WordPress Core Contributor (5.4-7.0). Building @thewpfolks in the open. Open to contribute on any WordPress project.
Joined July 2012
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For a long time I kept waiting for someone to build a proper home for WordPress folks.
Today I stopped waiting.
WPFolks is live — free, no ads, no paid tier ever.
wpfolks.org
#WordPress #BuildInPublic #WPDev
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This one means a lot.
Darshan spotted a problem worth solving. Gauri shipped a real piece of software. WPFolks just connected the dots.
This is exactly why we built the Ideas board.
Another WPFolks idea shipped 🚀
Darshan Chauhan posted "Content Decay Detector" as an idea on the WPFolks Ideas board.
A few weeks later, Gauri Kaushik built it.
Shipped with: decay scoring algorithm, WP Cron batched scanning, REST API with nonce auth, WP_List_Table reports, dashboard widget, weekly digest, Gutenberg sidebar, PHPUnit tests, zero PHPCS violations.
This is the loop: an idea posted → another folk builds it → everyone benefits.
Idea: wpfolks.org/ideas/content-de…
Shipped: github.com/GauriDevWork/cont…
Massive respect to both folks.
Not on WPFolks yet? Join us at wpfolks.org
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
WPFolks roadmap: 81% shipped.
204 items proposed by the community.
166 already live in production.
38 remaining.
The breakdown of what shipped:
. 92 bugs fixed
. 45 features requested by folks
. 18 enhancements
. 10 others
No PM. No investors. No roadmap secrecy.
The community votes. WPFolks ships. That's the loop.
Not on WPFolks yet? Join us at wpfolks.org
#WordPress #BuildInPublic
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
First week of Folks Academy is in the books.
3 live sessions. ~80% attendance. 45 folks attended full sessions and earned Learner badges. 2 speakers earned Academy Speaker badges.
Plus 10 roadmap items shipped since Friday.
More below ↓
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
The very first Folks Academy session starts in minutes 🎓
AMA: WP.org Plugin Submission with Mehul Gohil
If you're working on your first WP.org plugin or stuck mid-submission, jump in. Free, live, recorded.
Join now: wpfolks.org/academy/plugins/…
#WordPress #WordPressCommunity #WCEU
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Two updates on WPFolks this week.
1/ Dark mode, site-wide. Toggle in the header with Light, Dark options. Saves per folk, so it sticks across visits.
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RT @thewpfolks: Wanted to contribute to WordPress but didn't know where to start?
3 free Folks Academy sessions this week cover the easies…
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Trying to publish your first plugin to WP.org and feeling stuck?
This Friday, Mehul Gohil @mehul_gohil0810 is doing an AMA on Folks Academy. Code standards, readmes, the review process, handling rejection feedback, CI/CD for SVN, AI in plugin development.
No script. Bring your real questions.
June 5, 1pm UTC
wpfolks.org/academy/plugins/…
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Happy 23rd birthday, WordPress 🎂
23 years of powering the web, built by a community that just keeps showing up.
To celebrate, two new badges are live on WPFolks:
WP @ 23, for every folk active during birthday week (May 27 to 31).
WP Journey, a six-step badge based on how long you have had your wp.org account.
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Glad WPFolks could chip in for the Ahmedabad WordPress birthday celebration.
Ahmedabad has one of the most active WordPress communities in India, and supporting them is a small way to give back.
Have a wonderful evening, folks 🎂
Happy to support the Ahmedabad WordPress community on WordPress's 23rd birthday 🎂
Backing local WordPress communities is exactly why WPFolks exists. Have a wonderful celebration, folks.
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
WPFolks check-in:
2 community ideas have shipped to production. Voted by folks, shipped to everyone. The loop I wanted to see working is working.
698 folks strong. Here's what else has been happening:
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
I contributed to WordPress 7.0. See my card on WPFolks. #WordPress #WordPress70 wpfolks.org/wp7/mkrndmane/
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Still buzzing from that.
Folks from all over the world jumped on a Google Meet to celebrate WordPress 7.0 together. Some up past midnight, some sipping morning coffee, all just hanging out and geeking out over WordPress.
Did not expect this kind of turnout for a party we planned a few hours ago.
First WPFolks release party done. Already can't wait for the next one.
Thank you to everyone who showed up 🙏
#WordPress #WordPress70 #WordPressCommunity
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Couldn't let WordPress 7.0 day pass without a little celebration.
Throwing a WPFolks release party tonight. Come hang out 👇
Today's the day. WordPress 7.0 is almost here 🎉
Folks worldwide are throwing release parties. So are we.
Tonight on Google Meet, 30 mins, right after 7.0 drops:
10 AM PDT · 1 PM EDT · 6 PM BST · 10:30 PM IST
Join link drops in the WPFolks community feed 30 minutes before.
Sign up now so you don't miss it: wpfolks.org
#WordPress #WordPress70 #WordPressCommunity
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Wild. Posted this idea a few weeks back, never expected anyone to actually build it.
Thanks @MediaRonLLC.
The idea: wpfolks.org/ideas/block-patt…
Real story from WPFolks today:
A few weeks ago, @wpankit posted an idea in the Ideas module, Block Pattern Version Control. Save versions of a block pattern, roll back to any previous version. Post revisions but for patterns.
@MediaRonLLC saw it, claimed it, built it, and just shipped it in Pattern Wrangler today.
Try it: wordpress.org/plugins/patter…
This is the whole point of WPFolks.
wpfolks.org
#WordPress #BuildInPublic #WordPressCommunity
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Thanks for the feature, @thewpweekly . Folks TV is live and the response has been incredible.
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More #WordPress stories in WP Weekly 292 issue from: @elegantthemes @surelywp @wpmudev @Hostinger @thewpfolks @neke989 @gravityforms @lesley_pizza @BeaverBuilder @briancoords @corymiller303 @envato @vovafeldman @xaver_ @wpbizdev
thewpweekly.com/issue-292/
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Just shipped Folks TV on WPFolks.
It's the thing I kept wishing existed: one place for every great WordPress video on YouTube and WordPress.tv. Notes. Chapters. Playlists. Courses with real certificates [Coming soon].
Long thread, but it's worth it ↓
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Twelve roadmap items have been completed on WPFolks.
Plus a long tail of polish you would only notice if it had already bitten you.
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500 WordPress professionals. 4 weeks. Built from zero.
This one feels different. Thank you to everyone who joined, posted, shared, and believed in WPFolks before it was anything. You made this real.
On to 1,000. 🚀
500 WordPress professionals on WPFolks. 🎉
Started with 0 less than 4 weeks ago.
Every single one of them verified, connected to WordPress.org, and building something real.
Thank you to everyone who joined, posted, shared, and believed in this from day one.
This is just the beginning.
wpfolks.org
#WordPress #WPFolks #BuildInPublic #WordPressCommunity
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
Big WPFolks update today.
Connect your GitHub account and your repos start earning engineering badges automatically.
No forms. No screenshots. No "trust me" claims. 🧵
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Ankit Panchal · WordPress Core Contributor retweeted
@thewpfolks has a Shipped page and I just looked up WordPress 6.5, a version I contributed to. Seeing myself in that constellation of contributors is so cool. 🗺️✨
Check it out 👇
wpfolks.org/shipped/?version…
#WordPress #WP65 #WPFolks #OpenSource
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