Niels Lange – @nielslange

Member Since: October 1st, 2015
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Website: nielslange.com
Job Title: Happiness Engineer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

Niels works as a Happiness Engineer for Automattic where he provides support for WordPress.com customers. Outside work he organises WordCamps and WordPress Meetups both in Europe and Asia.

After his study in computer science in Germany, he moved to the Netherlands, where he worked for several companies as a web developer and a business analyst. Since mid-2014 he’s been travelling through South-East Asia where he fights bugs between palm trees and rice fields.

WordPress Origin Story

First contact with WordPress 2.0 in 2005. After years of abstinence rediscovered WordPress 4.0 in 2014. Since then 100% committed to serving clients with custom-built websites as well as to contribute to the global WordPress community. Translation contributor since the first quarter of 2015 and plugin contributor since the second quarter of 2015. Also since 2015, he’s a WordCamp Organiser, WordCamp Speaker and WordPress.tv Contributor. In 2017 he got hired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, and in 2018 he became a Core Contributor.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Committed [2396499] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 2.6 from GitHub

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Is the PHP code available to add to my theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds good, @keved. Let me know if it works as expected. 😀

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Need help on XI Portfolio(Free version), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @djcerbero 👋 I just released a new version of this plugin which includes support…

2 months ago
Committed [2394888] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.13 from GitHub

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Removing cart from mobile view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're very welcome, @wpjakarta.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd vote for one due to flexibility reasons.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Is this something we could cover with FSE? And if so, when? Otherwise, I’d ass…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Should the theme include a footer menu location? Is this something we could cover with…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Twenty Twenty-One Chat Agenda: 5 October 2020, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@melchoyce Can we add the following topic to the agenda: Discuss expected behavior of alignments?…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Removing cart from mobile view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @wpjakarta, That's a good question. The first code (the CSS-based approach) simply hides the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Need help on XI Portfolio(Free version), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @djcerbero, Thanks for reaching out. I'll update the plugin immediately and will let you…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Is the PHP code available to add to my theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @keved 👋 I haven't received a reply from you so far, thus, I assume…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Verification Code Visible Above Header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @truefaith7, I'm glad to hear that. The problem might have been caused by a…

2 months ago
Committed [2386435] to Plugins Trac:
Update icons

2 months ago
Committed [2386434] to Plugins Trac:
Update icons

2 months ago
Committed [2386422] to Plugins Trac:
Add icon-128x128.jpg and icon-256x256.jpg

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to update amount in cart a second time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jonathanmm and @asimbhuta I looked up this problem and I'm currently unable to reproduce this…

3 months ago
Committed [2380382] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.19 from GitHub

3 months ago
Committed [2380381] to Plugins Trac:
Replace plugin icon

3 months ago
Committed [2380375] to Plugins Trac:
Replace plugin icon

3 months ago
Committed [2380371] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.18 from GitHub

3 months ago
Posted a reply to suggust features, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @travelavenger, Thanks for your feedback. Would you mind clarifying what exactly you have in…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Is the PHP code available to add to my theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @keved, Thanks for reaching out. I see that your current theme is using a…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working with Osmosis theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @drapastella, I haven't heard back from you in a while, so I'm going to…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Cannot change qty after updating the cart, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @asimbhuta, Thanks for reporting this problem. This might be related to the recent WordPress…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Remove Comments Area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should also be able to remove the comment's area by disabling the comment's functionality…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Change Date Text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm glad to hear that. I'm closing this threat for now, but feel free to…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Removing cart from mobile view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @theprimenterprise, Since Storefront 2.0, the Cart icon is shown in the so-called handheld navigation…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Storefront Menu Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @nixexs, This forum only support for the WooCommerce plugin only. Please report your problem…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Removing search box and adding a new one, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @whflive, You can remove the header search box by adding ton following code snippet…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to how to add vendor number to side bar on single product page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @nazmussakib56, To show the vendor information in the sidebar, you could use our WooCommerce…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Action Scheduler problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @toniface, The scheduled action inpsyde_phone-home_checkin is triggered by the BackWPup - WordPress Backup plugin.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Your session has expired, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @dencyclopedia, What extension are you using to handle the Stripe payments? Could you please…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Variable product, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @stickerbazaar This sounds like a problem with the current theme that you are using.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Trigger Email notification on Custom status change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @tayssirch, The actions woocommerce_order_status_pending_to_processing_notification and woocommerce_order_status_failed_to_processing_notification are correct for existing orders. However, the code…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to geolocation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @mushlih, When the geolocation option is not working as expected, that means that it’s…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to No Primary Password found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @khnaz35, Where do you see the “No Primary Password found” message? Please post a…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @espacioes, I just created a testing site using the latest version of WordPress, the…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Product layout issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @zahra01927, It seems that you're using the Flatsome theme. Please note that this forum…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to react and woocommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @licoreo, This is a fairly complex development topic. I’m going to leave it open…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Remove “View Cart” after product added to cart, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @emilyrfa, I'm not how to reproduce this case on my testing site. I installed…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Need Help – Finding right add-on, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @accountablevalue, While the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension allows you to sell subscriptions, e.g. with monthly…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to 504 Gateway timeout woocommerce issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm glad to hear this, @isoshops. I'll mark this threat as closed, but feel to…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Creating borders/frames around product images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @tomitech, as described on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/box-sizing. Instead of box-sizing you need the CSS property border.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to 504 Gateway timeout woocommerce issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @isoshops, There are various reasons, why an error 504 is cause. The following two…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to Change the default selected payment gateway, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In this case, you can try to add the custom code as seen on https://stackoverflow.com/a/50245611…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to Change the default selected payment gateway, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @hotshapers85, You can define the default payment gateway by moving it to the top…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to string(2) “hi” – additional information tab, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @jerzytj, This string is not part of the WooCommerce plugin itself and looks like…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How can i disable the preloader/spinner on WooCommerce Checkout page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @haidermaa, The preloader/spinner on WooCommerce checkout page can be removed using the following CSS…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Problemas de WPO graves por tema wc-ajax=get_refreshed_fragments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello @izquierdocreativo, As we only offer English support in this forum, I translated your message…

3 months ago