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Kamal Hosen

WordPress Engineer at Toptal

@ikamal Dhaka, Bangladesh joined Feb 2017

kamalhosen.com github.com/ikamal7 Slack: @Kamal Hosen
    Teams Community Core AI Core Core Performance Core Program Hosting Polyglots Test Themes CLI
    Languages bn

    Bio

    I’ve been working as a WordPress Developer for almost 7 years, and I enjoy what I do. Passionate about code, solving problems, learning new technologies, and helping teams.
    My goal is to find a position where I can utilize my experiences as a WordPress Developer to help solve complex software engineering problems.

    Interests

    Programming, Travelling, Reading Books, Open Source pro,

    WordPress Origin Story

    2024: Become Hall of fame: All Star mentee
    2024: Core Contributor for WordPress 6.7.
    2024: Contributed as a Test Contributor.
    2024: Organizer for WordCamp Sylhet 2024.
    2023: Attended WordCamp Sylhet 2023.
    2023: Became a WordPress Meetup Organizer.
    2019: Attended WordCamp Dhaka 2019.
    2017: Received my first WordPress contribution badge.
    2016: Started my journey with WordPress.
    2014-15: Began learning WordPress theme development.
    2013: Discovered WordPress for the first time.

    Badges

    CODE
    4 badges
    Core Contributor '24 Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    Meetup Organizer '24 WordCamp Organizer '24
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Test Contributor '24
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '21 Translation Editor '21

    Current Job

    WordPress Engineer
    Present
    Toptal · Freelance

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    17contributions
    high11
    medium6
    score39
    Last 90 days
    22contributions
    high16
    medium6
    score54
    Last 12 months
    61contributions
    high54
    medium7
    score169

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.8
    • 6.7

    Time commitment

    12 hours per week
    • On my own time 12 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 13 Thu · 15:32
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13040 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Comments: Update the "Mine" count after AJAX moderation and reply actions.
    Aug 08 Sat · 09:04
    GitHub high
    Pull request #181 merged into WordPress/test-handbook:
    Add Test Chat and Bug Scrub Facilitator Plugin guide sections
    Aug 08 Sat · 07:46
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #181 to WordPress/test-handbook:
    Add Test Chat and Bug Scrub Facilitator Plugin guide sections
    Aug 04 Tue · 21:28
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Sylhet 2026
    July 2026
    Jul 29 Wed · 05:06
    Plugins high
    Committed [3626687] to Plugins SVN:
    Release v1.0.0
    Jul 29 Wed · 05:06
    Plugins high
    Committed [3626686] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove tags/1.0.0 to re-release
    Jul 28 Tue · 14:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3626024] to Plugins SVN:
    Add SVG plugin icon
    Jul 28 Tue · 08:53
    Plugins high
    Committed [3625642] to Plugins SVN:
    Release v1.0.0
    Jul 28 Tue · 08:53
    Plugins high
    Committed [3625641] to Plugins SVN:
    Remove tags/1.0.0 to re-release
    Jul 27 Mon · 16:12
    Plugins high
    Committed [3624866] to Plugins SVN:
    Release v1.0.0

    Developer

    8 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Themes

    1 theme

    Photos

    1 contribution

    View all 1 photos in the Photo Directory

    Completed courses

    1 completed

    Browse courses on Learn WordPress

    Translations

    1 locale
    bn_BD বাংলা (Bengali) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Column Ordering For Elementor

    Contributed translations to 3 projects.

    WP Tab Widget WordPress 5.7.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org