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Silkalns

Scientist at Divilab

@silkalns Jūrmala, Latvia joined Feb 2013

colorlib.com github.com/puikinsh Slack: @silkalns

    Bio

    Frontend designer and developer who started developing WordPress themes in early 2013. I have worked with WordPress based websites for several years until recently decided to learn how to code and here are some of my latest WP themes and solutions.

    I will try to keep this page updated with my progress in web development and software development in general.
    Areas of expertise
    CSS, HTML, JavaScript (jQuery), PHP but still have no idea about MySQL but I am getting there. You can follow me on Twitter

    WordPress Origin Story

    I started using WordPress with version 2.5 when it was all about blogging and nothing more. It was very limited but I pushed it hard with various content websites and most of them were made to manipulate Google SERPS. It went well but slowly I realized that it is not sustainable business which is hard to manage if you are not developer yourself because I had to spend hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars for a tiny tweaks that could be easily done if I would know a basic HTML/CSS/PHP.

    Soon afterwards I quit this venture and started blogging about technology and again it went incredibly well and my blog got featured on all major Tech News sites such as Techcrunch, Engadget, The Verge, CNET and other. And I did get on their front page several times but it was boring yet very profitable venture. The main problem was that I wasn’t contributing or building anything, I just wrote about iPhones, iPads and other shiny hardware.

    I love building things that’s why I switched to software development. I am now in the right place and i am building things. For now it is all about WordPress but you never know where I will end up one day. Feel free to follow my journey!

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    Contributions

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    June 2026
    Jun 04 Thu · 08:04
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bulk Edit / Quick Edit fields not clickable when using Modern sorting engine, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks both for the clear report — you nailed the cause. The Modern engine was…
    February 2026
    Feb 23 Mon · 13:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib] Security Vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Both vulnerabilities are fixed in the current 1.2.0 code. I did receive the same message…
    May 2025
    May 13 Tue · 06:20
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216807 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Activello – 1.4.9
    May 12 Mon · 06:09
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216607 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Activello – 1.4.8
    May 08 Thu · 07:57
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216169 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Travelify – 3.0.9
    May 07 Wed · 17:05
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216143 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Illdy – 2.1.10
    May 07 Wed · 14:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Captions content changed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The issue is now fixed in the recent update. Please update the plugin and report…
    May 07 Wed · 08:32
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216062 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Activello – 1.4.7
    May 07 Wed · 06:57
    Themes med
    Created ticket #216041 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Activello – 1.4.6
    April 2025
    Apr 30 Wed · 11:53
    Themes med
    Created ticket #215316 on Themes Trac:
    THEME: Shapely – 1.2.19

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