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⇱ Francesco Di Candia (@francescodicandia) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org

Profiles

Bio

I’m a partner at ADVision Agency, a communication agency based in southern Puglia, where I lead digital strategy and WordPress development for brands committed to quality and storytelling. Over the years, my work has evolved beyond websites, I now help organizations build sustainable digital cultures, starting with internal communication and knowledge sharing.

I’ve been an active member of the WordPress community since 2013, contributing as a translator, meetup organizer, WordCamp speaker, and support volunteer. I’ve helped organize WordCamps across Italy and Europe, and I’m currently one of the three Global Leads for WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków.

I’m also one of the founding leads of WordPress Credits, the WordPress Foundation’s initiative to connect university students with real-world open source contribution. In this role, I oversee mentorship, program structure, and partnerships with academic institutions, helping students turn academic work into meaningful impact within the WordPress ecosystem.

I believe in open source not just as a technology, but as a community practice, one that thrives when we invest in people, not just code.

Interests

WordPress
Reading

Badges

Community Team '22 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19
C Credits Mentor '25 Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16
Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '16

Current Job

CEO
Present
fabbrica42

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
10contributions
high5
medium5
score20
Last 90 days
16contributions
high10
medium6
score36
Last 12 months
80contributions
high61
medium19
score202

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Time commitment

16 hours per week of sponsored contribution time

Contributions

Type
June 2026
Jun 23 Tue · 17:36
GitHub med
Created issue #112 in the WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker repository:
Update Sponsor Logos on WordPress Credits Handbook Page
Jun 23 Tue · 12:54
Meta high
Started mentoring WordCamp Milano 2027
Jun 23 Tue · 08:57
Polyglots high
Reviewed 1046 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Jun 22 Mon · 15:19
Polyglots high
Translated 43 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Jun 22 Mon · 13:58
Meta high
Received props from @peiraisotta in Slack:
Props to @francescodicandia for coordinating the Italian community Slack migration. It's great to see so…
Jun 22 Mon · 12:32
Polyglots high
Reviewed 852 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
Jun 19 Fri · 07:43
GitHub med
Created issue #110 in the WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker repository:
Align and correct the sponsor-mentor situation on the AT tables
Jun 17 Wed · 10:35
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post The Story Behind the Gifts from the WCEU 2026 Local Team, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@sebastianm thanks for this post, I loved wapuu immediately and now, with this story, I…
Jun 16 Tue · 14:57
GitHub med
Created issue #19 in the WordPress/wporg-contributor-dashboard repository:
[Feature]: Create the ability to connect the dashboard with new .org profiles
Jun 16 Tue · 07:47
GitHub med
Closed issue #104 on the WordPress/WPCredits-Tracker repository:
Review and answer questions in Destiny's WP Credits review
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Completed courses

4 completed

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Plugins

20 favorites

Translations

1 locale
it_IT Italiano (Italian) Plugins Translation Editor Themes Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 9 projects.

Translation editor for 1 project.

Contributed translations to 65 projects.

WordCamp.org WordPress.org Patterns Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Timely All-in-One Events Calendar All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Blogger Importer Admin Columns Connect Polylang for Elementor Contact Form 7 Dashboard Widgets Suite Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy Gallery Custom Links GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall Hostinger Tools Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth LiveJournal Importer Maintenance MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin Movable Type and TypePad Importer Polylang Responsive Lightbox PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin Time Slot – Booking and Appointment System Translate WordPress with Weglot – Multilingual AI Translation WFatture for WooCommerce Fattureincloud Ultimate Gift Cards for WooCommerce WooCommerce WP Attachments WP-dTree WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin Flexible Map WP Photo Album Plus WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content WSMS (formerly WP SMS) – SMS & MMS Notifications with OTP and 2FA for WooCommerce Categories to Tags Converter WPFront User Role Editor WPML to Polylang YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search YITH WooCommerce Subscription YITH WooCommerce Wishlist 2013 Black and white

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