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Anup Kankale

Web Developer | WordPress & AI Integration Specialist

@anupkankale Mumbai, Maharashtra joined Dec 2024

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    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
    6contributions
    high5
    medium1
    score16
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high6
    medium3
    score21
    Last 12 months
    24contributions
    high14
    medium10
    score52

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 7.0

    Time commitment

    12 hours per week
    • On my own time 12 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 09 Sun · 18:05
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12949 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Formatting: match CSS function names case-insensitively in safecss_fi…
    July 2026
    Jul 31 Fri · 20:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62960] on WordPress SVN:
    HTML API: Respect enqueued updates in `get_attribute_names_with_prefix()`.
    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".