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Ankit Panchal
@ankitmaru on WordPress.org, @Ankit Panchal on Slack
Bio
Shaping the web, one WordPress block at a time.
💻 Plugin Developer | 🛠️ Core Contributor | 🎉 WordCamp Volunteer | 🌍 xWPAnkit
👋 Hi, I’m Ankit Panchal – a WordPress developer with 11+ years of experience building plugins, platforms, and SaaS solutions that power businesses worldwide. I specialize in creating scalable tools, Gutenberg innovations, and automation workflows that extend what WordPress can do.
I believe in open source, community, and collaboration — whether it’s contributing to Core, mentoring developers, or speaking at WordCamps. My mission is simple: help people build smarter, faster, and better with WordPress.
✅ Core Contributions
Proud contributor to these WordPress releases:
5.4 • 5.5 • 5.6 • 5.7 • 5.8 • 5.9 • 6.2 • 6.3 • 6.4 • 6.8 • 6.9
🔎 Areas of Focus
📦 Advanced Plugin Development
🔌 Custom REST APIs & Integrations
⚡ WordPress CLI & Automation
🌐 Headless WordPress (Node, React, Next.js)
📊 Analytics, Tracking & SaaS Architectures
❤️ Always learning, building, and giving back to the WordPress community.
Interests
WordPress, Node, React, NextJS
WordPress Origin Story
🌍 My WordPress Journey
From a local enthusiast to a global contributor, my journey has been shaped by WordCamps, open source, and community collaboration.
2025 – 🌱 Deepening Community Roots
WordCamp Surat
WordCamp Pokhara – Table Lead (Plugins)
WordCamp Nepal
WordCamp Pune
WordCamp Kolhapur
WordCamp Ahmedabad 5.0
2024 – 🤝 Giving Back & Growing
WordCamp Kerala
WordCamp Nagpur
WordCamp Bengaluru
WordCamp Pune
2023 – 🌐 Global Connection & Contribution
WordCamp US
WordCamp Bengaluru
WordCamp Europe (Volunteer)
WordCamp Kerala
WordCamp Asia (Volunteer)
2022 – 💡 All In for Open Source
WordCamp Europe (Volunteer)
2021 – 💻 Virtual & Valuable
WordCamp India
2020 – 🚀 Going Global
WordCamp Europe
WordCamp Santa Clarita
WordCamp Asia (Volunteer)
2019 – 🔥 All About Action
WordCamp Ahmedabad (Volunteer & Micro Sponsor)
WordCamp Udaipur
WordCamp Mumbai
WordCamp Vadodara
2018 – 📈 Leveling Up
WordCamp Ahmedabad
2017 – ✨ Where It All Began
WordCamp Mumbai
WordCamp Udaipur
Contributions
Ankit Panchal contributes 8 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Core Performance, and Plugins.
- Member Since: February 5th, 2013
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra
- Website: xwpankit.com
- GitHub: xwpankit
- Job Title: WordPress Plugin Expert | SaaS Builder | 1M+ Plugin Downloads and Growing
- Employer: xWPAnkit
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Contribution History
Ankit Panchal’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Photo Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Test Contributor
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
- WP-CLI Contributor
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Posted a reply to [Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles] Do I keep the free version after upgrading?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
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Is the 148th person to arrive at WordCamp Surat 2025
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Created a topic, New Plugin Available: Page Visit Counter Analytics (Migration Tool Included), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
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Minor fixes and performance enhancements and freemius sdk updated to 2.12+.
Developer
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Disable Block Editor FullScreen mode
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
Active Installs: 20,000+
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Like Dislike For WP
Active Installs: Less than 10
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NoteFlow – Smart Notes Manager for WordPress Admin
Active Installs: Less than 10
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Page Visit Counter Analytics - Google Analytics Alternative for WordPress
Active Installs: 60+
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UltimaKit – Admin Tools and Site Utilities – Lightweight Plugin Replacer
Active Installs: 40+
Total photo contributions: 20
View all photos contributed by Ankit Panchal to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Plugins
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO
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ACF to REST API
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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
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Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance
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Ajax Load More: REST API
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Disable Block Editor FullScreen mode
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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
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Like Dislike For WP
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NoteFlow – Smart Notes Manager for WordPress Admin
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UltimaKit – Admin Tools and Site Utilities – Lightweight Plugin Replacer
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WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
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Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) Plugins Translation Editor - #gu
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Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles
Active Installs: 20,000+