Silkalns – @silkalns | WordPress.org

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

Theme Developer
Theme Developer
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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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…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #75795, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.7

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #75794, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Shapely – 1.2.8

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #75792, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Pixova Lite – 2.0.6

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #75790, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Illdy – 2.1.5

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #75789, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Bonkers – 1.0.5

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #75788, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Activello – 1.4.1

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #73964, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Unite – 2.0.3

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #73963, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Tyche – 1.1.4

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #73962, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Travelify – 3.0.5

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #73961, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Sparkling – 2.4.6

3 months 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…

11 months 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…

12 months 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…

12 months 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…

1 year ago
Committed [1986783] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986781] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986779] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986778] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986777] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986776] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986775] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986774] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1986773] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Committed [1985130] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Good plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @eduardomanzur, Thank you for your feedback! What should we improve in the plugin in…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Simple and perfect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for your feedback! I highly appreciate it!

1 year ago
Created a topic, Lazy Load doesn’t work when image ID is not used as class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After recent update images don't load using lazy load …

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Love it for starters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your feedback! We highly appreciate it!

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Trusted Authors Program, on the site Theme Review Team:
User: silkalns Ticket: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47923

2 years ago
Created a topic, Export all the media, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there a way to export/download all the media that w…

2 years ago
Created a topic, The best free Medical WordPress theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is by far the best free medical WordPress theme o…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Super support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your feedback! I highly appreciate it!

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Support is awful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the theme. Please post a link to…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Problem with several themes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The same applies to my theme (Shapely). There aren't that many lines in the functions.php…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Looking forward to next major release, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Developer have promised that the next version of this …

3 years ago
Created a topic, Great theme and support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Love this theme! At first I was slightly afraid to dow…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Awesome theme and great support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
NewsMag is currently the best free magazine theme avai…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Great theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your outstanding feedback! I highly appreciate it!

3 years ago
Posted a reply to The website show more stuff when im with admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sakar, Illdy is not a commercial theme. It is a completely free WordPress theme which…

3 years ago