Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- GitHub: Otto42
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team Plugin Review Team
- Security Team Security Team
- Support Contributor Support Contributor
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- Theme Review Team Theme Review Team
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- Translation Editor Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to Moderator needed. My WordPress experience., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello. So, here's the thing: Everything on this site is free. The themes, the plugins,…5 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Modify WP Rest API V2 responses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Post contents do contain HTML. They're not just text. If you want to remove the…6 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Change website, theme and primary domain with a one-domain hosting plan, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, multisite is not your answer for the problem here. I don't know SiteGround well,…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Change website, theme and primary domain with a one-domain hosting plan, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You seem confused. You don't need a new "wp.org account" for anything, ever. Your wordpress.org…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to keeping all the newest posts at one page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@deheugden it seems clear here that nobody understands what the heck you are talking about.…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to add target”_blank” to PHP code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@laurafallofman Correct. That is an anti-pattern. You want to not do that. Users have the…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to add target”_blank” to PHP code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should not use target blank links by default, this is anti-user and an anti-pattern.1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin Stats: ACTIVE VERSIONS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
"Active installations: Fewer than 10" The Active Versions does not count any version with less…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Regarding JSON user list API “Non-vulnerability”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress has not used "admin" as a default username for 7+ years now. Some documentation…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Admin Login issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Look at the database again. What is in the "charset" setting in the options table?…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to wp_debug not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why do you define it to true and then redefine the same thing to false?2 weeks ago
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Committed [2243811] to Plugins Trac:
Fix file naming issues with incorrect capitalization2 weeks ago
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Committed [2243807] to Plugins Trac:
rm incorrect directory addition2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin Active Installs – how is it calculated – on Network Activated Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The apply_filters_deprecated function isn't designed to fail, it's designed to throw an error when you're…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to JSON Error – Cannot Update Page Text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Check to see what browser they are using, and if they have any extensions installed…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to Invite people to contribute to a page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Enabling comments is the same on both Pages and Posts. Edit the Post. In the…2 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #80603, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Nasio – 1.04032 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp.org session timestamp changes, on the site Make WordPress.org:
So, it was saving the wrong timestamp because of incorrect time zone assumptions and this…3 weeks ago
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Committed [2238756] to Plugins Trac:
rm accidental trunk upload, by request of author3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin Active Installs – how is it calculated – on Network Activated Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope. Just one. If they only check for an update once, then it counts one.…3 weeks ago
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Committed [2237890] to Plugins Trac:
rm unused plugin entry. This entry never got used and never got ...3 weeks ago
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Committed [124714] to Themes Trac:
rm old theme that was never used and isn't in trac. This was an ...4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Deleting forum topics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, because we don't allow that.4 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #80120, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Hypermarket – 1.6.14 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to THIS FORUM: I can’t unsubscribe from plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Email me a copy of one of the emails you're getting. I'm otto at wordpress.org.4 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #79894, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Beautiplus – 2.21 month ago
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Closed ticket #79860, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Benzer – 3.0.91 month ago
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Posted a reply to how to change my user name wordpress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just create a new account with the correct username and a different email, and abandon…1 month ago
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Committed [2232170] to Plugins Trac:
Correct broken tagged versions to not contain recursive directory ...1 month ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress 5.3.2 requires the JSON PHP ext, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pullenja You should just be able to use rpm to download and install it for…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin Not Updating After Commit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is correct. The readme.txt in the /trunk directory specifies the "Stable Tag", which is…1 month ago
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Closed ticket #79791, in Themes Trac:
THEME: VW Charity NGO – 0.4.91 month ago
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Posted a reply to There are no demo data Upload Option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Themes on wordpress.org are not allowed to include demo content: https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/required/#importing-or-downloading Use your own content.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Problem logging in to WordPress.org, taken to another users profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The link on the main support forums goes to here: https://login.wordpress.org/?locale=en_US No mention of "rondu"…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Security Exposure – Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the stack trace. The error in question is caused by the Wordfence plugin,…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Security Exposure – Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Before you do that, can you post the full stack trace here? Feel free to…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to svn: E175002: Unexpected HTTP status 429 ‘Too Many Requests’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the server has throttling on it, and don't do two commits, do one commit.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Windows10, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Windows 10S is a more limited version of Windows 10, but WordPress is unaffected. If…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Problem logging in to WordPress.org, taken to another users profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you were looking at somebody's profile, then that is what it is supposed to…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Problem logging in to WordPress.org, taken to another users profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Where exactly is this link that you clicked to login? On what page are you…1 month ago
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