Jakaria Istauk (@jakariaistauk) – WordPress user profile

Bio

WordPress Plugin Developer since 2019. Core Contributor to versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.9. Passionate about open source, community, and building tools that make WordPress even better.

WordPress Origin Story

My journey with WordPress began in 2016, when I first discovered its power and flexibility.

⚙️ Plugin Development Journey
In 2019, I began my professional path as a WordPress Plugin Developer, crafting custom plugins, optimizing performance, and building tools that extend WordPress functionality with creativity and precision.

🧩 Core Contributions
Proud to be a WordPress Core Contributor for multiple releases:
💛 WordPress 6.9 Core Contributor
🧡 WordPress 6.4 Core Contributor
💙 WordPress 6.3 Core Contributor
💚 WordPress 6.2 Core Contributor
💛 WordPress 6.1 Core Contributor

🎪 WordCamp Experience
I’m an active member of the WordPress community and have proudly attended several WordCamps, including:
🏙️ WordCamp Dhaka 2025
🏙️ WordCamp Asia 2023
🌆 WordCamp Sylhet 2023
🌆 WordCamp Kolkata 2022
🏙️ WordCamp Dhaka 2019

Badges

CODE

3 badges

Core Contributor '22 Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '22

PRACTICE

1 badge

Test Contributor '22

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '22 Translation Editor '22

Job History

Wordpress Developer

Jan 2025 – Jul 2026

WPDeveloper · Full-time

Junior Wordpress Developer

Mar 2022 – Dec 2024

WPDeveloper · Full-time

Software Engineer

Aug 2019 – Feb 2022

Codexpert, Inc · Full-time

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

5contributions

high0

medium5

score5

Last 90 days

9contributions

high4

medium5

score17

Last 12 months

21contributions

high13

medium8

score47

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 5 releases

Time commitment

1 hour per week of sponsored contribution time

WPDeveloper

Contributions

Type

October 2026

Oct 18 Sun · 08:48

Forums med

Posted a reply to Does not respect the 30 day free trial, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for letting us know, and sorry for the trouble. We tested a trial…

Oct 12 Mon · 09:44

Forums med

Posted a reply to Generating Order Numbers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for the clear example, that makes this easy to explain. What you're…

Oct 12 Mon · 09:14

Forums med

Posted a reply to Stripe renewals not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Your Stripe connection is fine. The notice means our plugin decided not to…

Oct 12 Mon · 08:55

Forums med

Posted a reply to Recurring subscription amount adds VAT twice when WooCommerce prices include tax, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the detailed report. You're right, this is a bug. When prices are…

September 2026

Sep 30 Wed · 06:01

Forums med

Posted a reply to Subscription showing expired when order is processing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We have noted the issue and are currently checking it. We will get back to…

August 2026

Aug 20 Thu · 13:12

Plugins high

Committed [3656929] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

Aug 20 Thu · 06:11

Plugins high

Committed [3655935] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.1.1 from GitHub

Aug 20 Thu · 04:50

Plugins high

Committed [3655779] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

Aug 20 Thu · 04:32

Plugins high