Mustafa Uysal
Owner at WP Handle
Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolMustafa Uysal is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building web platforms and plugins, currently running WP Handle from Türkiye. He has shipped backend-focused work for high-profile open-source projects like 10up's ElasticPress, improving search, localization, CLI tooling and WooCommerce compatibility for WordPress at scale. His career blends hands-on development and architecture roles across startups and product teams, including senior engineering at 10up and founding SKOP. Mustafa pairs practical WordPress expertise with a developer-first mindset—his GitHub bio’s tongue-in-cheek “exploding repositories, breaking builds” hints at a willingness to experiment and drive bold change. Trained in Computer Education and Instructional Technology, he brings both technical depth and a user-centered perspective to product engineering.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Bachelor's degree, Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Sakarya University
Turkish, English, German
Github Skills (13)
wordpress10
elasticsearchquery10
elasticsearch10
php10
api10
aws-elasticsearch10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
elasticsearch-api10
amazon-elasticsearch10
searching9
cli9
woocommerce8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
10up/ElasticPress
Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 12 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Mustafa primarily contributed to the backend of the ElasticPress plugin, focusing on improving search functionality within WordPress. Their work included fixing localization issues, modifying API behavior, deprecating functions, and implementing command-line interface (CLI) features for overriding host and prefix settings. They also addressed compatibility issues related to user mappings and WooCommerce integration, reflecting their involvement in core plugin features.
queryintranetquery-enginewp-querywordpress-api
HandyPlugins/simply-disable-comments
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
This plugin simply removes the commenting feature on your WordPress. Visit https://handyplugins.co for more plugins and tools.
Contributions:4 releases, 13 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 year 11 months
commentingcommentsspamwordpress
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