Karan Makani (@makanikaran) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Passionate web developer with 5.8+ years of WordPress expertise, creating captivating digital experiences and pushing boundaries with innovative coding and emerging technologies.

– Member of Ahmedabad WordPress Meetup.
– I have learned lot of new things from WordPress Meetup, and also meet new peoples who are connected to WordPress.

Interests

– Theme Development & customize
– Plugin Development & customize
– Site Maintenance
– Research & Development
– PHP, Javascript, CSS

WordPress Origin Story

– My WordPress journey began at Cosmonaut Technologies Pvt. Ltd., where I started as a trainee and quickly built a solid foundation in WordPress development. After a year, I transitioned to Silverwebbuzz Pvt. Ltd. as a Junior WordPress Developer, where I further honed my skills and worked on more complex projects.

– A year later, I joined Elsner Technologies Pvt. Ltd., where I continue to grow as a WordPress developer, taking on a variety of projects—from custom themes to complete site builds. Every new challenge helps me expand my expertise in the WordPress ecosystem.

– While WordPress may not be the easiest platform, I can confidently say it is one of the most powerful and versatile.

– I’m proud to be a WordPress developer because this platform allows us to create all types of websites—whether it’s an informative site, SEO-optimized page, site speed improvement, e-commerce store, advertising platform, maintenance page, or anything else.

Badges

CODE

3 badges

Pattern Author '26 Plugin Developer Theme Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '25

COMMUNITY

1 badge

WordCamp Volunteer '25

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '25 Translation Editor '26

Current Job

Senior WordPress Developer

May 2025 – Present

Weisetech Developers · Full-time

- Develop enterprise-level WordPress websites, custom plugins, and scalable theme solutions for international clients
across diverse industry verticals.
- Architect reusable, component-based WordPress solutions reducing future development time by an estimated 30%
across projects.
- Manage Git repositories, deployment workflows, and CLI-based development processes for cross-functional team
collaboration.
- Enhance website architecture, Core Web Vitals scores, and user experience for high-traffic platforms, consistently
achieving Lighthouse scores of 90+.
- Collaborate with clients and project managers via Slack for sprint planning, requirement gathering, and agile delivery.

Job History

Wordpress developer

Jun 2022 – May 2025

Elsner Technologies · Full-time

- Delivered 30+ custom WordPress websites and landing pages for global clients, converting Figma/Adobe XD mockups
into pixel-perfect responsive themes.
- Built custom plugins, WooCommerce features, and Gutenberg blocks, improving editorial workflows across multiple
publishing clients.
- Improved page speed scores by 40%+ on 10+ client websites through image optimization, caching, and lazy loading
techniques — boosting Core Web Vitals pass rates.
- Integrated REST APIs, payment gateways, and third-party services into WordPress platforms using PHP and JavaScript.
- Performed debugging, testing, and ongoing maintenance for high-traffic finance, crypto, and blogging platforms,
maintaining 99.9% uptime SLAs.
- Worked extensively with PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, WooCommerce, REST APIs, and custom WordPress hooks to deliver
scalable back-end solutions.

WordPress Developer

Jul 2021 – May 2022

Silver Webbuzz Pvt Ltd · Full-time

- Developed and customized 10–12 responsive, SEO-optimized WordPress websites with a mobile-first design approach,
contributing to a 25%+ average improvement in mobile engagement metrics.
- Enhanced website UI/UX, mobile responsiveness, and frontend performance, resulting in measurable improvements in
user engagement and session duration.
- Maintained website branding consistency and optimized multimedia integration, reducing average page load times by
20%.
- Supported debugging, maintenance, and issue resolution across a portfolio of live client websites, resolving 95%+ of
tickets within SLA.

Junior WordPress Developer

Feb 2020 – Jul 2021

Cosmonaut Technology Pvt Ltd · Full-time

- Assisted senior developers in building and customizing 12–15 WordPress websites, contributing to all phases of the
development lifecycle.
- Managed CMS content updates and maintained website standards, responsiveness, and functionality across a portfolio
of 15+ live sites.
- Gained hands-on experience with PHP, HTML/CSS, WordPress hooks, custom post types, and frontend implementation
techniques.

Key Accomplishments

I have contributed to the WordPress ecosystem by developing and publishing both a theme and a plugin on the official WordPress.org repository.

Theme: Bloggerly – https://wordpress.org/themes/bloggerly/
Bloggerly is a WordPress theme designed to provide a clean, modern, and user-friendly experience for bloggers and content creators.

Plugin: Admin Robots.txt Editor – https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-robots-txt-editor/
This plugin enables WordPress administrators to easily create, edit, and ma

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

0contributions

high0

medium0

score0

Last 90 days

2contributions

high2

medium0

score6

Last 12 months

23contributions

high18

medium5

score59

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Contributions

Type

June 2026

Jun 12 Fri · 16:34

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Training Team Meeting Recap – 9th June 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in…

May 2026

May 12 Tue · 09:43

Themes med

Created ticket #271476 on Themes Trac:
THEME: bloggerly – 1.0.4

April 2026

Apr 09 Thu · 06:16

Polyglots high

Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

March 2026

Mar 19 Thu · 09:50

Themes med

Created ticket #262190 on Themes Trac:
THEME: bloggerly – 1.0.3

February 2026

Feb 10 Tue · 14:13

Themes med

Created ticket #256857 on Themes Trac:
THEME: bloggerly – 1.0.1

Feb 06 Fri · 12:32

Forums med

Created a topic, Jenish Search Tracker – Simple & Effective, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Jenish Search Tracker is a lightweight, user-friendly …

January 2026

Jan 30 Fri · 10:48

Themes med

Created ticket #255050 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bloggerly – 1.0.0

Jan 06 Tue · 13:58

Polyglots med

Suggested 25 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jan 06 Tue · 13:55

Meta high

Wrote a new post, PTE Request for two plugins, on the site Translate WordPress:
I have added a new translation string. I’d like to ask for access to become…

Jan 05 Mon · 12:57

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for two plugins, on the site Translate WordPress:
PTE Request for two plugins I have added a new translation string. I'd like to…