Anand Upadhyay is a long-time WordPress contributor and community advocate based in Ajmer, India. Active in the ecosystem since 2010, he has contributed to several Make WordPress teams, including Core, Docs, Community, and Polyglots.
He is the founder of WPVibes, a WordPress plugin development company that builds performance-driven tools for WordPress and WooCommerce users. Anand is also a regular WordCamp speaker and has co-organized the Ajmer WordPress Meetup since founding it in 2017. He is currently lead organizer of the first ever WordCamp Rajasthan, a six-city collaboration bringing the state’s WordPress communities together in Jaipur.
In 2024, he launched the first WordPress Campus Connect event, reaching 400 students across four colleges in Ajmer. The format went on to become a global program officially recognized by the WordPress Foundation, now running on four continents, and Anand serves on its committee. He continues to support and mentor student communities through campus events, student clubs, workshops, and open-source advocacy, and is deeply committed to bringing WordPress education to the next generation of users and contributors.
