as a part of a team. My portfolio includes websites for small businesses, e-commerce stores, and personal blogs, all built with WordPress. I love to share my knowledge and expertise with the WordPress community and I am an active contributor to the WordPress open-source project. In my free time, you can find me experimenting with new plugins or themes, or attending local WordPress meetups and conferences. Let’s connect and make the web a better place, one WordPress site at a time!

Interests

Programming, Badminton, Travelling, Singing, Photography

WordPress Origin Story

– Core Contribution to WordPress 6.3 “Lionel”, 6.5 “Regina”
– 2019 Join Dhaka WordCamp
– 2019 Published 1 Theme ( ArticlePress ) in WordPress.org
– 2020 Published 2 plugins in WordPress.org
– 2023 Join Asia WordCamp in Thailand
– 2023 Join Sylhet WordCamp
– 2023 Join Rangpur Mega Meetup
– 2024 Join Sylhet WordCamp
– 2025 Join Dhaka WordCamp
– 2025 Lead Organizer & Speaker WordPress Campus Connect Brahmanbaria
– 2025 Core Contribution to WordPress 6.9 “Gene”

Badges

CODE
8 badges
Core Contributor '23 C Core Performance Contributor '24 Hosting Contributor '26 Pattern Author '23 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer Theme Developer WP-CLI Contributor '24
CONTENT
3 badges
Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '24
COMMUNITY
4 badges
bbPress Contributor '24 WordCamp Organizer '25 WordCamp Speaker '25 WordCamp Volunteer '25
PRACTICE
4 badges
Accessibility Contributor '25 Test Contributor '23 Training Contributor '24 Training Team '25
POLYGLOTS
2 badges
Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '23

Current Job

WordPress Developer & Server Administrator
Present
UnivaHost

Key Accomplishments

Led WordPress Campus Connect in Brahmanbaria, organizing sessions, workshops, and community initiatives to introduce students to WordPress and open-source contribution.
Built a custom shell-based release automation system for WordPress.org plugins, reducing manual errors and speeding up deployment.
Developed and maintained multiple WordPress plugins, including a social sharing plugin used by live production websites.
Contributed to WordPress core by reviewing patches, testing releases, and improving overall stability and performance.

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days
0contributions
high0
medium0
score0
Last 90 days
2contributions
high0
medium2
score2
Last 12 months
33contributions
high25
medium8
score83

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 3 releases
  • 6.9
  • 6.5
  • 6.3

Time commitment

3 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

Contributions

Type
May 2026
May 02 Sat · 21:55
Forums med
Posted a reply to Its very easy and helpful plugin for SMTP mail for WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi adisweden,Thank you for your kind words! I'm really glad to hear that you find…
May 02 Sat · 21:54
Forums med
Posted a reply to Finally, No More Spam Folder Issues with PHP Mail!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the feedback, Wyarej!I’m glad to hear the plugin is helping you overcome those…
January 2026
Jan 22 Thu · 13:20
Polyglots high
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
Jan 15 Thu · 07:14
Meta med
Completed the course Community team event mentor training on learn.wordpress.org
Jan 15 Thu · 07:12
Meta med
Completed the course WordCamp organizer training on learn.wordpress.org
Jan 15 Thu · 05:41
Meta med
Completed the course WordPress Credits Mentor’s Course on learn.wordpress.org
December 2025
Dec 30 Tue · 15:12
Polyglots high
Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Dec 14 Sun · 12:55
Polyglots high
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
Dec 11 Thu · 19:03
Meta high
Wrote a new post, Campus Connect Brahmanbaria: A Day of Discovery, Learning, and Community Growth, on the site WordPress Campus Connect University of Brahmanbaria 2025:
The Campus Connect initiative reached Brahmanbaria with a program designed to introduce students to WordPress…
Dec 04 Thu · 17:40
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Monthly Education Buzz Report – November 2025, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thanks, Destiny! Loved the recap — so many exciting things happening all around!

Completed Courses

Total completed courses: 8

العربية (Arabic) Plugins Translation Editor - #ar

বাংলা (Bengali (Bangladesh)) Plugins Translation Editor - #bn_BD

বাংলা (Bengali (Bangladesh)) Translation Contributor - #bn_BD

Learn WordPress, Openverse, WordCamp.org, All-in-One WP Migration and Backup, BuddyPress, ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor, ShareMe Simple Social Share Plugin, WooCommerce, Twenty Twenty-Five, WordPress 5.9.x, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

বাংলা (ভারত) (Bengali (India)) Translation Contributor - #bn_IN

WordPress 6.0.x and WordPress 7.0.x - Development