Marco Chiesi
Head Of WordPress at Hostinger
L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
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Top SchoolMarco Chiesi is a seasoned software engineer and Head of WordPress at Hostinger, bringing over two decades in the web industry and 13 years of focused professional experience delivering large-scale WordPress solutions. He leads teams that support a hosting product with 2+ million WordPress installations, blending hands-on plugin and infrastructure work with product and project leadership. A prolific open-source contributor and community organizer, he authored plugins with 10+ million downloads, speaks regularly at WordCamps including WordCamp Europe, and serves as a WordPress Core Contributor and Translation Editor. His background spans roles from sysadmin to tech lead and Head of Technology, giving him deep expertise in performance optimization, security hardening, migrations, and custom integrations. Notably, his early work includes widely distributed freeware (a billiards game) and a custom CMS, reflecting an unusual mix of consumer-facing product success and enterprise-grade hosting operations. Based in L'Aquila, Italy, he pairs continuous learning and curiosity with a track record of turning complex WordPress requirements into reliable, scalable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaProfessional Diploma Electrical Engineering, Professional Diploma Electrical Engineering at ITIS C. Cattaneo
Italian, English, French
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Github Skills (97)
woocommerce10
wordpress10
php10
wordpress-plugin10
mouse9
tinymce9
ecommerce9
qbcore-framework9
commerce9
shopping-cart9
ninja-forms9
reservation-system9
keyboard8
wordpress-media8
password-manager8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
black-studio/black-studio-touch-dropdown-menu
Aug 2012 - Jul 2022
Black Studio Touch Dropdown Menu for WordPress
Contributions:31 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 9 years 11 months
oecd-opsi/opsi
Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
Custom theme for OPSI website
Contributions:1 PR, 71 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 11 months
opsicustom-theme
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