Tony G

Member Since: January 23rd, 2006
Location: USA
Job Title: Owner, Developer, Consultant, Mr Fixit
Employer: Nebula Research and Development
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Bio

I originally created this WP.org account in 2006 with the pseudonym Starbuck, which I use around the internet, along with CaptainStarbuck. Now that I’m doing a lot more work with WordPress in a serious business capacity, I figured it’s time to put my real name onto my posts.

I’m not actually a “web developer”. I’m a small business owner and developer of communications and business software, and I just happen to use WP in my toolkit.

Interests

C# and all .NET, Java, WordPress, communications, programming languages, natural languages, mobile apps, IoT, bots, AI. Anything creative and fun. I love to create new businesses. I’m a QA maniac and big on documentation. I love to see things work and help businesses to modernize and get more profitable with the help of technology.

WordPress Origin Story

Originally to me WP was just a blog of course. As I started looking to integrate forum software, wiki, and other applications I came to find in the last few years that it’s now a full CMS. I tried Drupal, ModX, and a couple others but never felt quite comfortable. With WP I feel at home. So now every time I get an idea for a website I slap up a new subdomain for testing and load up a new instance of WP. I’ve become a member of WPMU DEV and participate in a number of WP communities. I’ve also started to contribute code fixes and enhancements to common plugins, I have plugins of my own just for my sites, and I provide whatever support I can to fellow plugin users. I try to give back and pay-forward whenever possible for all of this great freeware. It’s an evolution. It feels good.

Contribution History

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Posted a reply to Suggestion for testing Customizer/widget changes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sincere thanks for your time and words. Closing.

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Suggestion for testing Customizer/widget changes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've read your warning and understand the purpose of t…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Follow-up: Check Show Excerpt and set the Max length of Excerpt to 200. Assume we…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm using the approach to use an excerpt if it exists,…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Create posts, count is ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When creating posts, in setting only the first Quantit…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Create terms, size is ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Generate tags with Name Size 3-12. The Names and slugs…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not working with current version and it doesn't look l…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Compatibility Checker Error Messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I presented this issue to the folks at WPMU DEV, where I am a very…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP Compatibility Checker Error Messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't like to jump on a bandwagon, but feel a need to add a…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a vote of confidence to the developers of this PHP Compatibility Checker plugin.…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to error emails when posting new post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same error here. With no update to this plugin in 3 years I think it's…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg missing Search & Replace, etc., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For anyone else looking at this- I just did an extensive search to see if…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg missing Search & Replace, etc., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just came to this thread, Googling to address this same challenge. @macmanx You seem…

1 year ago
Created a topic, I install this plugin on every site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This one plugin has SO many shortcodes that are VERY h…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Getting details, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the close brace on line 8 valid?

1 year ago
Created a new ticket, #47933, in Core Trac:
Gutenberg incorrect paste of list text into list block

1 year ago
Created a topic, HTML is removed from email text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm a brand new user here, trying this plugin for the …

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Issues Solving 404 re: apple-touch-icons, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After reading this I think I need to go back and unban all of the…

2 years ago
Created a topic, New page fields obscured by admin notifications, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Create a new page, as admininistrator with some number…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Request: Auto-Search Geolocation API for Map, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On the Search page, the map displays the location base…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Google Maps API tokens?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Google Maps API setting only displays with Debug=true. I added my token and the…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Are wp.org databases public domain?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Kind thanks to the two of you. @jdembowski - I'm glad you agree that the…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Google Maps API tokens?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Now that Google Maps requires an API token, how do we …

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Request: Log filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I will install drop-in-admin.php very soon and comment on it here. Thanks!!!!!

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Request: Log filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You referenced the DataTables plugin for jQuery. What do you think about adding a box…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Request: Log filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I will try to clarify my notes above... I'm learning more about the Search In…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Are wp.org databases public domain?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Whenever I come to this site to search for plugins or …

2 years ago
Created a topic, Where does data come from?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I haven't installed this plugin yet - I'm just curious…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Request: Log filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@tokkonopapa - I'm sorry I missed your prompt response. Sincere thanks as always! I am…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Can’t be better, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When we load a plugin, we need stability, quality, res…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Request: Log filtering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It would really help to have checkboxes on the Log pag…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Widget Logic plugin conflict?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We don't really need to clone widgets, we can have two widgets using shortcodes to…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Layout Builder: Nav Menu in widgets not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since it looks like this theme is no longer supported,…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Rename: “GTIN> EAN”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, looking forward to 0.2.0 going production. I'm tempted to download from the repo but…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Loopback requests taking too long with no plugins installed at all, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This was helpful. I have an installation behind a .htpasswd challenge so it's no surprise…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Another ‘How is this used?’ question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've had this installed for a couple months. My intent…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Still: login page it shows the ERROR: Please solve Captcha correctly.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same issue as closed/unsolved topic: https://wordpress…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Child Theme like Layout Builder?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I like SG Window for its versatility. I've been using …

3 years ago
Created a topic, Very versatile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use this theme a lot. It allows for blocks within bl…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Error in admin dashboard tip, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@zhuyi - after discussion with the other developer, it was recommended that handlers for the_content…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Link buttons not working in Customizer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I provided a plugin that adds a button for shortcode insertion. WooCommerce is another.…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Incorrect hook_list table name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My attempt at a fix is below, maybe someone else can try it. It's intentionally…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Error in admin dashboard tip, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@zhuyi - Xièxiè - This seems to be an error with the other plugin calling…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Incorrect hook_list table name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ref: debug-objects.php in __construct() self::$table …

3 years ago
Created a topic, So happy I could almost cry, saved so much time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a new site with a lot of new plugins, pages, an…

3 years ago
Created a topic, No SFTP support. Uninstalling, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since it doesn't support SFTP yet, it simply won't wor…

3 years ago
Created a topic, No indication of failure during initial tests, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I know FTP is the only option available, and before co…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Can we Skip FTP? I don’t need it., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I need SFTP too. I see from other threads that it's no…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Errors in dashboard on install, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Enjoy! :) Deprecated: Methods with the same name as t…

3 years ago
Created a topic, Error in admin dashboard tip, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm using a plugin to add widget/tips to the admin das…

3 years ago