Ankit K Gupta (@ankit-k-gupta) – WordPress user profile

Bio

– Currently serving as Test Lead for the WordPress 7.0 Release Squad.
– Recognised as Noteworthy Contributor Test Lead for the WordPress 6.7 release cycle.
– Served as a WordPress Test Team Representative (2023–2024).
– Served as a Test Table Lead at WCEU 2024 (Remote).
– Served as a Test Table Lead at WC Asia 2026.

– Lead Organizer of the Agra WordPress Meetup Group.

– Contributed as a WordPress Core Contributor in 10 consecutive releases of the 4.X series:

4.X series:
WordPress 4.0 “Benny”
WordPress 4.1 “Dinah”
WordPress 4.2 “Powell”
WordPress 4.3 “Billie”
WordPress 4.4 “Clifford”
WordPress 4.5 “Coleman”
WordPress 4.6 “Pepper”
WordPress 4.7 “Vaughan”
WordPress 4.8 “Evans”
WordPress 4.9 “Tipton”

5.X series:
WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”
WordPress 5.9 “Josephine”

6.X series:
WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”
WordPress 6.1 “Misha”
WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy”
WordPress 6.3 “Lionel”
WordPress 6.4 “Shirley”
WordPress 6.5 “Regina”
WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey”
WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” – Release Test Lead
WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”
WordPress 6.9 “Gene”
WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” – Release Test Lead

Other contributions include being:

– BuddyPress Core Contributor.
– bbPress Core Contributor.
– WordPress Meta Contributor.
– Documentation Contributor of WordPress.org.
– Locale Manager, Core Editor, and Translation Contributor of WordPress Hindi Polyglots.

I’ve also had the privilege of sharing my insights and experiences:

– Speaker at WordCamp Mumbai 2017.
– Speaker at WordCamp Kanpur 2017.
– Speaker at WordCamp Nashik 2016.

Interests

Finding bugs, Making things better 🙂

WordPress Origin Story

I started working with WordPress when I joined rtCamp in 2013 as a QA Tester. Back then, I didn’t know much about WordPress, but I learned a lot on the job. It’s an amazing platform, and I enjoy being part of the WordPress community.

Badges

CODE

5 badges

Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '16 Pattern Author '22 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

2 badges

Documentation Contributor '18 Photo Contributor '22

COMMUNITY

3 badges

bbPress Contributor '19 B BuddyPress Contributor '19 WordCamp Speaker '16

PRACTICE

2 badges

Test Contributor '22 Test Team '23

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

Current Job

Lead QA Engineer

Feb 2021 – Present

Fueled

Job History

QA Team Lead

rtCamp

Key Accomplishments

Served as the Test Lead for WordPress 6.7 and WordPress 7.0 releases.

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

8contributions

high7

medium1

score22

Last 90 days

11contributions

high10

medium1

score31

Last 12 months

26contributions

high20

medium6

score66

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 23 releases

Time commitment

5 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

10up

Contributions

Type

May 2026

May 21 Thu · 00:33

Meta high

Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @huzaifaalmesbah @narenin @azharderaiya @riko910 @Bhavik Panchal @dhavalkapadane @vishitshah @jigar9998 @vaibhavsweb @hage @shailu25 @Valer1e…

May 20 Wed · 09:48

GitHub med

Created issue #5 in the WordPress/browser-extension repository:
Bug Report: Plugin UI Flickering on clicking Site Information Tab

May 20 Wed · 06:38

Meta high

Wrote a new post, WordPress 7.0 Updates & Testing – FAQ, on the site Make WordPress Test:
WordPress 7.0 is scheduled to release today, and you may have some questions or doubts…

May 19 Tue · 23:38

Meta high

Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @troychaplin @zunaid321 @Emon @miroku @josevarghese @Shazzad @Ankit K Gupta @kausaralm @ruba1956 @brechtryckaert @chiscoleiton…

May 14 Thu · 16:55

Meta high

Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Props for testing RC4 @jsmansart, @369work, @shailu25, @nilambar, @huzaifaalmesbah, @iamasadpolash, @abduremon, @ozgursar, @mosescursor, @jigar9998, @Ankit…

May 14 Thu · 16:53

Meta high

Received props from @chaion07 in Slack:
Props for attending the RC4 Release Party @audrasjb, @jadavsanjay, @jsmansart, @faisal03, @nikunj8866, @369work, @iamasadpolash, @devangvachheta137,…

May 14 Thu · 14:50

Core high

Mentioned in [62363] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.

May 14 Thu · 14:33

Core high

Mentioned in [62362] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 7.0.

April 2026

Apr 13 Mon · 11:43

Meta high

Received props from @nikunj8866 in Slack:
Props to @Ankit K Gupta and @pavanpatil1 for leading the Test Team table on Contributor…

March 2026

Mar 20 Fri · 22:06

Meta high

Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @ellatrix @mukesh27 @SergeyBiryukov @audrasjb @juanmaguitar @marybaum @JeffPaul @Ankit K Gupta @wildworks @adamsilverstein @desrosj…