George Stephanis – @georgestephanis

Member Since: September 21st, 2010
Location: Lancaster, PA
Website: georgestephanis.wordpress.com
GitHub: georgestephanis
Job Title: Jetpack Archivist
Employer: Automattic
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Interests

CSS, HTML, jQuery, stuff.

WordPress Origin Story

When working as a novice coder, George was bit by a mutated codebase, and got infected by the GPL.

Contribution History

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Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Plugin Developer
WordCamp Organizer
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Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
yup! It's set for that request, but not persistent for subsequent requests.

6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We'd considered adding a "copy" button but saw it as an optional future enhancement. If…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yup! As noted, Application passwords can be used with or without the spaces — if…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.6 will finally see the introduction of a new system for making authenticated requests…

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #51602, in Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Include siteurl in return data from auth flow.

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51580, in Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Accessibility Improvements

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Autoselect parent product category when child product category is selected, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, some of the classes used in my gist (from seven years ago, wow) may…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #51489, in Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Add some additional explanation for Multisite ...

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Worth noting that this has been addressed now.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yup! I've already been discussing precisely this topic with @timothyblynjacobs over DM's (oops) on the…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #3403, in bbPress Trac:
Support the Gutenberg Block Editor.

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A font enqueue API for WP core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This makes sense to me in principle -- it's like saying "Now you can run…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's one of the first things that @timothyblynjacobs and I were discussing earlier this week.…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd be delighted for a more in-depth discussion to address these concerns later, just trying…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I also don't want to let perfect be the enemy of good, and if for…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Funnily enough, application-passwords was initially written as a part of the two-factor feature plugin --…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm just in favor of consistency, whichever direction that goes. Also may be worth offering…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh, and /by the way/ for a Steve Jobs-esque "one more thing" -- application passwords…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Already being discussed! Here's a bit more for context: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/540#issuecomment-696175888 I'm somewhat torn on it,…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Problem statement: no way to authenticate third-party access to REST API Ever since the REST…

2 months ago
Committed [2354794] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Release 2.1.4

4 months ago
Committed [2354704] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Tag 2.1.4 release (not yet live)

4 months ago
Committed [2354701] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress 2.1.4: Handle file deletions.

4 months ago
Committed [2354699] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: 2.1.4: Handle file additions and changes. File deletions ...

4 months ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And yes -- if you have a low-traffic site that I can investigate and attempt…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much -- I'm also tracking this issue here on GitHub: https://github.com/Automattic/vaultpress/issues/104 And --…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report -- we've temporarily disabled the 2.1.3 upgrade until we can sort…

4 months ago
Committed [2354175] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Temporarily roll back to 2.1.1

4 months ago
Committed [2354135] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Release 2.1.3

4 months ago
Committed [2354124] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Minor correction around version number and changelog.

4 months ago
Committed [2353344] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Tag 2.1.3 so we're not glitching by changing data in prior ...

4 months ago
Committed [2353342] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Include new change from ...

4 months ago
Committed [2353273] to Plugins Trac:
VaultPress: Tag 2.1.2 release.

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
some discussion on the topic: Initial proposal: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/12/03/domains-urls-and-ssl-on-wordcamp-org/ A wild conflict appears: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/12/18/while-working-on-the-new-url-structure-project/ Why it…

9 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49198, in Core Trac:
Blink: Intent to Deprecate + Freeze `navigator.userAgent`

11 months ago
Created a new ticket, #49005, in Core Trac:
Documentation: WP_HTTP timeout is a float, not an int.

12 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 7.3 compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hrm, looks like it's been hitting a number of frameworks. Laravel was whammied by it…

12 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Plugin creating multiple sessions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure. It can probably be voided, tbh, I think the code may predate…

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Lancaster, PA, USA 2019

2 years ago
Posted a reply to The Generated Password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can also run it as curl -u username:password and curl will build the auth…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Application limit by week / month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hrm. I'd suggest a new usermeta key indexed by app password hash, that increments on…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Not working on iOS Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Interesting -- my advice would be to try debugging it via Safari on the PC…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Guidelines for Speaker Thank Yous, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
There’s been a wide variety of speaker gifts in the past — everything from hoodies…

3 years ago
Wrote a new post, Call for Volunteers, on the site WordCamp Lancaster 2018:
Blurb with information for potential volunteers. [contact-form to="lancasterpa@wordcamp.org" subject="WordCamp Volunteer Application"] [contact-field label="Name" type="text" required="1"…

3 years ago
Wrote a new post, Speakers + Tickets, on the site WordCamp Lancaster 2018:
It's that time again! Ticket sales are now open, and we're delighted to announce our…

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Domain Mapping Connect Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy howdy! So the resolution (I believe) was that they updated the plugin from WPMUDEV…

3 years ago
Created a topic, A solid step forward, actively in development., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Gutenberg is a significant change, and may offer some …

3 years ago
Posted a reply to Hi Jetpack! All Systems go, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy, @evansline9 && @marclouis! I've confirmed with some folks that the "dreaded Hi Jetpack! All…

3 years ago
Wrote a new post, Call for Speakers, on the site WordCamp Lancaster 2018:
We'd love to have you pitch a talk for WordCamp Lancaster 2018! The application deadline…

3 years ago