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Saksham Sharma

Associate Software Engineer at rtCamp

@sakshamsharma5 Pune joined Apr 2026

github.com/CookieDarb Slack: @Saksham Sharma

    Bio

    I’m currently learning and building within the WordPress ecosystem, with a focus on writing clean, scalable, and standards-compliant code. My work involves developing custom plugins, themes, and Gutenberg blocks, while getting hands-on with tools like the REST API, WP-CLI, and React.

    Always open to learning, collaborating, and contributing within the WordPress community.

    Interests

    Basketball, Movies

    WordPress Origin Story

    My journey with WordPress began in January 2026 when I joined rtCamp. What started as getting familiar with the ecosystem quickly turned into a deeper interest in how WordPress works under the hood, from its data structures to its extensibility through plugins, themes, and blocks.

    Since then, I’ve been exploring different parts of the stack, learning by building, and gradually understanding how to create flexible and scalable solutions within WordPress.

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    Current Job

    Associate Software Engineer
    Present
    rtCamp

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    6contributions
    high1
    medium5
    score8
    Last 90 days
    17contributions
    high4
    medium13
    score25
    Last 12 months
    19contributions
    high4
    medium15
    score27

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 7.0

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 06 Mon · 15:05
    Themes med
    Submitted pull request #495 to WordPress/theme-check:
    Fix: Clear theme cache after adding extra_theme_headers
    Jul 06 Mon · 14:54
    Themes med
    Created issue #494 in the WordPress/theme-check repository:
    Bug: "License" and "License URI" are missing from Theme Info summary when…
    Jul 01 Wed · 11:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79739 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Library: Fix accordion heading padding overrides in theme.json
    June 2026
    Jun 25 Thu · 07:48
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79523 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Wrap notices in ThemeProvider with 0 corner radius
    Jun 23 Tue · 09:50
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12277 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Allow deleting an active plugin in one step from the Plugins screen
    Jun 23 Tue · 07:19
    Core high
    Pull request #79191 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Allow overriding `disableContentOnlyForTemplateParts` setting
    Jun 15 Mon · 13:11
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79191 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Block Editor: Allow overriding `disableContentOnlyForTemplateParts` setting
    Jun 15 Mon · 12:52
    Core med
    Created issue #79189 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Block Editor: `disableContentOnlyForTemplateParts` cannot be overridden via PHP filter
    Jun 08 Mon · 12:58
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #79013 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Notices: Use site background colour behind pinned notices
    May 2026
    May 25 Mon · 00:53
    Core high
    Pull request #78580 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
    fix: discard unsaved HTML block changes on cancel