Navigating Change: A Reflection on My WordPress Journey and Future Path

An important update that I wanted to hold for a few more weeks but can’t.

Let’s start this update with some good moments.

Recent experience at PHPCamp

Before going ahead, I recently attended PHPCamp in Pune as a volunteer. I can say that I had a blast and learned and experienced a lot more, especially the nature of this event being (Un) Conference.

My Journey with the WordPress Community

It was an amazing journey being involved with the WordPress community and experiencing support from folks around the world. 

I attended four in-person WordCamps, one NetGen Online event as a volunteer, and was selected to volunteer at the most popular flagship WordCamp Europe, but I couldn’t make it due to visa issues. 

WordCamp Bhopal 2023 group photo

Satyam Vishwakarma with Yashwardhan Rana (left to right)

Group photo from WordCamp Mumbai 2023

A group photo with Kawaljeet Rathore, Kuldeep Rathore, Satyam Vishwakarma, and Astha Jain (left to right)

Vishal and Satyam at WordCamp Mumbai 2023 in front of sponsor standee

Satyam Vishwakarma getting Boult earbuds as a winner of Giveaway from StoreApps team

A bunch of attendees experiencing a talk at WordCamp Mumbai 2023

Satyam Vishwakarma in front of Sponsor standee at WordCamp Udaipur 2023 holding “I (love emoji) WordPress”

Satyam Vishwakarma and Hitanshu Sahu (left to right) holding WordCamp Udaipur Waapu & cardboard

Satyam Vishwakarma at Elicus booth with Mohammad Shoeb (founder of Elicus) right to left.

Taco Verdo taking selfie with Satyam Vishwakarma (left to right)

Satyam Vishwakarma with Aditya R Sharma from Posimyth at WordCamp Ahmedabad 2023

A photo with community friends at WordCamp Ahmedabad 2023

Satyam Vishwakarma in a selfie booth at WordCamp Ahmedabad 2023

Although I will be attending almost 8-10 WordCamps (especially WordCamp Asia 2025, thanks to Matt) before February 2025, and will continue to be a part of the WordPress community.

Latest Contribution History

A Difficult Decision

After thorough research and deep reflection, I come to a difficult but necessary decision. Sustaining my contributions and working towards the initiatives I believe in within the WordPress ecosystem (Community) isn’t possible.

While I remain committed to achieving the contribution goals I set for 2024 via Twitter/X, I’ll be attending a quite few events from February 2025. My WordPress contribution hours will also be reduced from 5 hours a week to 2 hours a week.

It has become evident that continuing on this path without the ability to self-fund my efforts is not feasible (no more questions, please).

What made me reduce my contributions?

The response from the companies who say they are always here to support contributors was disappointing. When you go to them seeking support, they either give a soft ‘No’ or don’t respond to your emails/messages.
Their lack of response broke me! 💔

I have given this much thought and believe it is my best course of action now.

A New Journey

I am excited to share that I am starting a new journey (wish me luck). I will reveal more about this new chapter in my life in the coming weeks.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Cheers!