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Ahmed Kabir Chaion

WordPress Contributions Lead at Hosting.com & Rocket.net

@chaion07 Dhaka, Bangladesh joined Dec 2019

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    Teams Accessibility Community Core Design Documentation Hosting Photos Polyglots Training TV CLI
    Languages en-au en-nz en-za en-ca bn en-gb
    Sponsored Rocket.net 40 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    ✦ WordPress Contributions Lead at Hosting.com & Rocket.net
    ✦ WordPress 5.8 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 5.9 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.0 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.1 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.3 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.5 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 6.7 Core Triage Lead
    ✦ WordPress 7.0 Release Coordination Lead
    ✦ Noteworthy Contributor to WordPress 6.7, 6.5, 6.3, 6.1, 6.0, 5.9 & 5.8
    ✦ Core Contributor to WordPress 5.6- 6.7 Releases
    ✦ Polyglots Team Rep and former Design Team Rep (2021-2022)
    ✦ Official Event Supporter for the WordPress Community Team
    ✦ GTE for English_AU, English_NZ, English_ZA
    ✦ WordPress Training Team Faculty
    ✦ WordPress Photo Directory Moderator
    ✦ Official Meetup Reactivation Supporter (APAC)
    ✦ Yoast Care Recipient

    Interests

    Model UN, Diplomacy Trainer, Hult Prize, Startup Counseling, Polyglot

    WordPress Origin Story

    I love contributing at WordCamps and similar events related to WordPress. I have learnt more about the community and the people through this experience; Especially acquired valuable lessons and tricks of the trade through different volunteering roles at similar events. Here is a few events that I’ve directly contributed to in different roles:

    Mentor:
    WordCamp Johor Bahru 2026
    WordCamp New York 2026
    WordPress Campus Connect Liceo la Paz
    WordCamp Malaysia 2025
    Uganda Website Projects Competition 2025
    WordCamp Malaysia 2024

    Organizer:
    WordCamp Asia 2026 (Contributor Day Team)
    WordCamp Dhaka 2025 (Lead Organizer)
    WordCamp Asia 2025 (Attendee Experience Team)
    WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 (Speaker Team)
    WordCamp Asia 2024 (Contributor Day Team)
    WordPress Accessibility Day 2023
    WordCamp Asia 2023 (Contributor Day Team)
    WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 (Technology Team Lead)
    WordCamp Northeast Ohio 2021 (Volunteer Team Lead)
    WordCamp Santa Clarita 2021 (Volunteer Team Lead)
    WPTranslation Day 2021,
    WordPress Accessibility Day 2020, and
    WordFest Live (Volunteer Team Lead)

    Speaker:
    WordCamp Malaysia 2025
    WordCamp Malaysia 2024
    WordCamp Canada 2024 (Got selected but couldn’t travel)
    WordCamp Sylhet 2024
    WordCamp Nepal 2024
    WordCamp Europe 2023 (Got selected but couldn’t travel)
    WordCamp Sylhet 2023
    WordCamp Iloilo City 2023 (Got selected but couldn’t travel)

    Volunteer: WordCamp Europe 2025, WordCamp Santa Clarita 2020 (Moderator), WordCamp Kent 2020 (Emcee & Moderator), WordCamp Europe 2020 (Online Photography Team), WordCamp Denver 2020 (Emcee & Moderator), WordCamp Minneapolis / Saint Paul 2020, WordCamp Asheville 2020 (Emcee), WordPress Accessibility Day 2020 (Emcee), WordCamp Philly 2020 (MC, Happiness Bar), WordCamp Austin 2020 (MC), WordCamp Los Angeles 2020 (MC, Hallway Monitor), WordCamp Finland 2020 (Stage Manager), WordFest Live 2021 (Emcee), WordCamp India 2021 (Networking Moderator, Emcee), WP Campus 2021 Online

    Contributor Day:
    WordCamp Europe 2025 (Polyglots Table Lead)
    WordCamp Dhaka 2025 (Campus Connect Table)
    WordCamp Nepal 2025 (Core Table Lead)
    WordCamp Asia 2025 (Design Table Lead)
    WordCamp Malaysia 2024 (Hosting Table Lead)
    WordCamp Sylhet 2024 (Design Table Lead)
    WordCamp Asia 2023 (Design Table Lead)
    WordCamp Sylhet 2023 (Design Table Lead)
    WordCamp India 2021 (Design Table Lead)

    This is how I got involved with WordPress!

    Badges

    CODE
    7 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Core Team '22 Design Contributor '21 Design Team '21 Hosting Contributor '21 Hosting Team '23 Pattern Author '22
    CONTENT
    6 badges
    Documentation Contributor '20 Documentation Team '20 Marketing Contributor '20 Photo Contributor '22 Photos Team '23 WordPress.tv Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    7 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '21 Community Contributor '21 Community Team '25 Meetup Organizer '21 WordCamp Organizer '21 WordCamp Speaker '23 WordCamp Volunteer '25
    PRACTICE
    4 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '23 Accessibility Team '23 C Credits Mentor '25 Test Contributor '22
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '20 Translation Editor '20

    Current Job

    WordPress Contributions Lead
    Present
    Hosting.com & Rocket.net

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    8contributions
    high8
    medium0
    score24
    Last 90 days
    38contributions
    high36
    medium2
    score110
    Last 12 months
    196contributions
    high151
    medium45
    score498

    Specializations

    share of activity across teams · last 365 days · 5 attributed contributions

    Community 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 28 Thu · 22:23
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 25 Mon · 05:21
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    May 21 Thu · 00:32
    Meta high
    Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
    Props to @SergeyBiryukov, @jorbin, @ellatrix, @audrasjb, @estelaris, @Clorith, @chaion07 for facilitating the 7.0 release today!
    May 20 Wed · 08:49
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-20, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and on Agenda WordPress News…
    May 14 Thu · 16:56
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @ellatrix, @audrasjb and @l0idor helping with the various release tasks :thank-you: :heart: Props…
    May 14 Thu · 16:55
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props for testing RC4 @jsmansart, @369work, @shailu25, @nilambar, @huzaifaalmesbah, @iamasadpolash, @abduremon, @ozgursar, @mosescursor, @jigar9998, @Ankit…
    May 14 Thu · 16:53
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props for attending the RC4 Release Party @audrasjb, @jadavsanjay, @jsmansart, @faisal03, @nikunj8866, @369work, @iamasadpolash, @devangvachheta137,…
    April 2026
    Apr 30 Thu · 21:02
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 29 Wed · 09:26
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 432 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Apr 29 Wed · 09:23
    Polyglots high
    Translated 61 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Total photo contributions: 4

    View all photos contributed by Ahmed Kabir Chaion to the WordPress Photo Directory →

    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 7

    General Translation Editor

    English (Canada) Apps Translation Editor - #en_CA

    Apps

    English (Canada) Meta Translation Editor - #en_CA

    Meta

    English (Canada) WordPress Translation Editor - #en_CA

    WordPress

    English (Canada) Project Translation Editor - #en_CA

    Plugins and Themes

    বাংলা (Bengali (Bangladesh)) Plugins Translation Editor - #bn_BD

    English (Canada) Translation Contributor - #en_CA

    WordPress for Android, WordPress for iOS, Forums, Learn WordPress, Openverse, Pattern Directory, WordPress Plugin Directory, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection, Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder, BuddyPress, Captcha Code, Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy, ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite with WooCommerce CRM Support, GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform, Gutenberg, Happy Addons for Elementor, IC Importer – Import posts and pages from google spreadsheet, Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS, Maintainn Tools, Performance Lab, Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider, Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings, Advanced Editor Tools, weMail: Email Marketing, Email Automation, Newsletters, Subscribers & Email Optins for WooCommerce, wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce, WooCommerce, WordPress Importer, Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, Astra, Newsmag Context Blog, Twenty Twenty-One, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    English (South Africa) Translation Contributor - #en_ZA

    WordPress for Android, WordPress for iOS, Browse Happy, Forums, Learn WordPress, Openverse, Pattern Directory, WordPress Plugin Directory, Rosetta, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, wp20.wordpress.net, Cozy Blocks – All-in-One Website Builder with Gutenberg Blocks, 500+ Patterns and 40+ Homepage Templates for Full Site Editing (FSE), Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy, ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite with WooCommerce CRM Support, GatherPress, Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP, Happy Addons for Elementor, Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, Regenerate Thumbnails, WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax), Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, WP Multibyte Patch, FotaWP, Newsmag Context Blog, OceanWP, SaasLauncher, Twenty Twenty-One, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.9.x, WordPress 6.1.x, WordPress 6.3.x, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    English (Australia) Translation Contributor - #en_AU

    WordPress for Android, WordPress for iOS, Forums, Learn WordPress, Openverse, Pattern Directory, WordPress Plugin Directory, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, wp20.wordpress.net, Cozy Blocks – All-in-One Website Builder with Gutenberg Blocks, 500+ Patterns and 40+ Homepage Templates for Full Site Editing (FSE), Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Enable jQuery Migrate Helper, ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite with WooCommerce CRM Support, Gutenberg, Happy Addons for Elementor, IC Importer – Import posts and pages from google spreadsheet, ThumbPress – Compress Images, Manage Thumbnails, Detect Image Issues, WebP/AVIF, Lazy Loading, Hotlinking & More, SMTP Mail Control for MailPoet, weMail: Email Marketing, Email Automation, Newsletters, Subscribers & Email Optins for WooCommerce, wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce, Conversion Tracking for WooCommerce, WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery, Context Blog, FotaWP, Newsmag Context Blog, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

    WordPress for Android, WordPress for iOS, Forums, Learn WordPress, Openverse, Pattern Directory, WordPress Plugin Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, wp20.wordpress.net, Patterns, Captcha Code, ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite with WooCommerce CRM Support, PDF invoice for WP ERP, Gutenberg, Happy Addons for Elementor, IC Importer – Import posts and pages from google spreadsheet, Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker, weMail: Email Marketing, Email Automation, Newsletters, Subscribers & Email Optins for WooCommerce, wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce, Conversion Tracking for WooCommerce, WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration, User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration, evolve, Newsmag Context Blog, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    English (New Zealand) Translation Contributor - #en_NZ

    WordPress for Android, WordPress for iOS, Forums, Learn WordPress, Openverse, Pattern Directory, WordPress Plugin Directory, Rosetta, WordPress Theme Directory, WordCamp.org, WordPress.org, wp20.wordpress.net, Patterns, Captcha Code, Cozy Blocks – All-in-One Website Builder with Gutenberg Blocks, 500+ Patterns and 40+ Homepage Templates for Full Site Editing (FSE), Gutenberg, Newsmag Context Blog, SaasLauncher, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    বাংলা (Bengali (Bangladesh)) Translation Contributor - #bn_BD

    AI Bud – AI Content Generator, AI Chatbot, ChatGPT, Gemini, GPT-4o, Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy, EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more, Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets, Twenty Twenty-One, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    Arpitan Translation Contributor - #frp

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development