Contributors to the platform that powers 43% of the web
Our relationship with WordPress started in 2010. It's been our bread and butter, our proving ground, and our community ever since. Contributing back to it isn't an obligation - it's something we genuinely want to do.
Our core contributions:
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16/21 of our team member have Core contributor badges.
Beyond core code, we contribute to the Polyglots team and have published six free plugins on WordPress.org. We also write about WordPress - on our own blog, on Medium, and across platforms - to share what we know with the wider community.
We contribute across 9 teams - Core,Community, Design, Documentation, Photos, Plugin Review, Polyglots, Support and Test Teams.
Awsm Innovations - Top 5 in the WP Sponsored Contributors list in 2022.
Sarath won both prizes at the WordPress Photo Festival 2024 - the top five photos and the top three photo contributors.
Aravind Ajith was a mentor at Second Cohort (2024 Q1) of the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program
Jyolsna J E also made it to the Release Cohort of WP 6.4.
Suji K Chandran won the Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) 2025 Contributor Cohort.
Verified WordPress Core Contributor
We don't just build on WordPress. We write about it, talk about it, and share what we learn
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We've pledged nearly half our team to WordPress
Awsm Innovations has been an active contributor to the Five for the Future initiative, with 17 team members dedicating a combined 22 hours per week across 9 teams. Our monthly WP Hackathons, held every first Thursday, brought the team together to contribute to WordPress. In recognition of these efforts, Awsm ranked among the Top 5 WordPress Sponsored Contributors in 2022.
We show up. Every time
We show up. Every time
Our first WordCamp was Mumbai 2017. We were hooked. Since then, we've sponsored, co-organised, and volunteered at WordCamps across India and Sri Lanka.
Our WordCamp history:
- Sponsored WordCamp Kochi 2017 - the first WordCamp in South India
- Attended WordCamp Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Aravind Ajith co-organised WordCamp Kochi 2018
- Active members and organisers of WordPress Thiruvananthapuram - the local meetup group
We host, co-organise, and sponsor Thiruvananthapuram meetups regularly. The local WordPress community is thriving and we intend to keep it that way.
Organized and sponsored every edition of WordCamp Kerala/WordCamp Kochi
| Year | WordCamps |
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| 2017 | Attended WC Mumbai, organized WC Kochi. |
| 2018 | Attended WC Colombo, organized & sponsored WC Kochi. |
| 2019 | Sponsored WC Kochi. |
| 2021 | WordCamp India Online Co-Organizer. |
| 2023 | Attended WC Asia, WordCamp Bengaluru, Co-organizer & sponsor of WordCamp Kerala, and sponsored WordCamp Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram meetup. |
| 2024 | Attended WC Asia and WordCamp Bengaluru, co-organized & sponsored WordCamp Kerala, and sponsored WordCamp Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram meetup. |
| 2025 | Selected as media partner of WC Asia, organized & sponsored WC Kerala, sponsored Youth Camp Kozhikode. |
| 2026 | Attended as Media partner of WC Asia. |
Technology is more useful when it's shared
We provide free IT services to local NGOs and schools for children with special needs. We sponsor study materials and sanitary supplies for underprivileged girls.
We make monetary contributions to support poor homes in our community. We support Hope Community Village financially and with learning materials.
We donate to the WordPress Foundation because the software that built our business deserves our continued support. We also donate to Big Orange Heart and PHP Foundation.
We participate in Online Charity Hackathons including do_action Karnataka, do_action India and #WPGivesAHand. We share WordPress knowledge freely through WP-CONTENT.CO
We don't talk about this much. We just do it.
Products built for everyone
Six plugins developed by our team are available as free downloads on WordPress.org. WP Job Openings — now evolving as HireZoot — started as a free plugin and grew into a product used by thousands of companies globally to manage their hiring.
We believe useful tools should be accessible. Open source is not a strategy for us. It's a value.
Five plugins developed by our team are available as free downloads on WordPress.org. WP Job Openings — now evolving as HireZoot — started as a free plugin and grew into a product used by thousands of companies globally to manage their hiring.
We believe useful tools should be accessible. Open source is not a strategy for us. It's a value.
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