I have spent around ten years building for the web, most of it in WordPress. My work sits at the point where WordPress stops being a website and starts being infrastructure — multi-location brandsites, custom admin platforms, and the plugins that hold it all together.
I hold a B.Tech in Information Technology from CGPIT, Maliba Campus, Uka Tarsadia University in Bardoli, and started with WordPress in January 2016, straight after graduating. I am based in Surat, Gujarat. Outside client work, I organise WordPress community events and publish plugins on WordPress.org.
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Experience
April 2021 — Present
Senior/Lead Web Developer
Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen — Remote, Australia (ASX-listed)
A long-term contract engagement. The WordPress brandsite covering 250+ Australian locations, the Resto 365 admin platform, online ordering, third-party delivery integrations. Recent work: kilojoule labelling compliance architecture and GEO implementation.
November 2020 — April 2021
Senior WordPress Developer
Uplers — Remote
June 2020 — April 2021
Developer, part-time (proving period)
Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen — Remote, Australia (ASX-listed)
A ten-month proving period, worked alongside the CodeWorks and then the Uplers role, which converted to full-time in April 2021.
July 2019 — October 2020
Senior PHP Developer
CodeWorks Consulting — Surat
January 2016 — July 2019
Trainee to PHP Developer
La Net Team Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. — Surat
Community
I led the organising team for WordCamp Surat 2025 — the first WordCamp in South Gujarat. It took 454 registrations, 410 people through the door, and 20+ volunteers, and finished with a surplus which we returned to the WordPress Foundation.
I have been at WordCamps since 2017 — first as an attendee, then volunteering, sponsoring, speaking, and organising.
Organising
- Lead Organiser — WordCamp Surat 2025
- Lead Organiser — WP Campus Connect Surat 2026 (in progress)
- Co-Organiser — WordPress Surat Community, 2021 to present
Speaking
- WordCamp Kolhapur 2026
- WordCamp Kolkata 2025
- WordCamp Delhi 2024
Contributing and facilitating
- Project Lead — do_action Bhopal 2024
- WordPress Developer — do_action Mumbai 2024
- Co-Facilitator and Volunteer — WordCamp Asia 2026
- Facilitator — WP Campus Connect Kolhapur 2025
- Volunteer — WordCamp Asia 2025, WordCamp Mumbai 2023
Sponsoring
- Micro Sponsor — WordCamp Kolhapur 2026, Bhopal 2025, Kolhapur 2025, Delhi 2024, Bengaluru 2024, Udaipur 2023
- Super-Micro Sponsor — WordCamp Pune 2025
What I build
Products and plugins built under Idara Studio and WebMS Consultancy. The plugins follow one rule: one plugin, one purpose — no forty-block suites, no tracking, no upsells.
Idara Studio
A one-person WordPress plugin studio. One plugin, one purpose — no forty-block suites, no tracking, no upsells, GPL-2.0 throughout.
Idara Reading Time
A Gutenberg block showing estimated reading time with an optional scroll progress bar. Published on WordPress.org. Building it meant untangling a do_blocks() recursion loop and moving the front-end asset to the viewScript pattern.
Idara Business Hours
A Gutenberg block for weekly opening hours with a live open-now status built on the WordPress Interactivity API, split shifts, holiday overrides, and LocalBusiness JSON-LD. Status is computed client-side so it never goes stale behind a cache.
ApnaPixlo
A photo delivery platform for wedding and event photographers. A guest takes a selfie, face recognition finds their photos in the event gallery, and they download only their own.
Idara Setu
School messages that reach the parent. Carries attendance, fees, marks and notices from a school office to a parent’s WhatsApp.
Idara Connect
A WhatsApp Business messaging portal built directly on the Meta Cloud API — no BSP, no third-party middleware. CSV contact import, template sync, campaign builder, throttled queue sending, and delivery tracking by webhook.
What people say
Sajid is a really great developer to work with. His tech skills are undeniable, excellent frontend and especially WordPress experience and work delivered. He is proactive and an excellent communicator. He works with initiative and then communicates great ideas as a real team player. Sajid is just a nice human being as well — he’s been a really awesome addition to our team. I would not hesitate for a second to re-hire him and would gladly recommend him to anyone looking for a great FE/WP dev.
This was another successful project implemented on time and on budget. Highly satisfied and will work with Mohammad again and again. Highly recommended.
It was great working with Sajid. He has a good knowledge of WordPress and completed the assignment without much support. Would love to work with him again. Thanks!