Ankit Panchal (@ankitmaru) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Hi, I’m Ankit Panchal — a WordPress plugin developer and indie founder based in Pune, India.

Over 13+ years in the WordPress ecosystem, I’ve built plugins that have crossed 2,000,000+ downloads across 8 products on WordPress.org.

What I’ve built:
→ PluginStack.dev — a suite of performance-first WordPress plugins (UltimaKit, PushRow for Google Sheets, AI Price Negotiator, Page Visit Counter, Hide Admin Bar, and more)
→ MaintPress.com — a WordPress maintenance & management SaaS for agencies and freelancers

I’m an active WordPress Core Contributor (releases 5.4 through 6.9) and have attended 29+ WordCamps across India and Asia — including WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai.

I document the whole journey publicly on YouTube (@AnkitMakes) — plugin launches, product decisions, code walkthroughs, and honest indie dev numbers.

Website: https://wpankit.com
Plugin suite: https://pluginstack.dev

Interests

WordPress, AI, Plugins, Automation

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.

2026 – 🚀 Building Bigger
WordCamp Asia – Attendee
WordCamp Pune – Pro Attendee
WordCamp Kolhapur – Pramukh Attendee

2025 – 🌱 Deepening Community Roots
WordCamp Surat
WordCamp Pokhara – Table Lead (Plugins)
WordCamp Nepal – Micro Sponsor
WordCamp Pune
WordCamp Kolhapur – Pramukh Attendee
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

Badges

CODE

4 badges

C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer WP-CLI Contributor '20

CONTENT

1 badge

Photo Contributor '23

COMMUNITY

3 badges

bbPress Contributor '20 B BuddyPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '25

PRACTICE

1 badge

Test Contributor '23

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '18 Translation Editor '18

Current Job

Building

Apr 2026 – Present

WPFolks

Where WordPress people connect

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

1contribution

high0

medium1

score1

Last 90 days

4contributions

high3

medium1

score10

Last 12 months

14contributions

high9

medium5

score32

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 14 releases

Time commitment

10 hours per week

On my own time 10 hrs/wk

Contributions

Type

June 2026

Jun 05 Fri · 20:46

Forums med

Posted a reply to [Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles] admin bar hidden for super admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, and thanks for the kind words, and for such a clear report! 🙏 You're…

April 2026

Apr 27 Mon · 06:11

Core high

Mentioned in [62274] on WordPress SVN:
Administration: Fix misaligned icon in user profile password field.

Apr 26 Sun · 07:02

Core high

Mentioned in [62262] on WordPress SVN:
Administration: Fix misaligned icon in user profile password field.

Apr 13 Mon · 17:35

Themes med

Created ticket #266285 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Oreniq – 1.0.0

March 2026

Mar 05 Thu · 12:10

Forums med

Posted a reply to [Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles] BEST OF THE BEST, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @davidraudales Thank you so much for your words.

February 2026

Feb 26 Thu · 16:41

Meta high

Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @zunaid321, @ravigadhiyawp, @huzaifaalmesbah, @aion11, @lumiblog, @jigar9998, @chaion07, @Ankit K Gupta, @vishitshah, @abduremon, @shailu25,…

January 2026

Jan 08 Thu · 07:18

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post A Year in the Plugins Team – 2025, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Really nice update. Huge respect to the Plugins Team for handling so many submissions while…

December 2025

Dec 27 Sat · 17:40

Forums med

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:
Hi @beninu , The free version is now redundant, so you can safely deactivate/delete it…

Dec 09 Tue · 11:17

Polyglots high

Translated 15 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

August 2025

Aug 19 Tue · 12:28

Core high

Mentioned in [60646] on WordPress SVN:
Coding Standards: Sanitize input values in `wp-trackback.php`.