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Saksham Sharma

Associate Software Engineer at rtCamp

@sakshamsharma5 Pune joined Apr 2026

github.com/CookieDarb Slack: @Saksham Sharma

    Bio

    I’m currently learning and building within the WordPress ecosystem, with a focus on writing clean, scalable, and standards-compliant code. My work involves developing custom plugins, themes, and Gutenberg blocks, while getting hands-on with tools like the REST API, WP-CLI, and React.

    Always open to learning, collaborating, and contributing within the WordPress community.

    Interests

    Basketball, Movies

    WordPress Origin Story

    My journey with WordPress began in January 2026 when I joined rtCamp. What started as getting familiar with the ecosystem quickly turned into a deeper interest in how WordPress works under the hood, from its data structures to its extensibility through plugins, themes, and blocks.

    Since then, I’ve been exploring different parts of the stack, learning by building, and gradually understanding how to create flexible and scalable solutions within WordPress.

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    C Core AI Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Associate Software Engineer
    Present
    rtCamp

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    8contributions
    high2
    medium6
    score12
    Last 90 days
    13contributions
    high3
    medium10
    score19
    Last 12 months
    13contributions
    high3
    medium10
    score19

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 15 Mon · 13:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79191 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Allow overriding `disableContentOnlyForTemplateParts` setting
    Jun 15 Mon · 12:52
    Core med
    Created issue #79189 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Block Editor: `disableContentOnlyForTemplateParts` cannot be overridden via PHP filter
    Jun 08 Mon · 12:58
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79013 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Notices: Use site background colour behind pinned notices
    May 2026
    May 25 Mon · 00:53
    Core high
    Pull request #78580 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: discard unsaved HTML block changes on cancel
    May 22 Fri · 14:54
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78580 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: discard unsaved HTML block changes on cancel
    May 19 Tue · 16:22
    GitHub high
    Pull request #580 merged into WordPress/ai:
    fix(a11y): improve focus visibility on suggested terms
    May 19 Tue · 10:14
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #580 to WordPress/ai:
    fix(a11y): improve focus visibility on suggested terms
    May 18 Mon · 13:01
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #566 to WordPress/ai:
    fix: respect global AI toggle for post utility abilities
    May 15 Fri · 04:11
    Core high
    Pull request #78208 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Build: Remove custom job_status output in favor of native result
    May 12 Tue · 16:34
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #78208 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Build: Remove custom job_status output in favor of native result