Hi, my name is

Bishal Shrestha.

I build WordPress plugins for the web.

WordPress Plugin Developer & Backend Engineer with 4+ years building commercial plugins active on 20,000+ sites worldwide — and a WordPress Core contributor credited on the 6.8 and 6.9 releases. I also build SaaS backends on NestJS, PostgreSQL and Cloudflare Workers.

whoami.sh

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Technologies I work with

PHP
React
NestJS
NextJS
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Docker
WordPress
Stripe
PayPal
Git
Redis
Cloudflare Workers
PHP
React
NestJS
NextJS
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Docker
WordPress
Stripe
PayPal
Git
Redis
Cloudflare Workers

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Technical Skills

WordPress

Plugin Development Theme Development Gutenberg Blocks Custom Post Types Taxonomies Hooks & Filters REST API WP-CLI VIP Standards Secure Coding

WooCommerce

Checkout Customisation Cart Validation Order Meta (CRUD) HPOS-safe Custom Admin Screens Payment Gateways CSV Export

Core Languages

PHP JavaScript TypeScript SQL

Frontend

React NextJS Gutenberg CSS/SCSS HTML5 jQuery

Backend

NestJS WordPress REST APIs

Payments & APIs

Stripe PayPal Paddle Square WooCommerce

AI Integration

ChatGPT API TogetherAI

Tools & DevOps

Git Docker PostgreSQL CI/CD Composer Postman Cloudflare Workers D1 KV

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Experience

Backend Developer & WordPress Plugin Developer

Codewing Solutions

May 2021 – Present

Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Led feature development for WP Delicious (4,000+ active installs) and contributed significantly to WP Travel Engine (20,000+ active installs)
  • Engineered and maintained integrations for 70+ diverse global payment gateways (including Stripe, PayPal, Square, Flutterwave, and PesaPal), ensuring secure cross-border transactions
  • Spearheaded AI integration using ChatGPT and TogetherAI APIs to automate recipe generation and image creation
  • Engineered complex features including partial/installment payments, advanced itinerary builder, form editor, and Gutenberg block components
  • Contributing to PayLexer, a multi-gateway payment SaaS platform built on NestJS, NextJS, and PostgreSQL with CI/CD
  • Coordinated plugin releases, maintained documentation standards, and collaborated across teams on feature scoping and QA

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Projects

NEPSE Alert

Personal Nepal Stock Exchange assistant — price/threshold alerts, portfolio tracking, market news, and a technical screener (SMA/EMA/RSI/MACD), delivered Telegram-first with a web dashboard. Runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers.

TypeScript Cloudflare Workers D1 KV grammY
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WP Travel Engine

20,000+ active installs

Full-featured travel booking plugin with itinerary management, availability scheduling, and multi-gateway payment support.

PHP React Gutenberg REST API
WP Delicious (Delicious Recipes) logo

WP Delicious (Delicious Recipes)

4,000+ active installs

Recipe management plugin with AI recipe generation, nutrition tracking, meal planning, and Chicory grocery integration.

PHP React AI APIs Gutenberg
PayLexer logo

PayLexer

Middleware connecting WordPress plugins to 27+ payment gateways — including Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and Xendit — with no-code setup, a unified dashboard, and integrations for WooCommerce, WP Travel Engine, and Easy Digital Downloads.

NestJS NextJS PostgreSQL CI/CD

Other Projects

NGS Congress – Registration Add-ons

Custom WooCommerce extension for an academic congress: category-driven delegate registration fields resolved server-side, document uploads with an admin approval workflow, HPOS-safe order meta, CSV export, and a custom-post-type abstract review queue with automated author emails.

PHP WooCommerce OOP Custom Post Types
WP Travel Engine Add-ons logo

WP Travel Engine Add-ons

Premium add-on suite for WP Travel Engine — Paddle payment gateway, partial payments, trip extras, and a React JS admin UI.

PHP React REST API
Delisho – Recipe Widgets & Blocks logo

Delisho – Recipe Widgets & Blocks

Gutenberg block library and widget pack extending WP Delicious with customizable recipe display components.

PHP Gutenberg React

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Open Source

WordPress Core Contributor

Credited on the WordPress 6.8 and 6.9 releases.

Plugin Developer

Maintainer on plugins published to the WordPress.org repository.

Release credits

Verify on WordPress.org
WordPress 6.8 WordPress 6.9

Published plugins

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Education

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

Danfe College · Kathmandu, Nepal

Nov 2018 – Feb 2024

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Writing

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Why I Built a WordPress Plugin That Quarantines Instead of Deleting Database Bloat

Attic audits your WordPress database for orphaned options, ghost cron events, stranded transients, and leftover tables — then quarantines them instead of dropping them, so nothing breaks.

WordPressPHPOpen Source

Why I Built a Real-Time Stock Engine for $0/Month Using Cloudflare Workers

How I used Cloudflare's edge compute, D1, and KV to run a live NEPSE alert engine — Telegram bot, portfolio tracking, and a technical screener — with no servers to maintain and no monthly bill.

CloudflareServerlessTypeScript

Overcoming Rate-Limiting and Cron Restrictions in Serverless Financial Trackers

NEPSE has no public API and doesn't love being polled. Here's how I use Cloudflare Cron Triggers aligned to market hours to fetch data efficiently — without IP blocks or runaway CPU.

CloudflareServerlessCron

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Get In Touch

contact.sh

$ whoami

Bishal Shrestha

$ cat contact_info.json

{ "email": "bishalkumar45657@gmail.com", "location": "Kathmandu, Nepal", "availability": "Open to opportunities" }

$ ./send_message.sh

✓ Ready to connect!

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I'm currently looking for new opportunities. Whether you have a question, want to collaborate, or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out!

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/bishalsthadev

GitHub

github.com/bishalsthadev

WordPress.org

profiles.wordpress.org/rainynewt