Anup Kankale (@anupkankale) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Web Developer with of experience building enterprise WordPress solutions. I specialize in custom plugin development, theme customization, hooks & filters, REST API integrations, and headless WordPress architecture. Currently exploring AI-powered WordPress experiences integrating LLM APIs, chatbots, and automation workflows into production projects. Open source enthusiast and continuous learner.

Open to full-time, part-time, freelance opportunities, and open to relocation or sponsorship.

Interests

WordPress Core Development, Custom Plugins, AI Automation, Headless WordPress, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Performance Optimization, Open Source, n8n Workflows, LLM Integrations

WordPress Origin Story

I started my WordPress journe at a digital agency, building websites for diverse clients. What began as simple theme customization quickly evolved into a passion for core development custom plugins, hooks, filters, and performance optimization. Over time, I led enterprise projects with 90+ pages, mentored junior developers, and started integrating AI tools into WordPress workflows. WordPress taught me that great code solves real business problems and I’ve been hooked ever since.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Core Contributor '26 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '26

Current Job

Web Developer | WordPress & AI Integration Specialist

Present

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

4contributions

high4

medium0

score12

Last 90 days

10contributions

high8

medium2

score26

Last 12 months

22contributions

high13

medium9

score48

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 1 release

Time commitment

12 hours per week

On my own time 12 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 28 Tue · 06:10

Plugins high

Committed [3625449] to Plugins SVN:
Update storefront banner and add screenshots 3 and 4

Jul 28 Tue · 05:30

Plugins high

Committed [3625403] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.2.0 — Telegram lead alerts and read-only REST API

Jul 23 Thu · 05:38

Plugins high

Committed [3619428] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.1.0: Contact Form 7 support, source filter, CSV source column; add screenshots

Jul 13 Mon · 20:12

Plugins high

Committed [3606664] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.0.1 — initial <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>.org submission with banner and icon

June 2026

Jun 08 Mon · 05:49

Core med

Submitted pull request #12117 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Block Supports: Prevent Additional CSS duplication inside Query Loop

May 2026

May 22 Fri · 05:56

Core med

Submitted pull request #11935 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Trac #65313: Extend WP_Comment_Query 'fields' to support individual c…

May 21 Thu · 00:33

Meta high

Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…

May 13 Wed · 07:19

Core high

Mentioned in [62355] on WordPress SVN:
I18N: Add translator context to disambiguate translation strings for "Preview".

May 13 Wed · 03:02

Core high

Mentioned in [62353] on WordPress SVN:
I18N: Add translator context to disambiguate translation strings for "Preview".

May 06 Wed · 05:18

Core high

Mentioned in [62303] on WordPress SVN:
Admin Reskin: Correct alignment for spinners across the admin.