Sybre Waaijer

Member Since: April 22nd, 2014
Location: Netherlands
Website: cyberwire.nl
GitHub: sybrew
Job Title: Full-Stack Web Developer
Employer: CyberWire
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Bio

As an enthusiast in computer sciences I always found it intriguing to get the best out of every single application. With a focus on speed, reliability and a no-room-for error approach I always think a few steps ahead before I start making a function.

Started only in 2014 with WordPress, I saw that I could automate everything, and so I did… One step at a time.

Am I going to be the next big thing in WordPress? Probably not, but it’s sure a lot of fun to try!

P.S. I create my plugins with <3 and I'm a perfectionist :). Please let me know if you've found any issue with any of my plugins! Good luck and thank you in advance!

Interests

Nature, perfectionism, utopianism, monetarism repudiation, fairness in its plainest form.
And uhm, fast browsing 🙂

WordPress Origin Story

I accidentally set up the biggest clan in my country for Diablo 3 when version 2.0 came out, and I needed a website. I rented a small webspace and tried to figure out how it all worked. I found myself bulged in how complex WordPress actually was (3.9) and with so many plugins available, I didn’t know where to start.

Finally with a lot of trial and error I got the hang of it. And I transferred all my hand coded (HTML/CSS2) websites to WordPress with a nice Premium theme.

Then I wanted to make websites for other people, because WordPress is fun!

What I soon discovered is:
1. Every single managed webhost is slow and unreliable.
2. A shared webhosting space is also worthless.
3. Many features I want to use aren’t installed on the servers.
4. To top it all off, everything was super slow.

The reason for this is because PHP5.x is slow by itself and many hosting providers need to support old and outdated software.
Therefore, to improve it, you need your own server and to speed it up you need to cache the PHP with Opcode caching.
Unfortunately that will take up all your server’s memory if you have scores of WordPress installations.

And that’s where a single managed hosting platform came in. One big MultiSite with everything attached. Just one button to update it all. One place to manage it all. And the best thing: only a single file needs to be cached for every website (times 1100). It’s brilliant.

Formerly free for everyone to use with the focus on my own projects and what I need I set up HostMijnPagina.nl

From there I wanted to improve things to my own liking and from there I became a plugin author.
Oh, did I mention I started with PHP in the end of the summer of 2014?

That’s pretty much it, a long road is ahead of me 🙂

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Custom Homepage Title not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @skruffes, Don't edit that in code! I meant for you to paste the URL…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Custom Homepage Title not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hallo! It seems that Google wants you to use the brand name for the homepage…

21 hours ago
Posted a reply to Option to specify og image size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! In v4.0, we rewrote the image fetcher from the ground up to be a…

22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Breadcrumbs URL vs. Website Name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Antonio is right: We seem to have no control over this, and the display of…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Elementor compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Dieter, Are you using Polylang Pro's "Share slugs" feature or the like? We couldn't…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to just a quick question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello and Namaste! To add to Antonio's reply, you also have a static sitemap.xml file…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Automatic title and description in meta for taxonomy pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! Yes, this is possible, but because this feature is in low demand, we have…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin on a custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great to hear, Kris! I'm glad you didn't have to write a custom SEO…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Translatepress integratie, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Les, Omdat TranslatePress het inderdaad anders doet, kunnen wij niet via onze huidige methoden…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to No meta description, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello again! Any post or page that's been modified using a page builder will be…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin on a custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Kris, My apologies for my negligence. v4.0.4 had to go out much sooner than…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Wrong Date in Post URLs in Sitemap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @bradbrownmagic, We just released the update that addresses this issue :) An update for…

6 days ago
Committed [2198025] to Plugins Trac:
The SEO Framework - 4.0.4 tag

6 days ago
Committed [2198020] to Plugins Trac:
The SEO Framework - 4.0.4

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Wrong Date in Post URLs in Sitemap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Brad, I advise against doing that; our patch is already done ;) If you…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Wrong Date in Post URLs in Sitemap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Brad, As we speak, I'm writing a patch for this issue. Some background: WordPress…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to robots settings on custom post type not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Resolved via email. This was an issue of settings that cancel each other out. It…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to New post does not show on sitemap.xml, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again! We deliberately chose not to include translated pages in one sitemap, because when…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to robots settings on custom post type not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! I think it's best to use Google Search Console to test for the indexability…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin on a custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello Kris! In TSF v3.1, we added post type options to the plugin. With those,…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Meta “prefix” and LinkedIn image previews, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello again! I'm glad it's working again :) The prefix on individual properties was never…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Meta “prefix” and LinkedIn image previews, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy! Before you share a post, you may want to test LinkedIn sharing via their…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to No meta description, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! I'm here to affirm Antonio's statement: I'm afraid you'll have to fill in the…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Custom Field Name for Meta Description?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jacobopolavieja Your train of thought is correct when it comes to anything but these…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Field Name for Meta Description?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jacobopolavieja These are the meta keys we use: https://github.com/sybrew/the-seo-framework/blob/4.0.3/inc/classes/post-data.class.php#L168-L183 And yes, _genesis_title is currently…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to @id messed up with local extension, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! The ID looks good to me. It's intentional: it's not a URL, but an…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bulk Noindex For CPT Taxonomy Only, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy! I'm afraid there are no options to direct taxonomies and terms other than for…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to HTML in option description, WP 5.3, Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Bjarne, It looks like something else is interfering with that output--presumably the specialized theme.…

2 weeks ago
Committed [2190229] to Plugins Trac:
The SEO Framework - 4.0.3 tag

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Primary category permalinks for WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy @titsmaker! The latest update (TSF v4.0.3) now contains the fix, and I also fixed…

2 weeks ago
Committed [2190226] to Plugins Trac:
The SEO Framework - 4.0.3

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Safe to use with WordPress 5.3?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Howdy, here's some development info :) WordPress v5.3 is slated for release tomorrow: https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/. The…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 404 issues on NGINX with Version 4.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for sharing that! Here are more findings from other users, who found that…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Featured image issue with Twitter, if above 5mb, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Following up on this issue here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47459

3 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #47459, in Core Trac:
Introduce new a function to retrieve size of files

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to SiteMap Problem, I Have 12k Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! I see you've since switched to another sitemap plugin. That's OK! Please keep in…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Page Title Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much, @seanpearse, for your kind words and review 🥰

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Featured image issue with Twitter, if above 5mb, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again! Thank you for the helpful insights. Yes, when the featured image is used,…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Sitemap 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm glad it worked :) Have a nice day!

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Sitemap 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! I see you have a plugin/theme/snippet active, which redirects plausible 404 pages to /page-not-found/.…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Google not getting the metadata, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi again :) I did some more digging, and you are right. Google is consistently…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Remove Login Designer from Sitemap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! With The SEO Framework, via WP quick-edit, you can apply "noindex" to the page.…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Featured image issue with Twitter, if above 5mb, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! We do not control the size of the images posted via means other than…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Page Title Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @e11studios, I see you've got it resolved since your last reply. Please keep in…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to SEO Framework & Google Console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mark! Those warnings are there when the WordPress installation blocks indexing. If you go…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Page Title Not Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @e11studios, I browsed your website, and I couldn't find any title-related issues on your…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to New Robots Meta Tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for the report! You have a keen eye ;) I just tested the…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Primary category permalinks for WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you! I'm glad it worked as intended. The filter won't conflict with what we're…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Primary category permalinks for WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! Thank you for the report. I opened a GitHub issue on this: https://github.com/sybrew/the-seo-framework/issues/484 The…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Structured Data still a Premium feature ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello! We pioneered the feature in 2017 (the comment is from February 17, 2017!), and…

4 weeks ago