Harish Chouhan (@hchouhan) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m Harish, a designer who started out studying Architecture before realising I enjoyed building websites more. I’ve been tinkering with WordPress since the early 2000s and still love the mix of design and problem-solving it brings. If I’m not working on support or one of my side projects, you’ll probably find me cycling somewhere.

Interests

Design & Cycling.

WordPress Origin Story

I first stumbled across WordPress by accident around 2006, just as I was finally stepping away from studying Architecture to pursue web design full time. At the time, I was exploring various CMS options such as Joomla, Drupal, and even CMS Made Simple, which were gaining popularity. But I never quite connected with them. Joomla felt overly rigid and complex for small custom sites, Drupal was too developer-focused for the kind of creative freedom I wanted, and most other systems just didn’t feel intuitive.

WordPress, even back then, stood out. It was far from perfect in 2006. There was no native support for tags, media handling was clunky, and the admin interface felt dated, but there was something about it that made sense to me. Still, I didn’t dive in fully right away.

It wasn’t until version 2.5 came out in 2008 that things clicked. The admin area got a much-needed redesign, plugin updates became easier, and it finally felt like something I could use daily without fighting the system. From that point on, nearly every site I built, personal projects and client work alike, was powered by WordPress.

Hard to believe that something I found by chance is now at the core of almost everything I do.

Badges

CODE

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Plugin Developer Theme Developer Themes Team '14

CONTENT

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Photo Contributor '22

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

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Translation Editor '15

Current Job

Founder

Present

Webtions OU

Recent impact

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Last 12 months

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Contributions

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June 2026

Jun 11 Thu · 09:16

Forums med

Posted a reply to Simple and effective, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @pegases8,Thank you so much for taking the time to review my plugin.

May 2026

May 29 Fri · 06:04

Forums med

Created a topic, Very useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin offers many features that are essential to…

May 29 Fri · 06:02

Forums med

Posted a reply to Possible bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @adityaarsharma, Thanks for the quick update. The issue is now fixed.

May 27 Wed · 06:35

Forums med

Created a topic, Possible bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Aditya,I noticed that when selecting "Pages" from …

May 12 Tue · 15:47

Themes med

Created ticket #271497 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shanti – 1.1.0

May 07 Thu · 01:14

Forums med

Posted a reply to Add likes to REST API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @borysiuk,I've worked on this feature. Would it be possible for you to test it…

April 2026

Apr 14 Tue · 01:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to Block-Based Checkout?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @james-feaver,Are you using some additional plugins to customize the WooCommerce Checkout? I noticed that…

Apr 12 Sun · 03:08

Plugins high

Committed [3504234] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk to 1.1.0 and add new version tag

Apr 11 Sat · 04:50

Themes med

Created ticket #265845 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shanti – 1.0.3

Apr 10 Fri · 17:02

Themes med

Closed ticket #264523 on Themes Trac:
THEME: BlockNest – 1.0.6