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Ahmed Kabir Chaion

WordPress Contributions Lead at Hosting.com

@chaion07 Dhaka, Bangladesh joined Dec 2019

gravatar.com/chaion07 github.com/chaion07 Slack: @chaion07
    Team Rep Polyglots
    Teams Accessibility Community Core Design Documentation Hosting Photos Polyglots Training TV CLI
    Languages en-au en-nz en-za en-ca bn en-gb

    Bio

    ✦ WordPress Contributions Lead at Hosting.com & Rocket.net
    ✦ Noteworthy Contributor to WordPress 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, 6.3, 6.1, 6.0, 5.9 & 5.8
    ✦ Core Contributor to WordPress 5.6- 7.0 Releases
    ✦ Polyglots Team Rep (2023- Present)
    ✦ Former Design Team Rep (2021-2022)

    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
    Sep 2025 – Present
    Hosting.com · Full-time
    - Act as the primary ambassador of Hosting.com in the WordPress open-source project.
    - Lead Hosting.com’s Five for the Future initiatives and ensure transparent contribution reporting.
    - Represent Hosting.com in official WordPress contributor teams, community events, and release squads.
    - Mentor new and underrepresented contributors, particularly in APAC and emerging markets.
    - Participate in and support WordCamps, meetups, and NextGen WordPress events.
    - Serve as a speaker and advocate for contribution, accessibility, and open-source values.

    Job History

    WordPress Community Contributor
    Nov 2024 – Present
    Rocket.net · Full-time
    - Contribute to no-code teams such as Community, Polyglots, Training, and Documentation.
    - Support WordPress Core release communications through release notes, testing, triage, and coordination.
    - Champion no-code pathways for new contributors and help expand contributor diversity globally.
    Project Manager
    Jul 2023 – Nov 2024
    DIviNext · Full-time
    Operations & Growth Manager
    Mar 2023 – Oct 2023
    BuddyBoss · Contract
    Marketing Partnerships & Growth Manager
    Jul 2022 – Mar 2023
    BuddyBoss · Contract
    Head of Business
    Oct 2021 – Jul 2022
    ITclan BD
    Community Relations Manager
    Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
    ForgetWP · Contract
    Business Development Manager
    Mar 2020 – May 2021
    weDevs · Full-time
    Business Strategist
    Dec 2019 – Feb 2020
    weDevs
    Business Analyst
    Jan 2018 – Nov 2019
    Southtech Group · Full-time
    Product Specialist
    Apr 2017 – Jan 2018
    Southtech Group · Full-time

    Key Accomplishments

    ✦ 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
    ✦ Official Event Supporter for the WordPress Community Team
    ✦ GTE for English_AU, English_NZ, English_ZA
    ✦ WordPress Photo Directory Moderator
    ✦ Official Meetup Reactivation Supporter (APAC)
    ✦ Yoast Care Recipient

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high6
    medium0
    score18
    Last 90 days
    16contributions
    high15
    medium1
    score46
    Last 12 months
    191contributions
    high145
    medium46
    score481

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 15 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6

    Time commitment

    40 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 29 Wed · 15:50
    Meta high
    Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
    Props to @aialvi, @ankitmaru, @hmbashar, @mbigul, @chaion07, @courane01, @dhavalkapadane, @gajendrasingh, @habiburdev, @huzaifaalmesbah, @iamraju, @jigar9998, @bosskhj,…
    Jul 29 Wed · 15:34
    Meta high
    Gave props in Slack:
    Props to @mayukojpn for leading this week's Polyglots Chat :polyglots: :thank-you:
    Jul 29 Wed · 12:57
    Meta high
    Updated the handbook page General Expectations for Translators on Translate WordPress.
    Jul 09 Thu · 14:17
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 181 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jul 08 Wed · 09:50
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 101 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jul 02 Thu · 06:45
    Polyglots high
    Reviewed 74 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    June 2026
    Jun 26 Fri · 00:58
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Community Summit alongside a flagship event for 2027 or 2028, on the site Make WordPress Community:
    I was supposed to attend the Community Summit 2023 and unfortunately couldn't travel. However seeing…
    Jun 24 Wed · 17:03
    Meta high
    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Rajshahi 2026
    Jun 24 Wed · 07:39
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-06-24, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
    Next Meeting The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and . Agenda…
    May 2026
    May 28 Thu · 22:23
    Polyglots high
    Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Photos

    4 contributions

    View all 4 photos in the Photo Directory

    Completed courses

    7 completed

    Browse courses on Learn WordPress

    Translations

    7 locales
    en_ZA English (South Africa) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 34 projects.

    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 – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE with 700+ Patterns, 58 Blocks & Templates Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce 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 WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_AU English (Australia) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 28 projects.

    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 – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE with 700+ Patterns, 58 Blocks & Templates Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy Enable jQuery Migrate Helper ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce 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, Newsletters Builder & Email Automations for WooCommerce wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce & Dokan Conversion Tracking for WooCommerce WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery Context Blog FotaWP Newsmag Context Blog WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_NZ English (New Zealand) (English) General Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 19 projects.

    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 – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE with 700+ Patterns, 58 Blocks & Templates Gutenberg Newsmag Context Blog SaasLauncher WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_CA English (Canada) (English) Apps Translation Editor Meta Translation Editor WordPress Translation Editor Project Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Apps

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    Meta

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    WordPress

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Plugins Themes

    Contributed translations to 38 projects.

    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 Built for WooCommerce 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, Newsletters Builder & Email Automations for WooCommerce wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce & Dokan 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 WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    en_GB English (UK) (English) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 26 projects.

    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 Built for WooCommerce 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, Newsletters Builder & Email Automations for WooCommerce wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce & Dokan Conversion Tracking for WooCommerce WP STAGING – WordPress Backups, Restore, Migration & Clone User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Post Submission, User Directory, User Profile, Membership & User Registration evolve Newsmag Context Blog WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    bn_BD বাংলা (Bengali) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 1 project.

    AI Bud – AI Content Generator, AI Chatbot, ChatGPT, Gemini, GPT-4o

    Contributed translations to 7 projects.

    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, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets Twenty Twenty-One WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org

    frp Arpitan Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WordPress 7.0.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org