Shipon Karmakar (@shiponkarmakar) – WordPress user profile

Shipon Karmakar

WordPress Developer & Server Administrator at UnivaHost

@shiponkarmakar Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh joined Oct 2020

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Bio

Greetings, I’m Shipon Karmakar, a passionate WordPress developer and enthusiast. I have honed my skills in developing custom WordPress themes and plugins, optimizing website performance, and providing exceptional user experiences. Since 2014, I have been working on WordPress projects, both as a freelancer and as a part of a team. My portfolio includes websites for small businesses, e-commerce stores, and personal blogs, all built with WordPress. I love to share my knowledge and expertise with the WordPress community and I am an active contributor to the WordPress open-source project. In my free time, you can find me experimenting with new plugins or themes, or attending local WordPress meetups and conferences. Let’s connect and make the web a better place, one WordPress site at a time!

Interests

Programming, Badminton, Travelling, Singing, Photography

WordPress Origin Story

– Core Contribution to WordPress 6.3 “Lionel”, 6.5 “Regina”
– 2019 Join Dhaka WordCamp
– 2019 Published 1 Theme ( ArticlePress ) in WordPress.org
– 2020 Published 2 plugins in WordPress.org
– 2023 Join Asia WordCamp in Thailand
– 2023 Join Sylhet WordCamp
– 2023 Join Rangpur Mega Meetup
– 2024 Join Sylhet WordCamp
– 2025 Join Dhaka WordCamp
– 2025 Lead Organizer & Speaker WordPress Campus Connect Brahmanbaria
– 2025 Core Contribution to WordPress 6.9 “Gene”

Badges

CODE

8 badges

Core Contributor '23 C Core Performance Contributor '24 Hosting Contributor '26 Pattern Author '23 P Playground Contributor '25 Plugin Developer Theme Developer WP-CLI Contributor '24

CONTENT

3 badges

Documentation Contributor '24 Photo Contributor '22 WordPress.tv Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

4 badges

bbPress Contributor '24 WordCamp Organizer '25 WordCamp Speaker '25 WordCamp Volunteer '25

PRACTICE

4 badges

Accessibility Contributor '25 Test Contributor '23 Training Contributor '24 Training Team '25

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '23

Current Job

WordPress Developer & Server Administrator

Present

UnivaHost

Key Accomplishments

Led WordPress Campus Connect in Brahmanbaria, organizing sessions, workshops, and community initiatives to introduce students to WordPress and open-source contribution.

Built a custom shell-based release automation system for WordPress.org plugins, reducing manual errors and speeding up deployment.

Developed and maintained multiple WordPress plugins, including a social sharing plugin used by live production websites.

Contributed to WordPress core by reviewing patches, testing releases, and improving overall stability and performance.