Syed Balkhi (@smub) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m the founder of Awesome Motive Inc., the company behind WPBeginner (largest free WordPress resource site), OptinMonster, WPForms, AIOSEO, Duplicator, WPCode, and many other popular WordPress plugins. Collectively over 25 million websites use the software we create.

Interests

I want to help small businesses grow and compete with the big guys through our superior tools, team, and training.

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WordPress in 2006 when I was 16 years old and immediately fell in love with the community. Now I’m over 33 years old and have spent more than half of my life working in the WordPress ecosystem. WordPress has changed my life and have provided me with opportunities beyond my wildest dreams. I’m extremely grateful. You can read more about my story at my blog: syedbalkhi.com

Badges

CODE

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Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer

COMMUNITY

2 badges

WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '19

Current Job

Founder and CEO

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Awesome Motive

Recent impact

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

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Last 90 days

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Last 12 months

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Team focus

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

WordPress releases

Contributed to 4 releases

Time commitment

1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

Awesome Motive

Contributions

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September 2024

Sep 12 Thu · 12:14

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Guidance on plugins that install other plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Thank you Francisco for the detailed information and starting the discussion. I believe a combination…

May 2024

May 30 Thu · 16:15

Core high

Mentioned in [58254] on WordPress SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.

May 30 Thu · 14:43

Core high

Mentioned in [58250] on WordPress SVN:
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.

March 2024

Mar 07 Thu · 05:56

Core high

Mentioned in [57786] on WordPress SVN:
Upload: Add links back to installer pages.

February 2024

Feb 21 Wed · 18:13

Core high

Mentioned in [57681] on WordPress SVN:
Export: Include featured image for posts or pages.

July 2023

Jul 14 Fri · 19:11

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Admin Design, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The idea of a new modern admin interface is indeed exciting, and it's much needed.…

March 2023

Mar 10 Fri · 21:14

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Wrote a comment on the post Advance Notice of Retirement, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Thank you Mika for all that you have done for the community. Wish you all…

January 2023

Jan 18 Wed · 18:48

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Wrote a comment on the post Big Picture Goals 2023, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Thank you for outlining these Josepha. It's really nice to see the goals laid out,…

December 2022

Dec 18 Sun · 11:18

Forums med

Posted a reply to Free version for WooCommerce is completely useless, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for sharing your feedback, but it seems there must be some confusion. WPCode…

November 2022

Nov 22 Tue · 17:38

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Posted a reply to Used to be a great plugin, not anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Mircea, you can easily switch to the Simple Mode option under Settings to disable…