Davide Baraldi (@davidebaraldi) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m Davide Baraldi, a digital professional with over 20 years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing WordPress-based systems.

I define myself as a “Unicorn Designer” — someone who combines UX, visual design, development, and strategic thinking into a single coherent process.

I focus on performance, clean code, and long-term sustainability.

I build custom solutions when needed, avoid unnecessary complexity, and believe that simplicity is a strategic choice — not a limitation.

Every project I work on is designed to be fast, maintainable, and measurable.

Interests

WordPress Core, Gutenberg Development, Performance Optimization, Technical SEO, Custom Plugin Development, UX Architecture, Clean Code, Web Security, Open Source, Photography

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress over a decade ago while building a website for a client. What started as curiosity quickly became a professional focus.

I was impressed by its flexibility, but even more by its potential when used properly.

Since then, WordPress has been my primary platform for building custom, secure, and performance-oriented digital solutions.

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Current Job

Unicorn Designer & WordPress Specialist

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Davide Baraldi

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

5contributions

high5

medium0

score15

Last 90 days

5contributions

high5

medium0

score15

Last 12 months

18contributions

high16

medium2

score50

Contributions

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July 2026

Jul 31 Fri · 06:41

Plugins high

Committed [3629479] to Plugins SVN:
Update plugin to version 1.5.3

Jul 31 Fri · 06:28

Plugins high

Committed [3629453] to Plugins SVN:
Initial release of DB - AI Act Transparency

Jul 29 Wed · 14:33

Plugins high

Committed [3627370] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 16.3 with updated plugin files, <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> 7.0 compatibility, PHP 8.0 requirement and readme metadata

Jul 29 Wed · 13:42

Plugins high

Committed [3627313] to Plugins SVN:
Improved Gutenberg block compatibility

Jul 29 Wed · 13:24

Plugins high

Committed [3627298] to Plugins SVN:
Updated readme

April 2026

Apr 14 Tue · 08:28

Plugins high

Committed [3505855] to Plugins SVN:
Release 16.0: fix custom login URL handling and update readme

Apr 14 Tue · 08:22

Plugins high