Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer

Building ❤️ @thewpfolks @AnkitMakes @pluginstack_dev

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

For a long time I kept waiting for someone to build a proper home for WordPress folks.

Today I stopped waiting.

WPFolks is live — free, no ads, no paid tier ever.
https://t.co/395FN1BBqf

#WordPress #BuildInPublic #WPDev

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Two updates on WPFolks this week.

1/ Dark mode, site-wide. Toggle in the header with Light, Dark options. Saves per folk, so it sticks across visits.

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

RT @thewpfolks: Wanted to contribute to WordPress but didn't know where to start?

3 free Folks Academy sessions this week cover the easies…

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Trying to publish your first plugin to https://t.co/CepkGyDh5E and feeling stuck?

This Friday, Mehul Gohil @mehul_gohil0810 is doing an AMA on Folks Academy. Code standards, readmes, the review process, handling rejection feedback, CI/CD for SVN, AI in plugin development.

No script. Bring your real questions.

June 5, 1pm UTC
https://t.co/fveN6RRGN0

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Happy 23rd birthday, WordPress 🎂

23 years of powering the web, built by a community that just keeps showing up.

To celebrate, two new badges are live on WPFolks:

WP @ 23, for every folk active during birthday week (May 27 to 31).

WP Journey, a six-step badge based on how long you have had your https://t.co/Hn7dCcsM65 account.

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

Glad WPFolks could chip in for the Ahmedabad WordPress birthday celebration.

Ahmedabad has one of the most active WordPress communities in India, and supporting them is a small way to give back.

Have a wonderful evening, folks 🎂

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Happy to support the Ahmedabad WordPress community on WordPress's 23rd birthday 🎂

Backing local WordPress communities is exactly why WPFolks exists. Have a wonderful celebration, folks.

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

WPFolks check-in:

2 community ideas have shipped to production. Voted by folks, shipped to everyone. The loop I wanted to see working is working.

698 folks strong. Here's what else has been happening:

[Makarand Mane | Organising #WCAsia 2026 @mkrndmane]

I contributed to WordPress 7.0. See my card on WPFolks. #WordPress #WordPress70 https://t.co/9xhPj8RQ2s

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Still buzzing from that.

Folks from all over the world jumped on a Google Meet to celebrate WordPress 7.0 together. Some up past midnight, some sipping morning coffee, all just hanging out and geeking out over WordPress.

Did not expect this kind of turnout for a party we planned a few hours ago.

First WPFolks release party done. Already can't wait for the next one.

Thank you to everyone who showed up 🙏

#WordPress #WordPress70 #WordPressCommunity

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

Couldn't let WordPress 7.0 day pass without a little celebration.

Throwing a WPFolks release party tonight. Come hang out 👇

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Today's the day. WordPress 7.0 is almost here 🎉

Folks worldwide are throwing release parties. So are we.

Tonight on Google Meet, 30 mins, right after 7.0 drops:

10 AM PDT · 1 PM EDT · 6 PM BST · 10:30 PM IST

Join link drops in the WPFolks community feed 30 minutes before.

Sign up now so you don't miss it: https://t.co/X7s2B0leSN

#WordPress #WordPress70 #WordPressCommunity

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

Wild. Posted this idea a few weeks back, never expected anyone to actually build it.
Thanks @MediaRonLLC.

The idea: https://t.co/vUt5J0ljd9

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Real story from WPFolks today:

A few weeks ago, @wpankit posted an idea in the Ideas module, Block Pattern Version Control. Save versions of a block pattern, roll back to any previous version. Post revisions but for patterns.

@MediaRonLLC saw it, claimed it, built it, and just shipped it in Pattern Wrangler today.

Try it: https://t.co/k3oRYJqZ8L

This is the whole point of WPFolks.

https://t.co/X7s2B0leSN

#WordPress #BuildInPublic #WordPressCommunity

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Thanks for the feature, @thewpweekly . Folks TV is live and the response has been incredible.

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Just shipped Folks TV on WPFolks.

It's the thing I kept wishing existed: one place for every great WordPress video on YouTube and https://t.co/GErN4O6h7j. Notes. Chapters. Playlists. Courses with real certificates [Coming soon].

Long thread, but it's worth it ↓

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Twelve roadmap items have been completed on WPFolks.

Plus a long tail of polish you would only notice if it had already bitten you.
🧵

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

500 WordPress professionals. 4 weeks. Built from zero.

This one feels different. Thank you to everyone who joined, posted, shared, and believed in WPFolks before it was anything. You made this real.

On to 1,000. 🚀

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

500 WordPress professionals on WPFolks. 🎉

Started with 0 less than 4 weeks ago.

Every single one of them verified, connected to https://t.co/j1TPdMkuwW, and building something real.

Thank you to everyone who joined, posted, shared, and believed in this from day one.

This is just the beginning.

https://t.co/X7s2B0kH3f

#WordPress #WPFolks #BuildInPublic #WordPressCommunity

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Big WPFolks update today.

Connect your GitHub account and your repos start earning engineering badges automatically.

No forms. No screenshots. No "trust me" claims. 🧵

[Satyam Vishwakarma (Satya) @ask_hellosatya]

@thewpfolks has a Shipped page and I just looked up WordPress 6.5, a version I contributed to. Seeing myself in that constellation of contributors is so cool. 🗺️✨
Check it out 👇
https://t.co/GVjGwpcrUk
#WordPress #WP65 #WPFolks #OpenSource

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

Shipped follow and unfollow on WPFolks today.

Until now the feed was a single chronological stream. Useful, but as the network grows the signal gets buried.

So I built the social graph layer. 🧵

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

This one is special. 🏅

@miyanialkesh7 just became the first WPFolks member to earn the Legendary Folk badge.

100 verified WordPress professionals invited. 100 people who joined because one person kept showing up for this community.

Thank you. This is what WPFolks is built on.

https://t.co/X7s2B0leSN

#WordPress #WPFolks #BuildInPublic

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

A few integrity and feedback fixes shipped on WPFolks today.
Thread. 🧵

[Ankit Panchal - WordPress Engineer @wpankit]

Quick update from WPFolks.

[WPFolks - A community for the WordPress people @thewpfolks]

🎨 Big update: Themes are now a first-class section on WPFolks.

Browse, upvote, review, and submit themes from real WordPress folks. Same shape as our Plugin Showcase,

just for https://t.co/wyj9IaseVU