Rakesh Lawaju is a Web enthusiast, programmer, trainer, and entrepreneur based in Nepal who has been in the web field since 2008. He was the Co-Founder/ CTO of WEN Solutions. On WEN Solutions he also worked as project lead for WP Travel plugin and other multiple plugins and themes. He also started & is currently maintaining a Gutenberg plugin called Gutenify.
Rakesh has also worked for internationally renowned companies like 1E, WPMU DEV, and Graph Paper Press. In those companies, he has handled bigger projects, plugins, and themes.
He was on the organizer team of WordCamp Kathmandu in 2016, 2017, and 2018. During the release of WordPress 4.4 “Clifford”, he has contributed to WordPress core and contributed in translating WordPress into Nepali. He was a speaker at WordCamp Nepal 2015 and WordCamp Kathmandu 2019. He is a frequent speaker on WordPress meetups. He has been an instructor for Web development on PHP and WordPress development-related topics.
He has always been motivated to share the knowledge he gains and contribute to the growth and development of WordPress.
Team: Plugins and Theme Review
Contributor Day Team Lead Type: National
WordPress.org Profile: @racase