Silkalns (@silkalns) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: February 10th, 2013
Location: Jūrmala, Latvia
Website: colorlib.com
Job Title: Scientist
Employer: Divilab
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Bio

Frontend designer and developer who started developing WordPress themes in early 2013. I have worked with WordPress based websites for several years until recently decided to learn how to code and here are some of my latest WP themes and solutions.

I will try to keep this page updated with my progress in web development and software development in general.
Areas of expertise
CSS, HTML, JavaScript (jQuery), PHP but still have no idea about MySQL but I am getting there. You can follow me on Twitter

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress with version 2.5 when it was all about blogging and nothing more. It was very limited but I pushed it hard with various content websites and most of them were made to manipulate Google SERPS. It went well but slowly I realized that it is not sustainable business which is hard to manage if you are not developer yourself because I had to spend hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars for a tiny tweaks that could be easily done if I would know a basic HTML/CSS/PHP.

Soon afterwards I quit this venture and started blogging about technology and again it went incredibly well and my blog got featured on all major Tech News sites such as Techcrunch, Engadget, The Verge, CNET and other. And I did get on their front page several times but it was boring yet very profitable venture. The main problem was that I wasn’t contributing or building anything, I just wrote about iPhones, iPads and other shiny hardware.

I love building things that’s why I switched to software development. I am now in the right place and i am building things. For now it is all about WordPress but you never know where I will end up one day. Feel free to follow my journey!

Contribution History

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Posted a reply to [Discontinued] Why actually?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for all the work you put into this project! I liked it a…
8 months ago
Created a topic, Still works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As of the time of writing, this plugin hasn't been upd…
9 months ago
Posted a reply to Amazing Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for your amazing feedback! You are right! We don’t have any…
11 months ago
Created ticket #119472 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.15
12 months ago
Created ticket #112704 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.9
1 year ago
Created ticket #80580 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Travelify – 3.0.8
3 years ago
Created ticket #78113 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Dazzling – 2.1.3
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Is WordPress theme developing dying?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress theme development isn't dying it is dead they way you know it. There are…
4 years ago
Created ticket #75795 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.7
4 years ago
Created ticket #75794 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.8
4 years ago
Created ticket #75792 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Pixova Lite – 2.0.6
4 years ago
Created ticket #75790 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Illdy – 2.1.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #75789 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bonkers – 1.0.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #75788 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Activello – 1.4.1
4 years ago
Created ticket #73964 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Unite – 2.0.3
4 years ago
Created ticket #73963 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Tyche – 1.1.4
4 years ago
Created ticket #73962 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Travelify – 3.0.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #73961 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.6
4 years ago
Created ticket #73960 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.7
4 years ago
Created ticket #73959 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Pixova Lite – 2.0.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #73958 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Newspaper X – 1.3.1
4 years ago
Created ticket #73957 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Illdy – 2.1.4
4 years ago
Created ticket #73956 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Dazzling – 2.1.2
4 years ago
Created ticket #73955 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bonkers – 1.0.4
4 years ago
Created ticket #73954 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Activello – 1.4.0
4 years ago
Created ticket #72810 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.6
4 years ago
Created ticket #67836 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Tyche – 1.1.3
4 years ago
Created ticket #67835 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #67834 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.5
4 years ago
Created ticket #67833 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Pixova Lite – 2.0.4
4 years ago
Created ticket #67832 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Newspaper X – 1.2.10
4 years ago
Created ticket #67831 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Illdy – 2.1.3
4 years ago
Created ticket #67830 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bonkers – 1.0.3
4 years ago
Created ticket #67829 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Activello – 1.3.9
4 years ago
Wrote a new post, Polish PTE for theme Shapely, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hello, I am the theme author for https://wordpress.org/themes/shapely/ Shapely. Please add the following wp.org user…
4 years ago
Created ticket #63681 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Tyche – 1.1.2
4 years ago
Created ticket #63675 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Illdy – 2.1.2
4 years ago
Created ticket #63674 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.4
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Create and save default custom settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
While we are working on import/export functionality you can use this plugin for that, so…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Create and save default custom settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are 3 Dutch versions available for translation Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Formal) and when you…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to You made a mistake with that terrible dashboard nag panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That "nag" screen is there until you enable the plugin to be used for any…
4 years ago
Committed [1986783] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986781] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986779] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986778] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986777] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986776] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986775] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986774] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago
Committed [1986773] to Plugins SVN:
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4 years ago