Francesco Di Candia (@francescodicandia) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a partner at ADVision Agency, a communication agency based in southern Puglia, where I lead digital strategy and WordPress development for brands committed to quality and storytelling. Over the years, my work has evolved beyond websites, I now help organizations build sustainable digital cultures, starting with internal communication and knowledge sharing.

I’ve been an active member of the WordPress community since 2013, contributing as a translator, meetup organizer, WordCamp speaker, and support volunteer. I’ve helped organize WordCamps across Italy and Europe, and I’m currently one of the three Global Leads for WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków.

I’m also one of the founding leads of WordPress Credits, the WordPress Foundation’s initiative to connect university students with real-world open source contribution. In this role, I oversee mentorship, program structure, and partnerships with academic institutions, helping students turn academic work into meaningful impact within the WordPress ecosystem.

I believe in open source not just as a technology, but as a community practice, one that thrives when we invest in people, not just code.

Interests

WordPress
Reading

Badges

CODE

1 badge

Plugin Developer

COMMUNITY

4 badges

Community Team '22 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19

PRACTICE

3 badges

C Credits Mentor '25 Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '16

Current Job

CEO

Present

fabbrica42

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

8contributions

high1

medium7

score10

Last 90 days

39contributions

high26

medium13

score91

Last 12 months

114contributions

high86

medium28

score286

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Time commitment

36 hours per week

Contributions

Type

October 2026

Oct 06 Tue · 03:02

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post How can we make the most of a WordCamp, Campus Connect, or WordPress Event website after the event ends?, on the site Make WordPress Community:
thank you @lidarroy, your ideas provide solutions to a number of issues that always crop…

September 2026

Sep 29 Tue · 16:14

GitHub med

Created issue #229 in the WordPress/WPCredits repository:
[Data]: Wrong infos about a student on my mentor dashboard

Sep 25 Fri · 09:50

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Indentifying WPCC Participants through WordPress.org Profiles, on the site Make WordPress Community:
@desrosj your proposal is extremely interesting and important, in my experience as an admin and…

Sep 24 Thu · 06:50

GitHub med

Closed issue #218 on the WordPress/WPCredits repository:
[Email]: f***@gmail.com

Sep 23 Wed · 14:28

GitHub med

Created issue #218 in the WordPress/WPCredits repository:
[Email]: f***@gmail.com

Sep 23 Wed · 09:46

GitHub med

Closed issue #181 on the WordPress/WPCredits repository:
Create a new communications package for universities, sponsors and other interested institutions

Sep 14 Mon · 13:38

GitHub high

Merged pull request #197 into WordPress/WPCredits:
Remove Artera from sponsors strip

Sep 14 Mon · 13:36

GitHub med

Submitted pull request #197 to WordPress/WPCredits:
Remove Artera from sponsors strip

Sep 07 Mon · 08:17

GitHub high

Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WPCredits:
Add Artera sponsor logo to index.html and template

Sep 07 Mon · 06:53

Meta high

Updated the handbook page WordPress Credits: Contribution Program for Students on Make WordPress.