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Syed Balkhi

Founder and CEO at Awesome Motive

@smub Florida joined Jun 2008

wpbeginner.com github.com/syedbalkhi slack: @syedbalkhi
    Teams Core
    Sponsored Awesome Motive 1 hour/week confirmed

    Bio

    I’m the founder of Awesome Motive Inc., the company behind WPBeginner (largest free WordPress resource site), OptinMonster, WPForms, AIOSEO, Duplicator, WPCode, and many other popular WordPress plugins. Collectively over 25 million websites use the software we create.

    Interests

    I want to help small businesses grow and compete with the big guys through our superior tools, team, and training.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I discovered WordPress in 2006 when I was 16 years old and immediately fell in love with the community. Now I’m over 33 years old and have spent more than half of my life working in the WordPress ecosystem. WordPress has changed my life and have provided me with opportunities beyond my wildest dreams. I’m extremely grateful. You can read more about my story at my blog: syedbalkhi.com

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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '15 WordCamp Speaker '19

    Current Job

    Founder and CEO
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    Awesome Motive

    Recent impact

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

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    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    Core 100% of contributions

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2024
    Sep 12 Thu · 12:14
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Guidance on plugins that install other plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
    Thank you Francisco for the detailed information and starting the discussion. I believe a combination…
    May 2024
    May 30 Thu · 16:15
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58254] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
    May 30 Thu · 14:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [58250] on WordPress SVN:
    Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
    March 2024
    Mar 07 Thu · 05:56
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57786] on WordPress SVN:
    Upload: Add links back to installer pages.
    February 2024
    Feb 21 Wed · 18:13
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57681] on WordPress SVN:
    Export: Include featured image for posts or pages.
    July 2023
    Jul 14 Fri · 19:11
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Admin Design, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    The idea of a new modern admin interface is indeed exciting, and it's much needed.…
    March 2023
    Mar 10 Fri · 21:14
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Advance Notice of Retirement, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
    Thank you Mika for all that you have done for the community. Wish you all…
    January 2023
    Jan 18 Wed · 18:48
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Big Picture Goals 2023, on the site WordPress.org Project:
    Thank you for outlining these Josepha. It's really nice to see the goals laid out,…
    December 2022
    Dec 18 Sun · 11:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Free version for WooCommerce is completely useless, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for sharing your feedback, but it seems there must be some confusion. WPCode…
    November 2022
    Nov 22 Tue · 17:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Used to be a great plugin, not anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey Mircea, you can easily switch to the Simple Mode option under Settings to disable…

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