Benjamin Zekavica (@benjamin_zekavica) – WordPress user profile

Bio

My name is Benjamin Zekavica, 27 years old. I’m from Aachen, Germany.

– Founder of UnleashWP
– Author of UnleashWP Vol. 1 Book
– Web Developer since 2008 | 17 years
– WordPress User since 2013 | 12 years
– Community Member since 2015 | 10 years

Core Team
– Core Team global representative 2025
– WordPress 6.5 (April 2024) | Release Team: Design Lead
– Gutenberg Core Developer since WP version 5.0

Community Team
Mentor Q1 for Core Team

WordCamp Attendee:
Europe 2019, Europe 2023, Germany 2023, Europe 2024, Karlsruhe 2024

WordCamp Volunteer: Europe 2023, Europe 2024
WordCamp Organizer: Germany 2023
WordCamp Speaker: Germany 2023, Europe 2025
WordPress Meetup Organizer/Speaker: Aachen

Interests

WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript

WordPress Origin Story

My first version was WP 3.0. I love WordPress because its so easy and works fantastic. Contributor of Gutenberg and WordPress Core.

Badges

CODE

11 badges

Core Contributor '18 C Core Performance Contributor '23 Core Team '24 Design Contributor '23 Hosting Contributor '23 Meta Contributor '23 Pattern Author '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Tide Contributor '24 WP-CLI Contributor '24

CONTENT

4 badges

Documentation Contributor '23 O Openverse Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

7 badges

bbPress Contributor '24 B BuddyPress Contributor '24 Community Contributor '24 Meetup Organizer '23 WordCamp Organizer '23 WordCamp Speaker '23 WordCamp Volunteer '26

PRACTICE

3 badges

Accessibility Contributor '24 Test Contributor '23 Training Contributor '24

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '17 Translation Editor '23

Current Job

Founder & Owner

Present

Morvance

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

1contribution

high1

medium0

score3

Last 90 days

7contributions

high6

medium1

score19

Last 12 months

77contributions

high59

medium18

score195

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 9 releases

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 03 Fri · 08:04

Meta high

Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.1 Release Party Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 7.1 is scheduled for release on August 19, 2026! Below is the proposed calendar…

May 2026

May 21 Thu · 17:50

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.1 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Happy to step up as Release Lead for 7.1. I'll also be at WCUS this…

May 14 Thu · 16:55

Meta high

Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Props for testing RC4 @jsmansart, @369work, @shailu25, @nilambar, @huzaifaalmesbah, @iamasadpolash, @abduremon, @ozgursar, @mosescursor, @jigar9998, @Ankit…

May 14 Thu · 16:53

Meta high

Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Props for attending the RC4 Release Party @audrasjb, @jadavsanjay, @jsmansart, @faisal03, @nikunj8866, @369work, @iamasadpolash, @devangvachheta137,…

May 14 Thu · 14:50

Core high

Mentioned in [62363] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.

May 14 Thu · 14:33

Core high

Mentioned in [62362] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.

April 2026

Apr 20 Mon · 09:47

Meta high

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2026

March 2026

Mar 18 Wed · 20:00

Meta high

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Leipzig 2026

January 2026

Jan 25 Sun · 11:58

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2026 Edition, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’ve decided to withdraw my nomination for 2026 and won’t be standing in the election.…

Jan 16 Fri · 09:06

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.0 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@marybaum I’d be happy to coordinate the release together :)