Michael Panaga
Senior Developer at WebDevStudios
Pasay, Philippines
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Panaga is a senior developer and entrepreneurial technologist with ~7–10 years of remote web and mobile experience, currently splitting hands-on roles at WPForms and WebDevStudios while founding his own startup, HelpeeApp. He spans full-stack work from WordPress plugin development and Next.js/GraphQL authentication to Android and Swift, and has contributed front-end accessibility and UI fixes to the high-profile Gutenberg editor. Comfortable owning infrastructure as well as application code, he has integrated AWS services and managed server operations for production web apps. Michael emphasizes solving product problems rather than just shipping code, and brings a maker’s mindset—balancing development with marketing and community-building—to grow a globally ambitious solo-led company.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Mapua Institute of TechnologyTrinity University of Asia
Github Skills (19)
accessibility10
javascript10
wordpress10
authentication10
user-authentication10
nextjs10
next-auth10
wpgraphql10
front-end-development10
tailwindcss10
wordpress-graphql10
gutenberg10
graphql10
react10
auth10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WebDevStudios/nextjs-wordpress-starter
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
A headless starter for WordPress powered by Next.js.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 92 commits, 11 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael's primary contribution involves implementing user authentication features within the Next.js and WordPress environment. This includes creating login, registration, and profile pages using NextAuth.js for authentication and integrating with a WordPress backend using GraphQL. The user also updated the application to handle refreshing expired authentication tokens, ensuring a seamless user experience. Furthermore, the user made changes to the comment form to support logged-in and guest users.
next-jstailwindcsswp-graphqlheadlessjotai
WordPress/gutenberg
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
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:12 commits, 10 PRs, 22 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on improving the user interface and accessibility of the Gutenberg block editor. Their contributions involved fixing bugs related to the display of content within the editor, specifically addressing issues with the Classic Editor inside inner blocks. They also updated the image block by modifying the link settings and hiding certain attributes for enhanced accessibility. Additionally, the user worked on refining SVG icons and updating media links when images are replaced.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
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