I’m a Lead WordPress Engineer with 10+ years of experience building custom WordPress platforms, plugins, APIs, Gutenberg experiences, and scalable content systems.

I enjoy solving complex engineering problems, designing maintainable architectures, improving developer workflows, and mentoring teams to build software that scales.

📍 Maharashtra, India
💼 Open to Full-time · Part-time · Contract opportunities

I'm a WordPress-focused engineer with extensive experience across the WordPress ecosystem — from custom plugin and theme development to enterprise platforms and API-driven applications.

My work typically sits at the intersection of WordPress, backend engineering, frontend development, and platform architecture.

• 🏗️ Enterprise WordPress Architecture
• 🧩 Custom Plugins & Themes
• 🧱 Gutenberg & Block Development
• 🔌 REST API & Headless Integrations
• ⚛️ React & JavaScript Applications
• 🎓 LearnDash & LMS Platforms
• 🌍 Multilingual WordPress Platforms
• ⚡ Performance & Scalability
• 🔐 Secure WordPress Development
• 🛠️ Developer Tooling & Automation
• 👥 Technical Leadership & Mentoring

I love building systems that empower teams, scale with ease, and leave developers smiling.

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Most of my professional work is protected under NDAs, so I cannot publicly share source code. The projects below represent the type and scale of engineering problems I've worked on.

I also maintain example/assignment projects on GitHub that demonstrate my approach to WordPress, Gutenberg, PHP, JavaScript, and backend development.

Built the backend architecture for a high-performance live blogging system used during the Paris Olympics.

Highlights

• Supported 1,000+ live blogs
• Handled 50,000+ live updates
• Integrated with CAPI
• Integrated live content workflows with Gutenberg
• Implemented versioning and revision support
• Developed reusable templates and content structures
• Designed the system with scalability and operational efficiency in mind

Focus: WordPress · PHP · Gutenberg · REST APIs · CAPI · Scalability

Developed tooling and integrations for a multilingual WordPress LMS ecosystem powered by LearnDash.

Highlights

• Built a multilingual quiz importer
• Developed CSV-to-content generation workflows
• Automated repetitive content-authoring tasks
• Improved the publishing workflow for course authors
• Supported large-scale learning operations with thousands of learners

Focus: WordPress · LearnDash · PHP · REST APIs · CSV · Multilingual

Designed and developed custom REST APIs for BuddyBoss to extend community and learning functionality into a mobile application.

Highlights

• Designed custom WordPress REST endpoints
• Extended BuddyBoss functionality
• Connected WordPress data with mobile application workflows
• Worked with authentication, permissions, and structured API responses

Focus: WordPress · BuddyBoss · REST API · PHP · Mobile Integration

WordPress Architecture
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        ├── Custom Plugins & Themes
        ├── Gutenberg / Block Development
        ├── REST API Architecture
        ├── Headless Integrations
        ├── LMS & Learning Platforms
        ├── Multilingual Systems
        ├── Performance & Scalability
        └── Developer Experience

I particularly enjoy working on problems where WordPress needs to operate as more than a traditional CMS — serving as a content platform, API layer, application backend, or part of a larger distributed system.

• 🧡 Contributor to open-source projects including WordPress and BuddyPress
• 🏕️ Volunteer at the first WordCamp Asia — Registration Desk
• 🌐 Editor of the Gujarati WordPress translation
• 🧠 Mentor developers and share knowledge around WordPress engineering
• 🌱 Passionate about open source, clean code, and sustainable engineering practices

• 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dipskakadiya
• 📬 Email: dipesh.kakadiya111@gmail.com
• 📝 Blog: devdips.wordpress.com

I'm open to full-time, part-time, and contract roles focused on:

WordPress · Gutenberg · PHP · REST APIs · Platform Engineering · LMS · Technical Leadership

Building scalable systems, solving interesting problems, and helping developers build better software.