Koen Van Den Wijngaert
Solutions Architect Of Online Platforms
Niel, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolKoen Van Den Wijngaert is a solutions architect and seasoned full‑stack engineer with 11 years of experience designing and optimizing online platforms from Belgium. Currently leading platform architecture at Easyfairs while consulting through NEOK IT, he blends hands‑on engineering with strategic infrastructure and DevOps know‑how. A deep generalist shaped by roles from lead engineer to freelance developer, he excels at turning audits and advisory work into pragmatic technical implementations. Koen is an active front‑end contributor to the high‑visibility WordPress Gutenberg project, improving editor UX and fixing core block editor issues. He combines practical product sensibility with a history of community leadership—co‑organizing WordCamp Antwerp and running developer communities. Colleagues rely on him for reliable, user-focused solutions that bridge business goals and clean technical design.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Bachelor, Applied Computer Science, Software Management, Professional Bachelor, Applied Computer Science, Software Management at Karel de Grote-HogeschoolSecundair Onderwijs, Latijn-Wiskunde, Secundair Onderwijs, Latijn-Wiskunde at Sint-Norbertusinstituut Duffel
Dutch, French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
wordpress10
javascript10
front-end-development10
gutenberg10
react10
sc9
scs9
css-selectors6
html6
css6
php6
forms6
jquery6
symfony6
mysql6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 20 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Koen primarily contributes to the WordPress Gutenberg project, focusing on fixing bugs, implementing new features, and improving the user interface. Their work includes addressing file-watching issues, constraining tabbing within the multi-entity save panel, and rebuilding block-specific styles in development mode. They also addressed a template order logic bug, fixed a FSE Navigation sub-menu styling regression, and ensured comments retain their location within paragraphs, showcasing a focus on the user experience and core block editor functionality.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
siteoptimo/woocommerce-hear-about-us
Sep 2014 - Oct 2017
Contributions:9 releases, 35 commits, 1 PR in 3 years
didwordpresswoocommercecheckoutwordpress-plugin
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