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Hari Shanker R

Community Manager at Reddit, Inc

@harishanker Kochi, Kerala, India joined Dec 2014

harishanker.net github.com/harishankerr Slack: @harishanker
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    Bio

    I am an experienced Community and Project/Program Management Professional.

    Until July 2025, I served as the Community Program Manager (formerly known as “Super Deputy”) on the Make/WordPress Community Team, where my focus was on making the WordPress Community the best it can be, through events and other community-led efforts. I used to lead the Contributor Working Group of WordPress, where we built, and successfully ran three editions of the Contributor Mentorship Program, which resulted in a net total of 150 active contributors for WordPress. I also co-led the Five for the Future Program, and was also involved in other contributor initiatives such as the WordPress Contributor Health Dashboard project. I also used to be a fully-sponsored contributor to the WordPress open source project for over four years from 2020 through 2024.

    Even though I don’t work with WordPress on a day-to-day basis these days, the software has a close place in my heart. I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place.

    I have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education.

    Outside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I’m a compulsive bibliophile. I’m also a happily married pet parent to three cats.

    Interests

    Music, Writing, Thinking, Reading, Collecting Books, Blogging, Web Development, Engaging Conversations, Support, Open source, Community, Organizing Events, Speaking

    WordPress Origin Story

    https://heropress.com/essays/finding-a-second-chance-in-life-through-wordpress/

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '25
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Photo Contributor '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '24
    COMMUNITY
    5 badges
    Community Contributor '20 Community Team '20 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '16
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '20 Training Contributor '24
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Community Manager
    Present
    Reddit, Inc

    Recent impact

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

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 6.8

    Contributions

    Type
    April 2026
    Apr 06 Mon · 16:10
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    March 2026
    Mar 08 Sun · 14:59
    Polyglots high
    Translated 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    January 2026
    Jan 29 Thu · 04:09
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Call for Sponsors, on the site Test Camp:
    Blurb with information for potential sponsors.
    November 2025
    Nov 19 Wed · 17:47
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    Nov 13 Thu · 18:45
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    June 2025
    Jun 22 Sun · 18:12
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    April 2025
    Apr 23 Wed · 14:46
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 15 Tue · 19:23
    Meta high
    Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
    Props to @audrasjb @desrosj @michelleames @SergeyBiryukov@joemcgill @Mamaduka @marybaum @karmatosed @estelaris @ryelle @paulkevan @themebeans @richtabor @4thhubbard…
    March 2025
    Mar 06 Thu · 09:14
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
    Thank you for stepping up and approving the request, @tobifjellner and apologies for the delay…
    January 2025
    Jan 23 Thu · 06:06
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Exclude Search, on the site Translate WordPress:
    Thanks for the request, @jyb1603. @rithika3 has been approved as a Translation Editor for ml_IN.…

    Photos

    27 contributions

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    Completed courses

    8 completed

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    Plugins

    1 favorite

    Translations

    1 locale
    ml_IN മലയാളം (Malayalam) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 16 projects.

    Get Involved WordPress Plugin Directory Rosetta WordPress Theme Directory WordPress.org Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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