Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
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- WordCamp Speaker
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Committed [2438519] to Plugins Trac:
Create wp-geo-search plugin directory5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Setting var of current post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, because at that point in the code, you're not specifying a post to get…5 days ago
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Committed [2437686] to Plugins Trac:
First version of the importer1 week ago
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Posted a reply to “hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major release of WP” warning message., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to have a readme.txt in the actual stable version. You don't have one…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Registering with TutaNota email address, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If a domain is blocked, then it's usually because we got a lot of spam…2 weeks ago
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Committed [2431017] to Plugins Trac:
Create fyndiq-connect plugin directory2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Logging, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ifrahrizwan We cannot send you such a link. You are confused here. We make the…2 weeks ago
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Committed [2428764] to Plugins Trac:
Create seo-friendly-urls-for-woocommerce plugin directory3 weeks ago
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Committed [2428763] to Plugins Trac:
Create brosix-live-chat plugin directory3 weeks ago
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Committed [2428762] to Plugins Trac:
Create gtg-product-blocks plugin directory3 weeks ago
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Committed [2428761] to Plugins Trac:
Create guardgiant plugin directory3 weeks ago
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Committed [2420347] to Plugins Trac:
Update to 0.2, fix URL to new one.1 month ago
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Closed ticket #51775, in Core Trac:
The optional module, imagick, is not installed, or has been disabled.1 month ago
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Closed ticket #51739, in Core Trac:
Randomize Header Images aren't actually random1 month ago
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Posted a reply to result sum in maximum 2 digits, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@fwtrader Subscribing = send you emails. That's all it does. Turning off the subscription =…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to SVN commit fails due to password containing a special symbol, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Don't include the password on the command line, simply type it in directly in interactive…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5.3 Release – Some Technical Details, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Knut, I get what you're saying here, but the problem was recognized, fixed, diagnosed, and…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to email address theft, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If this is happening in a plugin hosted here, please email plugins@wordpress.org with details of…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to All Links Automatically Turned Into DoFollow From NoFollow, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does it happen with a different theme? Standard debug procedures apply, see if a plugin…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5.3 Release – Some Technical Details, on the site Make WordPress Core:
"Guessed" and "hack" are probably too strong of words to use there. The process of…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to you need a higher level of permission. sorry you are not allowed to edit this it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your roles might be messed up. There's a plugin to reset the roles which might…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is there a limit to how many roles?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, WordPress will not scale to that many roles. So I can just tell you…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5.3 Release – Some Technical Details, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No, this would not have made any such changes to your database or anything else.…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.5.3 Release – Some Technical Details, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is actually a feature of the updater and a result of an incorrect attempt…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to can’t stand the new “create new post”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not sure what specific issues you're having, but you can just paste in your code…2 months ago
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Committed [2405207] to Plugins Trac:
rm utm tags from wordpress.org link2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Word-Press inside a domain name, is it legit?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is not. Please don't use trademarked terms in your domain names. See here: https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/2 months ago
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Posted a reply to date_default_timezone_set(‘Europe/Istanbul’); kritik hata uyarısı, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Short version: Don't do that. WordPress needs the default timezone set to UTC time. It…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Automatically inserted HTML comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those comments are used to define the blocks in the block editor. They will not…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to automatic update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress.org has the ability to turn on auto-updates for security issues in plugins. Has since…2 months ago
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Committed [2402003] to Plugins Trac:
Fix incorrectly uploaded SVN entries. Move all files to trunk, fix ...2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Important Questions Regarding WordPress Plugins Active Installs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Of course we can check whether requests are fake or not. It's really obvious too.…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Password changes all of a sudden after “Your session has expired”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure. Dunno why they would, but technically yes. Anything changing the password out from under…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Including a http as text in an SSL WP site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any plugins intended to make the site "ssl"? Some of these do…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Important Questions Regarding WordPress Plugins Active Installs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
1. No. We exclude a lot of "temporary" sites, including localhost type installs. 2. No.…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Sure, ping me.2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Adding color icons doesn't break the pattern. Plugins have been adding icons there for years,…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
Because this is overreach by the theme team. The team is empowered to make decisions…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New Admin Menu Page Requirement, on the site Make WordPress Themes:
> Use only monochromatic icons. When did this discussion happen, exactly? I'm not okay with…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Usability issues in WP 5.5.1 Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
🙂2 months ago
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