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Saad Iqbal

Founder at WPExperts.io

@saadiqbal Dubai joined Dec 2014

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    Sponsored WPExperts 5 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    šŸ‘‹ Hi, I’m Saad Iqbal ā€” a passionate technologist, entrepreneur, and the founder of WPExperts. With over a decade of experience in the WordPress ecosystem, Iā€™ve led the development of dozens of plugins and products used by 1.5M+ active users worldwide.

    šŸš€ I’m deeply committed to creating scalable, secure, and user-friendly solutions for businesses of all sizes. Whether it’s eCommerce, membership systems, gamification, or custom integrations ā€” I love solving problems that matter.

    WordPress Origin Story

    My journey with WordPress started over a decade ago, not as a developer ā€” but as a problem solver.

    I was running a small web agency and needed a flexible, scalable platform to serve my clients efficiently. I stumbled upon WordPress and quickly realized it wasnā€™t just a blogging tool ā€” a robust framework that could build almost anything. I got hooked.

    What began with customizing themes and tweaking plugins soon evolved into developing our products. I founded WPExperts with a simple mission: creating solutions for real-world problems for WordPress users. Today, weā€™re proud to be a Pro partner for Automattic for Agencies, with plugins powering over 1.5 million websites globally.

    But what truly kept me invested in WordPress wasnā€™t just the technology ā€” it was the community. The open-source spirit, the willingness to share knowledge, and the global network of passionate contributors inspired me to give back, innovate, and grow alongside it.

    WordPress gave me more than a career ā€” it gave me purpose, people, and a platform to build for the future.

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    Photo Contributor '22
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    Meetup Organizer '20 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19
    POLYGLOTS
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    Translation Contributor '22 Translation Editor '22

    Current Job

    Founder
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    WPExperts.io

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    Specializations

    evenly split across 2 teams Ā· no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Contributions

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    June 2025
    Jun 18 Wed Ā· 14:32
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Attention Please: Outlook, Hotmail & Microsoft 365 Email Accounts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Post SMTP users 👋 If youā€™re using Outlook, Hotma…
    November 2024
    Nov 07 Thu Ā· 07:06
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Power BI Report Access Error for Azure AD Admin Pro Account, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi I'm using your plugin to embed the PowerBI repor…
    Nov 07 Thu Ā· 06:46
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Change of ownership?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @zodiac1978 all open issues are solved at github as you already knows, thanks for all…
    July 2024
    Jul 02 Tue Ā· 15:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Change of ownership?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @pidengmor Yes, you are right. WPExperts acquired this plugin, and we made a post about…
    May 2024
    May 17 Fri Ā· 10:35
    Meta med
    Completed the course WordPress Meetup Organizer Training on learn.wordpress.org
    February 2024
    Feb 29 Thu Ā· 09:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Failed delivery status for many emails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @raivos, no worries. Just turned the status to not resolved for you. For your information…
    Feb 29 Thu Ā· 06:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Failed delivery status for many emails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @raivos🎉 Also we have a good news for you. POST SMTP has recently launched itsĀ Mobile…
    Feb 29 Thu Ā· 06:16
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Failed delivery status for many emails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @raivos,Sorry to hear regarding your recent case. As per SendGrid status report they were…
    January 2024
    Jan 17 Wed Ā· 12:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [POST SMTP - The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications] not secure plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    HiĀ @minimamente, I acknowledge that we fell short in keeping you informed, and for that, Iā€™m…
    Jan 17 Wed Ā· 12:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [POST SMTP - The #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin with Advanced Email Logging and Delivery Failure Notifications] email leak followed by hack, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    HiĀ @krzd7, I acknowledge that we fell short in keeping you informed, and for that, Iā€™m…

    Developer

    Total photo contributions: 1

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    Completed Courses

    Total completed courses: 1

    Plugins

    Ų³Ł†ŚŒŁŠ (Sindhi) Plugins Translation Editor - #snd

    Ų³Ł†ŚŒŁŠ (Sindhi) Translation Contributor - #snd

    WordPress 4.9.x

    Ų§Ų±ŲÆŁˆ (Urdu) Translation Contributor - #ur

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development