I run SoftGlaze as a small studio. I do the development myself and bring in specialists I have worked with for years when a job needs them. Seven years of client work, mostly WordPress, for small businesses in the UK, Europe and Pakistan.
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'work' => 'Plugins, block themes, WooCommerce',
'core' => 'Testing patches since the 7.1 cycle',
'teams' => ['Core', 'Test', 'Themes', 'Meta', 'Polyglots'],
'writes' => 'Test reports with DevTools traces and PHPUnit output',
'open_to' => 'Full-time remote developer roles',
];Translation editor for Urdu, with 1,040 strings translated and 1,037 reviewed. Reachable at azhar@softglaze.com.
Six committed credits in the 7.1 cycle, mostly for patch testing and verification, plus a regression test that shipped in core. Eight test reports across seven tickets, most as first or only tester.
I reported and patched #65802, a function that had been assigning to an undeclared variable since 2024, so both of its hooks quietly did nothing. A committer took ownership of PR #12830 and milestoned it for 7.2.
I moderated a patch test scrub during the 7.1 release cycle, and tested the WordPress Contributor Toolkit release candidates. Three issues I filed were fixed before v1.0 shipped.
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| Warqa | Block theme for writers. theme.json v3, nine templates, dark variation, fonts bundled locally. Accepted with no required changes |
| PDF Invoices for WooCommerce | Invoices, credit notes, packing slips, deposits, client e-signature |
| Maintenance Mode | Three modes, ten templates, scheduled switching, access control |
| Click to Chat | Multiple agents, working-hour schedules, own REST namespace, GDPR export and erase |
| Screen Recorder | Chrome MV3 extension. Capture with a scroll-locked annotation layer |
| Inventory Management | React, Node and Prisma. Browser and Windows desktop from one codebase |
Plus two block patterns on the Pattern Directory. Every premium feature in my plugins is free.
@softglaze on WordPress.org, Trac and Slack · @softglazee here on GitHub