Mike Schinkel [WPLib Box project lead]
@mikeschinkel on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: December 11th, 2006
- Location: Atlanta, GA USA
- Website: about.me/mikeschinkel
- Job Title: President
- Employer: NewClarity Consulting LLC
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Contribution History
Mike Schinkel [WPLib Box project lead]’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
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Wrote a comment on the post Miscellaneous Developer Focused Changes in WordPress 5.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Wow. What a cornucopia for developer goodness here. Thanks to all who made these wonderful…3 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For me, outside of the obvious design issues, the majority of the problem is that…7 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project Proposal: WP Notify, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great to see forward movement on this. Is there a Git repo where work is…7 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Packages Update, on the site Theme Review Team:
See https://github.com/WPTRT/autoload/pull/28 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Packages Update, on the site Theme Review Team:
The problem is not primarily the fact of implementing an autoloader but instead the approach…8 months ago
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Created a topic, Subtle bug in if-menu.php, with fix, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The is a subtle bug that throws errors when WP_DEBUG i…8 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Packages Update, on the site Theme Review Team:
I vote strongly against the autoloader proposed. You are spl_autoload_register()ing yet another autoload function for…8 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal to Modify Plugin Guidelines, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
My comment is are not related to the proposal to modify guidelines, but is instead…9 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Very much. I did not see this so already posted it below, and that fact…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
And then, thanks to the inspiration from @cliffseal has me add these three tix, all…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This ticket would help resolve the conflict among probably 150+ plugins that by nature cannot…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Block Library: Installing Blocks from Within Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Just my two cents, but I would like to see blocks handled individually instead of…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Block Library: Installing Blocks from Within Gutenberg, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Only one data point, but with my user hat on I would like to be…10 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #47056, in Core Trac:
Add 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields' hook in ...10 months ago
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Created a topic, Bug in 2.4 generates multiple PHP error log entries per page load, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On line 19 of quick-adsense/includes/widgets.php you c…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill, but I do want…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh, and there are also these: https://github.com/jeremeamia/super_closure https://github.com/opis/closure11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Has anyone ever proposed that add_action() and add_filter() return a hook "handle" much like the…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Totally agree @rilwis!11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
To be able to change syntax is a rather pedantic thing to invest energy in…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes! And I think that the older a person is, the more likely they are…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Tim Berners-Lee tried replacing HTML where people often did not follow the standards with must-be…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just to clarity, there are a lot of places where you create arrays and pass…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standards Updates for PHP 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core:
One thought about array(...) vs. [...]; I still prefer to use array(...) and would hate…11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Revision to CSS Coding Standards, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi @afercia, Sorry, I think I misunderstood your original post. What I thought you were…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Revision to CSS Coding Standards, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry, hit reply before the final edit: [code] text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0,…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Revision to CSS Coding Standards, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Trailing commas FTW! Seriously, evolution in coding practices is to embrace trailing commas as it…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Minimum PHP Version, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Am I dreaming?1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Missing Dependencies in Query Monitor with wp-auth-check and heatbeat (missing), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the reply!1 year ago
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Created a topic, Missing Dependencies in Query Monitor with wp-auth-check and heatbeat (missing), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So after debugging this problem for literally two hour…1 year ago
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Created a topic, Bug in your plugin; using URL instead of FILE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your plugin appears to have a bug in it for many web h…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Undefined variable: $site_locale not set and throws error when WP_DEBUG set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks.1 year ago
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Created a topic, Undefined variable: $site_locale not set and throws error when WP_DEBUG set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your plugin throws an error during development when WP…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error on plugin activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What Vagrant environment are you using? Looks like the plugin is being loaded twice. Any…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to About a modern WordPress development and deployment workflow, and modern techs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@stepunk: What’s your typical WordPress development and deployment workflow? Should I look into Sage 9,…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Now what do I do? (MacOS latest wp), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@HudsonValleyWebDesign. lol! I used to be in that camp. And I used to love VirtualHostX…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to What is your setup?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@courtssite From our Slack channel just a few days ago:2 years ago
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Posted a reply to What is your setup?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ha! Be careful what you wish for, right? :-) Well, like I said, we are…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to What is your setup?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We have been developing WPLib Box as an alternate to VVV with a goal to…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Entire admin is now blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jrobie23 - Glad I could help. P.S. If you ever get frustrated with MAMP and…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Entire admin is now blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sunshinephotocart Thanks. I am on a bit of a crusade to get plugin developers to…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Entire admin is now blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sunshinephotocart Hey, also, I would highly recommend using WP_DEBUG when developing if you are not…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Entire admin is now blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jrobie23 - Looks like you are still on version 2.2.x, the current version is 2.7.3?…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: Creating default object from empty value in … post.php on line 642, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Given all that, it's really hard to say without diving in to debugging your website…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: Creating default object from empty value in … post.php on line 642, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Specifically to your question, what the error message is saying is that the assignment to…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: Creating default object from empty value in … post.php on line 642, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you don't mind, I'd love to explore this a bit further to see if…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Elementor and Local by Flywheel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@Eterud Have you set up XDEBUG with PhpStorm or VSCode? If yes you should be…2 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #44445, in Core Trac:
wp_cache_init() and WP_Object_Cache constructor has a memory leak2 years ago
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Posted a reply to PHP errors when no Primary Category selected in WP_DEBUG===true, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mazedulislamkhan Done: https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/101222 years ago
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Posted a reply to PHP errors when no Primary Category selected in WP_DEBUG===true, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mazedulislamkhan - I will do that, thanks.2 years ago
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