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Joshua Abenazer

@joshuaabenazer Pune joined Jan 2011

linkedin.com/in/joshuaabenazer Slack: @joshuaabenazer

    Bio

    I’m a Senior WordPress Backend Engineer with 16 years of experience fixing, optimizing, and building WordPress sites for Fortune 500 tech companies and global media brands, including a decade at 10up, a WordPress VIP agency partner.
    I diagnose and fix slow, broken, or unstable sites, and handle performance optimization, custom plugin development, Gutenberg blocks, REST API integration, and headless WordPress with React/Next.js.
    I bring enterprise-level rigor and clean, maintainable code to every project. Message me with your site issue or project details and I’ll give you an honest assessment.

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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '15
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Job History

    Senior Web Engineer
    Sep 2014 – Oct 2025
    10up · Full-time
    Delivered enterprise WordPress solutions for Fortune 500 technology companies and global
    media organizations as part of a distributed engineering team.
    • Architected scalable backend solutions for high-traffic enterprise WordPress platforms.
    • Built custom Gutenberg blocks and editorial workflows for global media publishers.
    • Developed REST API integrations connecting WordPress with enterprise services.
    • Built headless WordPress front-ends with React and Next.js, decoupling content delivery
    from presentation.
    • Improved site performance through query optimization and ElasticPress-powered
    search.
    • Mentored engineers and led code reviews, raising team-wide code quality.

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 6.1
    • 4.1
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2022
    Jul 07 Thu · 23:30
    Core high
    Mentioned in [53685] on WordPress SVN:
    Media:
    October 2021
    Oct 05 Tue · 09:39
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Exclude URLs while generating Critical CSS for pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello, I am trying to generate Critical CSS for my si…
    October 2018
    Oct 09 Tue · 08:15
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Memory exhausted issues on Hustle Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Usage of numberposts = -1 at various places causing me…
    July 2015
    Jul 30 Thu · 01:58
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Pune 2015
    May 2015
    May 04 Mon · 18:58
    Meta high
    Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Pune
    October 2014
    Oct 02 Thu · 15:31
    Core high
    Mentioned in [29816] on WordPress SVN:
    In `wp_delete_attachment()`: account for orphan sizes by looping over the sizes stored in metadata, instead of relying on the current sizes stored in `$_wp_additional_image_sizes`.
    March 2014
    Mar 03 Mon · 17:19
    Core high
    Mentioned in [27375] on WordPress SVN:
    Inline documentation for hooks in wp-admin/includes/misc.php.
    January 2014
    Jan 28 Tue · 08:01
    Core high
    Mentioned in [27047] on WordPress SVN:
    Inline documentation for hooks in wp-admin/includes/update-core.php.
    Jan 02 Thu · 03:06
    Core high
    Mentioned in [26894] on WordPress SVN:
    Inline documentation for hooks in wp-admin/update-core.php.
    November 2013
    Nov 24 Sun · 04:24
    Core med
    Created ticket #26186 on Core Trac:
    Hook Docs: wp-admin/includes/misc.php

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