Ankur Vishwakarma
WordPress Platform Enginner at Independent (Contract)
@the-ank India joined Mar 2014
Bio
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CODE
2 badges
Core Contributor
'24
Plugin Developer
Current Job
WordPress Platform Enginner
Apr 2026 –
Present
Independent (Contract) · Freelance
Making scalable wordpress solutions for high traffic websites.
Job History
WooCommerce Lead
Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Mobilo Card · Contract
Architecting and maintaining scalable WooCommerce systems powering the Mobilocard digital business platform, with a focus on performance, stability, and long-term maintainability.
Key responsibilities
• Leading custom WooCommerce architecture and development to support scalable and secure platform growth.
• Designing and extending core platform functionality while maintaining clean, maintainable WordPress architecture.
• Debugging and resolving complex production issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration challenges in live environments.
• Building custom REST APIs and endpoints to integrate WooCommerce with the SAM backend (Node.js ecosystem).
• Working closely with frontend teams (React) to support feature development, configuration changes, and performance-critical improvements.
• Optimizing platform performance, database usage, and server load to ensure readiness for future traffic and system growth.
• Contributing to overall platform stability by improving architecture, code quality, and system reliability.
Core technologies
WordPress • WooCommerce • Custom Plugin Development • REST API Development • Scalable WordPress Architecture • Performance Optimization • Redis • AJAX • Version Control • JavaScript • Third-Party Integrations
Key responsibilities
• Leading custom WooCommerce architecture and development to support scalable and secure platform growth.
• Designing and extending core platform functionality while maintaining clean, maintainable WordPress architecture.
• Debugging and resolving complex production issues, performance bottlenecks, and integration challenges in live environments.
• Building custom REST APIs and endpoints to integrate WooCommerce with the SAM backend (Node.js ecosystem).
• Working closely with frontend teams (React) to support feature development, configuration changes, and performance-critical improvements.
• Optimizing platform performance, database usage, and server load to ensure readiness for future traffic and system growth.
• Contributing to overall platform stability by improving architecture, code quality, and system reliability.
Core technologies
WordPress • WooCommerce • Custom Plugin Development • REST API Development • Scalable WordPress Architecture • Performance Optimization • Redis • AJAX • Version Control • JavaScript • Third-Party Integrations
Senior WordPress Developer | Growing with Node.js, Express & MongoDB
Jan 2017 – Sep 2025
Upwork · Freelance
> 10+ Years of Hands-on WordPress Expertise
> Scalable solutions with WP Coding Standards & Best Practices for High-Quality Code
> WordPress Core Contributor (2024)
> Proven Track Record of Delivering Secure & Scalable Solutions
> Launched Woozap plugin with 2k+ installations that transfer leads from woocommerce to zapier
> Scalable solutions with WP Coding Standards & Best Practices for High-Quality Code
> WordPress Core Contributor (2024)
> Proven Track Record of Delivering Secure & Scalable Solutions
> Launched Woozap plugin with 2k+ installations that transfer leads from woocommerce to zapier
PHP Developer
Apr 2014 – Dec 2016
Cyber Infrastructure Private Limited · Full-time
#1. Communication with clients regarding to requirements .
#2. Development and Delivery .
#3. Team Handling .
#2. Development and Delivery .
#3. Team Handling .
PHP Developer and Web Designer
Sep 2013 – Apr 2014
Futuristic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Key Accomplishments
2025 - Test Gorilla, 98 percentile in WordPress invite only test.
2025 - Contributed to Core WordPress - https://github.com/ankur0007/wp-core-contributions
April 2026 - Contributed to WooCommerce https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/64014
2019 - Launched WooZap plugin with 2k+ active installations.
July 2026 - launched Order Updates For WooCommerce plugin that provides a threaded internal team + customer channel in each order.
Recent impact
Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.
Last 30 days
3contributions
high3
medium0
score9
Last 90 days
4contributions
high3
medium1
score10
Last 12 months
4contributions
high3
medium1
score10
WordPress releases
Contributed to 2 releases
- 6.7
- 6.6
Contributions
Type
July 2026
Jul 11
Sat · 10:28
Plugins
high
Committed [3603833] to Plugins SVN:
Update plugin display title to describe the per-order support channel
Update plugin display title to describe the per-order support channel
Jul 08
Wed · 10:52
Plugins
high
Jul 08
Wed · 10:34
Plugins
high
May 2026
May 29
Fri · 09:42
Forums
med
Created a topic, Works great for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for providing such lightweight plugin, works…
Thank you for providing such lightweight plugin, works…
November 2024
Nov 18
Mon · 09:57
Forums
med
Posted a reply to Date filters are not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sayontan, Thank you! Yes, I found the API does not support filters. I suggest…
Hi @sayontan, Thank you! Yes, I found the API does not support filters. I suggest…
Nov 13
Wed · 15:09
Forums
med
Created a topic, Date filters are not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi There, Thanks for making such a…
Hi There, Thanks for making such a…
August 2024
Aug 21
Wed · 13:05
Polyglots
med
Suggested 30 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Aug 20
Tue · 14:07
Core
high
Aug 19
Mon · 19:17
Core
high
July 2024
Jul 05
Fri · 14:03
Core
med
No contributions in this category yet.
Developer
1 plugin-
Order Updates for Woo – Customer Support & Conversations for Every Order
Less than 10 active installs
Translations
1 locale
hi_IN
हिन्दी (Hindi)
Translation Contributor