Yakir Sitbon
Co-Founder & Chief Architect at Elementor
Israel
Summary
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RockstarYakir Sitbon is a seasoned web engineer and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience, currently serving as Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Elementor. He combines product-first leadership with hands-on front-end and back-end development, contributing directly to flagship open-source themes like elementor/hello-theme and plugin improvements for Easy Digital Downloads. Based in Israel, Yakir has a proven track record of shipping polished UI and theming solutions while also refining backend code quality and standards. His background founding Pojo.me and early web development at ARYO Digital reflects both startup grit and long-term product stewardship. Notably, he stays close to the codebase—often fixing styling, dependency issues and PHPDoc details himself—bringing practical craftsmanship to high-level architecture.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (20)
elementor10
ecommerce10
plugin-development10
wordpress10
css10
php10
front-end-development10
ed2551910
theme-development10
wordpress-themes9
sc9
software-quality9
scs9
wp-theme9
debugging8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elementor/hello-theme
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
A plain-vanilla theme, best suited for building your site using Elementor plugin. This theme resets the environment and prepares it for smooth operation of Elementor.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 35 reviews, 136 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Yakir primarily worked on the theme's front-end aspects, modifying the stylesheet and adding functionality to the theme. They added CSS files, fixed styling issues, and updated the theme's version information. The user's commits indicate a focus on the visual presentation and user interface of the Elementor-based theme.
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elementor/hello-theme-child
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Yakir primarily focused on maintaining and updating the child theme's styling and configuration. They modified the `style.css` file to adjust theme descriptions, tags, and fix whitespace issues. Additionally, the user updated the `functions.php` file to correct the dependency stylesheet, ensuring proper theme functionality. These changes indicate a focus on theming and potentially minor UI adjustments.
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