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Marco Chiesi

Head of WordPress at Hostinger International

@marcochiesi Giulianova, Italy joined Oct 2011

chiesi.net github.com/marcochiesi Slack: @marcochiesi
    Teams Core AI
    Languages it_IT

    Bio

    Master’s Degree in Software Engineering at the University of Bologna, Italy. 20+ years of professional experience in the web industry, working as a tech lead, full-stack web developer, and sysadmin.

    WordPress enthusiast, Plugin developer, Core contributor, Translator, Meetup & WordCamp organizer, and speaker multiple times.

    Currently working as Head of WordPress at Hostinger International, leading a team of motivated professionals to create new solutions on a Web Hosting product with over 5 million WordPress installations.

    Previously working as Head of Technology at Black Studio, an Italian web agency specializing in WordPress services.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '18

    Current Job

    Head of WordPress
    Present
    Hostinger International

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    0contributions
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    medium0
    score0
    Last 90 days
    2contributions
    high2
    medium0
    score6
    Last 12 months
    11contributions
    high7
    medium4
    score25

    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 4.5
    • 4.2

    Time commitment

    2 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    April 2026
    Apr 15 Wed · 15:51
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 01 Wed · 15:13
    Polyglots high
    Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    March 2026
    Mar 02 Mon · 18:00
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Quick question about plugin features, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey @devinodell Thanks for reaching out. I can confirm that all features of the Hostinger…
    Mar 02 Mon · 17:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Quick question about update info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @aiyanabrigg Thanks for the kind words! We're glad you're finding the site info and…
    Mar 02 Mon · 17:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to XML-RPC is still publicly accessible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @wordpressforumhelp Thanks a lot for reporting the issue. There was actually a bug in…
    February 2026
    Feb 24 Tue · 11:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to From Comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello @ben_muab ! Thank you for reaching out and sharing your feedback with us. Regarding…
    January 2026
    Jan 20 Tue · 22:09
    Polyglots high
    Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
    September 2025
    Sep 03 Wed · 07:11
    Polyglots high
    Translated 12 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 03 Wed · 07:01
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 81 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Sep 02 Tue · 16:59
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 133 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Developer

    Support Rep

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 1

    Plugins

    Italiano (Italian) Project Translation Editor - #it_IT

    Plugins and Themes

    Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor - #it_IT

    WordPress Plugin Directory, 2 Click Social Media Buttons, WP TFeed, Add Meta Tags, AddQuicktag, Admin Taxonomy Filter, Adminimize, Advanced Category Excluder, Advanced Code Editor, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), Advanced iFrame, Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …, Advertising Manager, Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load, Timely All-in-One Events Calendar, Amazon Link, Amazon JS, Antispam Bee, Appointments, Aqua Page Builder, Arconix FAQ, Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes, Attachments, Autoptimize, AVH First Defense Against Spam, BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin, Better Google Analytics, Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection, BJ Lazy Load, Black Studio Homepage Builder for Genesis, Black Studio TinyMCE Widget, Blocks, Book Review, BP Profile Search, Broken Link Checker, rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress, Better WordPress Recent Comments, Calculated Fields Form, Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms, Captcha Code, Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More, Cimy Header Image Rotator, Classic Editor, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam Firewall & protection, CMS Tree Page View, Admin Columns, Connections Business Directory, Contact Form 7, contact-form-7-to-database-extension, Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress, Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor), WordPress Calls to Action, CurrencyConverter, Custom Admin Bar, Custom Content Type Manager, A5 Custom Login Page, Custom Menu Wizard Widget, Custom Post Type UI, Delightful Downloads, Responsive Pricing Table, Drop Shadow Boxes, Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More, Dynamic Content Gallery, Dynamic Widgets, Easing Slider, Easy Appointments, Easy Bootstrap Shortcode, Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery and Post Feed for WordPress, Easy Instagram, Easy Modal, Easy Photo Album, EZP Coming Soon Page, Easy Twitter Feed Widget Plugin, Easy Watermark, Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more, EasyAzon – Amazon Associates Affiliate Plugin, Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart, Efficient Related Posts, Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers, Enable Media Replace, Enhanced WP Contact Form, Erident Custom Login and Dashboard, eShop, Event Tickets and Registration, Events Maker by dFactory, AVH Extended Categories Widgets, Social LikeBox & Feed, FakerPress, FancyBox for WordPress, Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries, Photo Gallery by FooGallery : Responsive Image Gallery, Masonry Gallery & Carousel, FooTable, Formidable Forms – Contact Form Plugin, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder, FV Flowplayer Video Player, GD Press Tools, Gecka Submenu, Genesis Responsive Slider, Genesis Slider, Genesis Translations, GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory, GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform, The Google+ plugin, Analyticator, Google+ Author Information in Search Results (Free Version), Maps Widget for Google Maps, Gmedia Photo Gallery, Gravity PDF, Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin, Hostinger Tools, Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress, Hupso Social Media Share Buttons, HTML Import 2, Imsanity, Instant Breadcrumbs, Instapress, iQ Block Country, ITRO Popup Plugin, JM Twitter Cards, Kimili Flash Embed, Logo Carousel, Ktai Style, WordPress Landing Pages, Language Bar Flags, WordPress Leads, LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes, Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder, Magic Action Box, Magic Fields 2, MailChimp Forms by MailMunch, Mailgun for WordPress, MailPress, Map My Posts, Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider, MaxButtons – Create buttons, Media Library Assistant, Media Tags, Max Mega Menu, Membership 2, Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus, Menu Image, Icons made easy, Menubar, Meteor Slides, Mooberry Book Manager, Multi-level Navigation Plugin, NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy, Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery, NextGEN Public Uploader, Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You, nrelate Related Content, Social Login, OptionTree, Page Links To, Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction, PayPal Shopping Cart, LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect), PIKLIST – Easily Build Fields, Forms, Settings, Widgets and More., Pinterest "Pin It" Button, Pinterest Widgets, Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields, Polylang, Popups – WordPress Popup, Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories, Posts 2 Posts, PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry, Premium Seo Pack – Light Version, Print, PDF, Email by PrintFriendly, User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor, Projects by WooThemes, Qtranslate Slug, Query Monitor, Recent Posts Slider, Responsive Column Widgets, Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships, RSS Post Importer, Scroll Triggered Boxes, Seamless Donations is Sunset, SendPress Newsletters, SEO Ultimate, Seriously Simple Podcasting, Shockingly Simple Favicon, Shortcode Widget, Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements, si-contact-form, Local Google Analytics for WordPress – caches external requests, Simple Image Sizes, Simple Lightbox, Simple Membership, Simple Responsive Slider, Simple Social Icons, Simple Twitter Tweets, Simplr Registration Form Plus+, Simply Instagram, Page Builder by SiteOrigin, Skype Legacy Buttons, Slideshow Gallery LITE, Slideshow, Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack, Smart Manager – Advanced WooCommerce Bulk Edit & Inventory Management, SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle, Social Count Plus, Social Media Icons Widget, Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress, Special Recent Posts, SQLite Integration, SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO, StagTools, Starbox – the Author Box for Humans, Easy Updates Manager, Store Locator Plus® for WordPress, Stream, Super Simple Google Analytics, WP SVG Icons, Table of Contents Plus, Testimonial Slider, The Social Links, Theme Blvd Layout Builder, Theme Blvd Shortcodes, Theme My Login, Trust Form, Tweeple, Twiget Twitter Widget, Ultimate TinyMCE, Welcart e-Commerce, User Role Editor, Videopack, Visual Form Builder, W3 Total Cache, Widget Context, Widget CSS Classes, Widgets Reloaded, Mobile Native Android App Maker for WordPress, WooCommerce, Direct Checkout for WooCommerce, Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers, Filter Orders by Product for WooCommerce, Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools, WooCommerce Poor Guys Swiss Knife, WordPress Access Control, WordPress File Monitor Plus, WordPress HTTPS (SSL), WordPress Mobile Edition, WordPress Move, Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups, Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, WP Admin UI Customize, WP All Import – Drag & Drop Import for CSV, XML, Excel & Google Sheets, WP Calendar, WP Category Post List Widget, WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin, WP-DBManager, WP-DownloadManager, WP-dTree, WP eCommerce, Event RSVP and Simple Event Management Plugin, WP Edit, WP Editor, WP-EMail, WP exec PHP, WP Facebook Like, WP Favorite Posts, wp-filebase, WP Find Your Nearest, WP Google Analytics, WP Maps – Google Maps,OpenStreetMap,Mapbox,Store Locator,Listing,Directory & Filters, WP-Invoice – Web Invoice and Billing, wp-jalali, WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin, WP Mail From II, WP Maintenance, LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder, WP-Members Membership Plugin, WP Mobile Detector, Multi-Step Checkout for WooCommerce, WP Photo Album Plus, WP-Polls, WP-PostRatings, Add Post URL, WP-PostViews, WP Power Stats, WP-Print, WP-Property – WordPress Powered Real Estate and Property Management, WP Realtime Sitemap, WP Social SEO Booster - Knowledge Graph Social Signals SEO, WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons, WP-Stats, WP Store Locator, WP System Health, WP Updates Notifier, Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress, User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration, WP YouTube Lyte, Comments – wpDiscuz, WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher, WPFront User Role Editor, WPMovieLibrary, Page Builder by WooRockets.com, WTI Like Post, MailPoet Newsletters (Previous), Easy Forms for Mailchimp, Embeds for YouTube, and ZM Ajax Login & Register

    English (Canada) Translation Contributor - #en_CA

    Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

    Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Translation Contributor - #id_ID

    Black Studio TinyMCE Widget