Jakaria Istauk (@jakariaistauk) – WordPress user profile

Bio

WordPress Plugin Developer since 2019. Core Contributor to versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.9. Passionate about open source, community, and building tools that make WordPress even better.

WordPress Origin Story

My journey with WordPress began in 2016, when I first discovered its power and flexibility.

⚙️ Plugin Development Journey
In 2019, I began my professional path as a WordPress Plugin Developer, crafting custom plugins, optimizing performance, and building tools that extend WordPress functionality with creativity and precision.

🧩 Core Contributions
Proud to be a WordPress Core Contributor for multiple releases:
💛 WordPress 6.9 Core Contributor
🧡 WordPress 6.4 Core Contributor
💙 WordPress 6.3 Core Contributor
💚 WordPress 6.2 Core Contributor
💛 WordPress 6.1 Core Contributor

🎪 WordCamp Experience
I’m an active member of the WordPress community and have proudly attended several WordCamps, including:
🏙️ WordCamp Dhaka 2025
🏙️ WordCamp Asia 2023
🌆 WordCamp Sylhet 2023
🌆 WordCamp Kolkata 2022
🏙️ WordCamp Dhaka 2019

Contributions

Jakaria Istauk contributes 1 hour per week to the following teams: Core, Photos, and Polyglots.

Member Since: February 23rd, 2020
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Website: jakaria.com.bd
GitHub: jakaria-istauk
Job Title: Wordpress Developer
Employer: WPDeveloper
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Pattern Author
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

Activity
Plugins
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Committed [3403750] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.0.1 from GitHub
2 months ago
Translated 24 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 months ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Translated 27 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Committed [3357301] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
4 months ago
Committed [3357300] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
4 months ago
Mentioned in [60661] on WordPress SVN:
Taxonomy: Check the result of `get_term()` in `WP_Term_Query::get_terms()`.
5 months ago
Suggested 6 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
11 months ago
Suggested 49 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
11 months ago
Suggested 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
11 months ago
Committed [3209166] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 3.0.0 from GitHub
1 year ago
Committed [3151644] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.2.1 from GitHub
1 year ago
Translated 117 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Created a topic, Best email Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WP Mail SMTP is a lifesaver for me as wordpress develo…
2 years ago
Committed [3060240] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.2.0 from GitHub
2 years ago
Committed [3035592] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub
2 years ago
Committed [3035570] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub
2 years ago
Committed [3022696] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.1.0 from GitHub
2 years ago
Submitted pull request #326 to WordPress/plugin-check:
Plugin check UX improvement for results
2 years ago
Created issue #325 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Plugin check UX improvement for results
2 years ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Translated 37 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 years ago
Mentioned in [56497] on WordPress SVN:
Upload: Add a MIME type exception for `.docx` generated by Google Docs.
2 years ago
Committed [2945004] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.0.0 from GitHub
2 years ago
Mentioned in [56318] on WordPress SVN:
Bundled Themes: Bump version numbers for WordPress 6.3.
2 years ago
Committed [2943958] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub
2 years ago
Mentioned in [56315] on WordPress SVN:
Bundled Themes: Bump version numbers for WordPress 6.3.
2 years ago
Received props from @francina in Slack:
Props to all the folx that showed up for the WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 Release…
3 years ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
3 years ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 years ago
Submitted pull request #4250 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Multiple bundled themes ignore/override ordered list types
3 years ago
Submitted pull request #4173 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Bump default theme versions for WordPress 6.3
3 years ago
Mentioned in [55457] on WordPress SVN:
Tests: Second pass at merging file-level and class-level DocBlocks in various unit test files.
3 years ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 years ago
Mentioned in [55426] on WordPress SVN:
Themes: Account for a numeric theme directory in `WP_Theme::__construct()`.
3 years ago
Suggested 29 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 years ago
Created issue #326 in the WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins repository:
Plugins trac: Header not updated and Footer layout is broken
3 years ago
Submitted pull request #3886 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Seventeen: Image Block captions are not Italic on frontend iss…
3 years ago
Closed pull request #3885 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Seventeen: Image Block captions are Italic on frontend but not…
3 years ago
Reopened pull request #3885 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Seventeen: Image Block captions are Italic on frontend but not…
3 years ago
Closed pull request #3885 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Seventeen: Image Block captions are Italic on frontend but not…
3 years ago
Submitted pull request #3885 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Seventeen: Image Block captions are Italic on frontend but not…
3 years ago
Suggested 31 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 years ago
Committed [2813660] to Plugins SVN:
Compatible with latest WordPress and Elementor
3 years ago
Received props from @chanthaboune in Slack:
Huge thanks to everyone who showed up to the (very big) release party today. It's…
3 years ago
Created ticket #6558 on Meta Trac:
Menu Broken on developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Awesome !!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @picturgency, Thanks for your great feedback. Keep us supported. You can share any suggestions…
3 years ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @priethor @dansoschin @davidbaumwald @pbiron @ironprogrammer @courane01 @webcommsat @Bernhard Reiter @robinwpdeveloper @eboxnet @annezazu @ndiego…
3 years ago
Mentioned in [54375] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Note the versions of NodeJS and npm supported.
3 years ago