{"id":13943396,"name":"Shiva Shanker Bhatta","url":"https:\/\/afthemes.com","description":"Hi, I\u2019m Shiva Shanker Bhatta \u2014 Founder & CEO at AF Themes, an open-source advocate, and a dedicated WordPress contributor for over a decade. \r\n\r\nWordPress changed my life. Today, I build tools, mentor creators, and contribute to Core to ensure it does the same for others worldwide.\r\n\r\n\ud83d\udccd What I Do in the Ecosystem\r\n\r\n\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Plugins Review Team | Vetting submissions, managing guideline violations, and securing the global ecosystem. (Proud member of the April 2026 cohort that historically smashed the 1,050+ plugin backlog down to zero! \ud83d\udcc9)\r\n\r\n\u2696\ufe0f Former Themes Team Rep | Spent 3+ years leading the team tasked with maintaining high code and security standards for the official Theme Directory.\r\n\r\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5 Locale Manager (GTE) | General Translation Editor for ne_NP, bridging the language gap for the Nepali community.\r\n\r\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Go With WP Producer | Hosting deep-dive podcasts and tech workshops with global product leaders to teach the community how to build for the future web.\r\n\r\n\u267f W3C Accessibility Reviewer | Contributing to web accessibility testing to ensure the open web remains inclusive for everyone.\r\n\r\n\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f Building at Scale\r\nThrough AF Themes, my team builds fast, highly optimized, block-based Full Site Editing (FSE) themes (like our latest release, NewSpare) powering 100,000+ active websites globally. We build for publishers, media organizations, and creators who need bulletproof digital infrastructure.\r\n\r\n\ud83d\udcdc Flagship Contribution History\r\nI believe in \"building together.\" Over the years, I\u2019ve stepped up across the globe:\r\n\r\n\u2022 Official Media Partner: WordCamp Europe (Krak\u00f3w 2026, Basel 2025, Torino 2024), WordCamp Asia (2024), and WordCamp Kolkata.\r\n\u2022 Flagship & Regional Organizer: WordCamp Europe 2025 (Community), WordCamp Asia 2023 (Audio\/Video), and WordCamp Kathmandu (2016\u20132022).\r\n\u2022 Speaker & Track Lead: Leading Polyglots contributor tracks, speaking on block theme engineering, and coordinating local meetups since 2016.\r\n\r\n\ud83e\udd1d Support My Work\r\nIf you or your organization benefit from the themes I build, the security reviews I conduct, or the educational content I produce via Go With WP, I welcome your sponsorship. Your support directly buys me dedicated weekly hours to give back to the Plugins and Themes teams.\r\n\r\nLet\u2019s connect and build a faster, more accessible open web \u2014 together!","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2023\/author\/shivashankerbhatta\/","slug":"shivashankerbhatta","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=128&d=identicon&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=256&d=identicon&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7275f4f2c158e85a0b749f9ac0a7de6825da0d24cc411917f1526928e15fc1b7?s=512&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13943396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}