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Hauwa Abashiya

Founder at Azhiya Limited

@azhiyadev London, United Kingdom joined Oct 2018

www.hauwazhiya.com github.com/azhiya Slack: @Hauwa Abashiya
    Teams Accessibility Marketing Training

    Bio

    I am a ‘creative soul’, actively involved in Project Management. Lover of all things IT, food and sewing.

    Interests

    Tech, food, sewing, reading and dancing.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Discovered WordPress in 2018 during a career break after more than 15 years in Project Management. WCLDN 2019 Organiser, WCEU2019 Volunteer, Make WordPress Training Team Rep from 2021 – 2022.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '20
    CONTENT
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    Marketing Contributor '21
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '21
    PRACTICE
    4 badges
    Accessibility Team '22 Test Contributor '22 Training Contributor '20 Training Team '20

    Current Job

    Founder
    Present
    Azhiya Limited

    Recent impact

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    Team focus

    Across 3 teams, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 5 releases
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    January 2025
    Jan 10 Fri · 22:08
    Meta med
    Completed the course Beginner WordPress User on learn.wordpress.org
    March 2023
    Mar 01 Wed · 00:47
    Meta high
    Received props from @cbringmann in Slack:
    Props to @azhiyadev for sharing her open source story in https://wordpress.org/news/2023/02/people-of-wordpress-hauwa-abashiya/. A special thanks to…
    January 2023
    Jan 09 Mon · 16:51
    Training med
    Closed issue #509 on the WordPress/Learn repository:
    Block Theme Template Hierarchy - Workshop
    Jan 05 Thu · 10:08
    Meta high
    Received props from @webtechpooja in Slack:
    Huge props to @courane01 and @azhiyadev for their excellent work as team reps for Training…
    December 2022
    Dec 19 Mon · 07:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Meeting Agenda for December 20, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    Please join us for our Team Meeting (APAC friendly) OR (AMER/EMEA friendly) OR Coffee Hour…
    Dec 07 Wed · 20:05
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post November 2022 Faculty Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    Can Administrators assist with ensuring notes are checked and published in a timely manner? +1…
    November 2022
    Nov 21 Mon · 07:00
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Meeting Agenda for November 22, 2022, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    Please join us for our Team Meeting (APAC friendly) OR (AMER/EMEA friendly) OR Coffee Hour…
    Nov 18 Fri · 14:20
    Training med
    Created issue #1094 in the WordPress/Learn repository:
    Training Team Badges
    Nov 17 Thu · 16:48
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Nomination for Training Team Reps 2023, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    This post kicks off the call for Training team reps. See also: Team Rep Nominations,…
    Nov 15 Tue · 17:48
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Create a new onboarding experience to the Training Team, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    Thank you for working on this @bsanevans. I really like the way you've laid it…

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 3

    • Beginner WordPress User January 10, 2025
    • Part 3: Advanced Site Design using the Site Editor* February 8, 2022
    • Part 2: Personalized Site Design and Theme Blocks* February 8, 2022
    • *Course is no longer available.