{"id":8371,"date":"2025-03-05T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-teams-announce-2025-reps\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:12:47","slug":"wp-teams-announce-2025-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-teams-announce-2025-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Teams Announce 2025 Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Themes and Hosting teams have announced their representatives for 2025.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes Team Representatives<\/h3>\n<p>In November, the Themes Team <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2024\/11\/13\/nominations-call-for-the-themes-team-representatives-2025-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched a search<\/a> for community members familiar with WordPress theme development to serve as representatives for 2025. The nomination process was open to all, allowing individuals to nominate themselves or others.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, several comments on the announcement post suggested re-nominating the 2024 representatives. After consulting with current and former team representatives, the Themes Team decided to retain the existing team reps for another term:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/acosmin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandru Cosmin<\/a> from Romania, sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/extendthemes.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extend Themes<\/a> as a part-time reviewer, will continue to serve. He released his first WordPress theme in 2008 and has since held diverse roles, including reviewer, developer, and team representative.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/kafleg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ganga Kafle<\/a> from Nepal, a full-time WordPress contributor sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/rankmath.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rank Math<\/a>, will also continue. Active in the community since 2012, he is an organizer for WordCamp Asia 2025 and a moderator for WordPress-related podcasts like <a href=\"https:\/\/gowithwp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Go With WP<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shivashankerbhatta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shiva Shanker Bhatta<\/a> from Nepal, the founder\/CEO of AF Themes, will continue as well. With over a decade of experience in WordPress, he focuses on themes, plugins, and community contributions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2024\/12\/30\/a-year-in-themes-team-2024\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/2024\/12\/30\/a-year-in-themes-team-2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024<\/a>, the Themes Team resolved a total of 39,796 tickets, with Alexandru Cosmin, Ganga Kafle, and Shiva Shanker Bhatta collectively handling 1,708 reviews. Ganga Kafle and Alexandru Cosmin were the top reviewers last year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hosting Team Representatives<\/h3>\n<p>Following a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/hosting\/2024\/11\/29\/voting-for-hosting-team-reps-2023-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Call for Nominations<\/a>, four candidates were proposed for the Hosting Team Rep positions: Matthias Pfefferle, Javier Casares, Zunaid Amin, and Lucas Radke. However, Matthias and Javier declined the opportunity. After an anonymous survey, the team announced the following representatives for 2025:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/zunaid321\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zunaid Amin<\/a> from Bangladesh, a WordPress Engineer at Rocket.Net, is joining as a new Hosting Team Rep.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/crixu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Radke<\/a> from Germany, the Product Manager at WordPress VIP, will continue as Hosting Team Rep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-category-block-wrapper has-base-font-size\"><span class=\"has-neutral-500-color has-text-color\">Category: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/category\/news\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/category\/wordpressorg\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/hosting-and-themes-teams-announce-representatives-for-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Themes and Hosting teams have announced their representatives for 2025. 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