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Ahmad Awais

Member Since: January 17th, 2011
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https://AhmadAwais.com/about
Full Stack WordPress Developer & Frontend Fanatic at WPTie
@mrahmadawais on WordPress.org and Slack

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Translation Contributor
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Bio/Description

I am a senior Full Stack WordPress Developer, WP Core Contributor, Front-end Fanatic and an accidental writer. I love to write, talk, build, and share everything about WordPress. You can reach out to me at Twitter @MrAhmadAwais.

Interests

— Giving Back to the community (30% of my product time is spent to give back to my WP Community)
— DevOps (Buiding automation scripts and playing around with server APIs & architecture)
— End to end Product Developer (Full Stack, Electrical Eng + CS, Focused at WP and now with JS MVC frameworks)
— User Experience Design (Spent 4 professional years as a designer)
— Talk & Teaching WordPress (I love talking about WP, arranging meetups and speaking at conferences. That’s who I am)
— Mentoring and investing in WordPress Startups (Fascinated with business, mentor to some, mentee to others, investor in three small-scale WP startups)

WordPress Origin Story

I love the WordPress community
– Started back in 2007
– Core Contributor since WordPress 4.2 Powell
– Featured and Published at TutsPlus, SmashingMagazine, WPLift, TorqueMag, WPBeginner, SitePoint, etc.
– My WordPress products (being used by 100,000+ websites)
– FinkTanks: I teach WordPress Beginners to Advance Course (1500+ Students & 33+ Workshops till date)
– WP Meetup LHR Organizer & Founder of WP-PK: Organised WordPress Week Lahore which was an unofficial WP event with 750+ participants
– An end to end product developer

Wrote a comment on the post New Homepage Redesign, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Yes, Sara! I plan to do so. Not sure, when I will, but soon, right…

1 day ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Homepage Redesign, on the site Make WordPress.org:
I like the idea of redesign. About time! There are many things that I think…

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Request to become a local…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Request to become a local manager to edit Rosetta Site! I have been leading the…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7 Field Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What an incredible release! So, glad to be a part of it :)

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Starter content for themes in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks a lot Helen and all the contributors for making this happen. It's a huge…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customizer Improvements in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great! Feels good to be a customize component contributor. Keep it up folks :)

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello @petya Many Incorrect Urdu…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Also, @amreendanish, I'd like you to join us on WP-Pakistan.Slack.com team in the #translators channel.…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hello @petya Many Incorrect Urdu…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@amreendanish Thanks for getting in touch. I sent you a DM on Twitter yesterday. I'd…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post New Committers!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats folks! 💯✨

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Need Help with WP Urdu in GWPTD, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thanks for that. :)

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Need Help with WP Urdu in GWPTD, on the site Translate WordPress:
I am Ahmad Awais - Regular WP Core contributor since WP 4.2. I contribute 30%…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Global WordPress Translation Day 2 on November 12th, 2016, on the site Translate WordPress:
Great, I am all set up :) http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Lahore/events/235389536/

2 months ago
Created a topic, Incremental All The Way!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I like the fact that this is an incremental backups pl…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post wp_list_sort() and WP_List_Util in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Nice!

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Post Type Templates in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Now we are talking :)

2 months ago
Created a topic, Incredibly Awesome Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin is pretty effing awesome. Does everything …

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Editor changes in 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Nice, I was looking forward to this one. @azaozz just wondering, the feedback from folks…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customize Changesets (formerly Transactions) Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
^What Dominik said! +1 for Customize Changeset.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customize Changesets Technical Design Decisions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Wow! That was a long read. Thanks a lot for documenting it, Weston. Will come…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Good one, Nick! +1 for Aditional CSS. I am just not so sure about the…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Easy & Super Fun to use!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have been using Yoast SEO since it came into being. …

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post REST API Merge Proposal, Part 2: Content API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm all in. Let's do it this time. BTW great read Ryan.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to One style per form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I have a solution, I am building it right now. I will be releasing…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Error in customize mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am not sure about this error. It looks like a theme or some other…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Using Custom Bulk Actions, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Finally! And wow, so easy! Would be integrating this into my new plugin next year.…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Seventeen Features Meeting Notes: Oct. 4 2016, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Looking forward to helping maintain code standards and Customizer panels in TwentySeventeen.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: Notifications API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes! Yes! THIS! 💯 Would love to contribute! BTW nice read.

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress REST API – 2.0 Beta 14, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great! Just updated a bunch of my sites where I use REST API.

3 months ago
Ahmad Awais's profile was updated

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Why Default Themes Change Each Year, on the site Theme Review Team:
Nice read, Lance!

3 months ago
Posted a reply to esc_html on $value_array and $valueAr, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It was an intentional decision by design. This plugin is strictly meant to be used…

3 months ago
Created a topic, WordPress capital_P_dangit(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I love this plugin, want to write a 5-star review as w…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Contextual inline formatting toolbar, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How do you think something like this can be made more accessible? Through keyboard shortcuts…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Contextual inline formatting toolbar, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Pretty much same here. Keyboard shortcuts FTW. But I like this idea.

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Initial Analysis of Plugin Search Logs, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Yes, thanks for this data, always something to learn!

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress REST API update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Let's do it this time!

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP_Hook: Next Generation Actions and Filters, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noice! Have reported it back to a few plugins.

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Support Forums Upgrade Status (2016/09/05):, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Was there an update on Support forums Styles?

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customize Update – 2016-09-01, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Nick, Thanks for this awesome update!

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Reviewing the Revamped Guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Good stuff, Mika, wouldn't maintain a single markdown file had been easy to browse and…

4 months ago
Closed ticket #37813, in Core Trac:
Missing $wp_error parameter for wp_insert_attachment

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Launch: Budget Tool Beta, on the site Make WordPress Community:
INCREDIBLE!

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customize Kickoff and Weekly Meetings for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Looking forward!

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Transparent Background, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
You need to use the transparency slider as well. Otherwise the white bg would stick…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the detailed response. I am not asking for "Open in new window" check…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Commit announcements for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats @afercia — most def well deserved 🎉

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
>An option to degrade the UX for site visitors by default will not go into…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Bug Scrub for 4.6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Exactly, we need to fix that one quickly, otherwise certain email hosts can get permanently…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@schlessera I think it would be a much better in terms of a11y as compared…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Jon, couldn't agree more. . @schlessera I think it would be a much better in…

4 months ago

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