Benjamin Zekavica (@benjamin_zekavica) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m Benjamin Zekavica, an entrepreneur, WordPress developer, media designer and WordPress Core contributor from Aachen, Germany. I’ve been building websites since 2008 and working with WordPress since 2013.

I run Kreo Pulse, an IT service company for WordPress websites. I build new websites and relaunch existing ones at a fixed price, and I look after them afterwards: updates, backups, hosting, security and support, with one fixed contact person. On top of that I make websites accessible and set up AI automation with n8n, Claude and privacy-friendly MCP services.

My clients are real estate agencies, medical practices and businesses, and agencies book me white-label for their own clients: https://www.kreo-pulse.com

I also founded UnleashWP, where I write about WordPress development for developers and agencies, and I published the book UnleashWP Vol. 1: https://unleash-wp.com

– Release Coordinator, WordPress 7.1
– Design Lead, WordPress 6.5 Release Team (April 2024)
– WordPress Core Team representative 2025
– WordPress Core Team mentor
– Gutenberg and block editor contributor since WordPress 5.0
– Founder of UnleashWP, author of UnleashWP Vol. 1

WordCamp speaker: WordCamp Canada 2026, WordCamp US 2026, WordCamp Leipzig 2026, WordCamp Europe 2025, WordCamp Germany 2023

Happy to talk WordPress, blocks or a talk for your WordCamp. Find me on WordPress Slack.

Interests

WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript

WordPress Origin Story

My first version was WP 3.0. I love WordPress because its so easy and works fantastic. Contributor of Gutenberg and WordPress Core.

Badges

CODE

11 badges

Core Contributor '18 C Core Performance Contributor '23 Core Team '24 Design Contributor '23 Hosting Contributor '23 Meta Contributor '23 Pattern Author '23 Plugin Developer Theme Developer Tide Contributor '24 WP-CLI Contributor '24

CONTENT

4 badges

Documentation Contributor '23 O Openverse Contributor '23 Photo Contributor '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '24

COMMUNITY

7 badges

bbPress Contributor '24 B BuddyPress Contributor '24 Community Contributor '24 Meetup Organizer '23 WordCamp Organizer '23 WordCamp Speaker '23 WordCamp Volunteer '26

PRACTICE

3 badges

Accessibility Contributor '24 Test Contributor '23 Training Contributor '24

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '17 Translation Editor '23

Current Job

Founder & Owner

Present

Morvance & Kreo Pulse

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

4contributions

high3

medium1

score10

Last 90 days

33contributions

high30

medium3

score93

Last 12 months

82contributions

high69

medium13

score220

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 10 releases

Contributions

Type

October 2026

Oct 20 Tue · 07:14

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Recap: WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hello @diegoferreyra, yes, of course this is relevant. It doesn’t matter whether one person or…

Oct 20 Tue · 04:36

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Received props from @krupajnanda in Slack:
Props to @Benjamin_Zekavica for preparing the retrospective https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10/19/recap-wordpress-7-1-mary-lou-retrospective/ for WordPress 7.1 release! :hero:

Oct 19 Mon · 18:31

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Recap: WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This post summarizes the feedback received from the WordPress 7.1 retrospective. Thank you to those who…

September 2026

Sep 27 Sun · 23:44

Polyglots high

Translated 33 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Sep 08 Tue · 07:40

Meta high

Received props from @krupajnanda in Slack:
Props to @Benjamin_Zekavica for preparing and publishing the WordPress 7.1 Release retrospective post! :hero:

Sep 07 Mon · 16:44

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Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.1 Release Retrospective, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A huge congratulations, and a giant thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 7.1…

August 2026

Aug 20 Thu · 00:34

Meta high

Gave props in Slack:
Props to @markoserb, @obenland, @bjmcsherry, @Joen, @sfougnier for their wonderful design and video assets, and…

Aug 20 Thu · 00:32

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Gave props in Slack:
Props to @annezazu, @krupajnanda, @wildworks, @joedolson, @adrianduffell, @sajjad67, @SergeyBiryukov, @huzaifaalmesbah, @nikunj8866 for their amazing work…

Aug 20 Thu · 00:31

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Gave props in Slack:
Props to @krupajnanda, @amykamala for their amazing coordinating work during the 7.1 release.

Aug 20 Thu · 00:27

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Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @Benjamin_Zekavica, @krupajnanda, @wildworks, @joedolson , @SergeyBiryukov, @desrosj, @JeffPaul,@milana_cap, @markoserb,@bjmcsherry, @obenland for facilitating the…