Become a sponsor to Pooja Derashri
I have actively contributed to the WordPress community for over seven years. What began as a passion project has become a significant part of my life, deeply ingrained in my daily routine & professional focus.
Currently, I devote 25-30 hours per week to several WordPress teams, working towards making the platform better for everyone.
With your sponsorship, I could focus on my contribution work, allowing me to continue making meaningful impacts within the community. You can learn more about my WordPress contribution & achievements.
Why Your Sponsorship Matters
Your support will allow me to dedicate more time & effort to my WordPress contributions, ensuring that I can:
✅ Continue reviewing & improving WordPress plugins.
✅ Support & grow the WordPress community through mentorship & organize events.
✅ Enhance testing efforts for future WordPress Core releases.
✅ Create & improve educational resources for new & existing contributors.
Goals (With Sponsorship Support)
- Help organising WCAsia 2026 as a Program Team Lead.
- Expand Plugin Review Contributions - Review plugins (160+ so far), triage issues, & handle general inquiries in Help Scout to help reduce the backlog.
- Strengthen Community Engagement – As a Community Team co-representative & Program Supporter, I help run monthly meetings, vet WordCamps, Meetups, & other WP events, mentor WordCamp organizers, & triage Help Scout tickets, also, a member of the Incident Response Team.
- Support Future Core Releases – Contribute as a Test or Triage lead for upcoming WordPress releases.
- Enhance Training & Mentorship Efforts – Resume contributions to the Training & Test teams while mentoring new contributors.
Past Contribution
I have had the privilege of working across multiple teams within WordPress, helping to improve the platform while also mentoring & supporting the global contributor community.
🔹 Training Team Contributions (2019 - 2023)
Served as a Training Team Representative for two years (2021-2023), playing a key role in content development & contributor onboarding.
- Helped create, review Lesson Plans, Courses, & Video Tutorials to support WordPress learning.
- Assisted in Help Scout ticket triage, handling general contributor queries related to the Training team.
- Supported internationalization efforts by reviewing & translating educational content to make WordPress learning materials more accessible.
🔹 Test Team Contributions (2023 - Present)
- A Test Team Representative (2023-2024), helping manage testing & triage efforts across the WordPress ecosystem, helped conduct weekly Test Team meetings to discuss & resolve blockers for contributors.
- Led the Test team for WordPress Core releases 6.3 & 6.4, where I contributed to Call for Testing posts, test triage, & coordinating testing efforts across teams.
- Publish "Week in Test" posts to update the community on testing progress.
- Help maintain & update the Test team handbook to ensure proper documentation.
🔹 Plugin Review Team (2024 - Present)
- Help review newly submitted WordPress plugins to ensure they meet security & guideline standards.
- Assist in plugin triage, handling general inquiries via Help Scout, including trademark issues, plugin ownership transfers, & security concerns.
- Help manage sock puppet investigations to prevent misuse of the WordPress plugin repository.
🔹 Community Team Contributions (Ongoing)
- Currently serving as a Community Team Co-Representative, where I help run monthly meetings, process WordCamps, Meetups, & WP events.
- Vet applications for new Meetups, WordCamps, & do_action events, ensuring they align with community guidelines.
- Mentor WordCamp organizers, helping them plan & execute successful community events.
- Helped to revive the Singapore WordPress community, which has been inactive since 2019.
- Participated in the APAC Meetup Reactivation Initiative (2022) to help grow & sustain WordPress meetups in the region.
- Contributing as a member of the Incident Response Team, handling Code of Conduct violations & other community issues.
🔹Organizing WordCamps & Community Event Mentorship
- Mentored multiple WordCamps, including Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Sylhet, Nepal, & other WP events, guiding organizers through the event-planning process. I vetted, processed approximately 30+ WordPress Events & have mentored over 15 events so far.
- Served as a WordCamp Asia organizer in 2023 & 2025 organizing team.
- Co-organizer of WP Campus Connect, a month-long student-focused initiative introducing WordPress as a career path to Computer Science students.
- Led the International Women's Day 2025 initiative, celebrating women in WordPress & tech.
With your sponsorship, I can continue making a meaningful impact in the WordPress ecosystem, ensuring it remains a thriving, inclusive, & innovative open-source project. I truly appreciate your support!
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SelectCommunity love - Your support helps keep the spirit of open source alive!
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$50 a month
SelectOpen Source Champion - You're helping me devote more time to the WordPress project. Thank you for believing in my work!
- All previous benefits
- I'll keep your name listed on my website’s supporter wall. https://iampooja.com/supporters
$500 a month
SelectSustaining Contributor Sponsor - Your generosity allows me to dedicate significant time to WordPress. This level of support is game-changing.
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- Opportunity for a collaborative blog or case study on how your support is making an impact.
- I'll write a special thank you blog post and share about your products & Services.
$1,000 a month
SelectPlugin Review Team Sponsor - You directly support one of the most critical aspects of the WordPress ecosystem—plugin quality and safety.
- All previous benefits.
- A monthly 25 hours of contribution to the plugin review team.
$3,000 a month
SelectEcosystem Enabler - This incredible level of support empowers my sustained contributions to the WordPress Plugin Review, Community, and Incident Response teams. You’re not just sponsoring me—you’re strengthening the WordPress ecosystem.
- All previous benefits
- Recognition as a sponsor in all community talks or events I participate in.
- I will reach out to you to see how I can best keep you informed about my work contributions and how we can better collaborate.