Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- Website: halfelf.org
- Job Title: Half-Elf
- Employer: DreamHost
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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)’s badges:- BuddyPress Contributor BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor Documentation Contributor
- Hosting Contributor Hosting Contributor
- Meta Contributor Meta Contributor
- Plugin Review Team Plugin Review Team
- Support Contributor Support Contributor
- Support Team Support Team
- Translation Contributor Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to plugin fatal issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It should not be a backup issue. Does your backup log still show that a…4 hours ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
IIRC you don't have to subscribe every year. I get all the emails for each…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Multibyte character in URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You mean like having "é" in a post slug? I thought strip_invalid_text() would have changed…1 day ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 02 March 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 160Plugins rejected : 109Plugins closed : 27Plugins approved…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Cannot receive emails from contact form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@cartseg We understand why you're frustrated. The issue is that from this end, it looks…1 week ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 24 Feb 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 166Plugins rejected : 9Plugins closed : 16Plugins approved…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to 1 STAR MEANS ZERO! Data lost!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Except ... this is 100% correct. You turned off tracking. It says nothing about the…2 weeks ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020
2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to 1 STAR MEANS ZERO! Data lost!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So there's some good news here! It's actually impossible for any plugin to DELETE your…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Invalid serialized data stored by maybe_serialize() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for the context! Without it, we're kind of grasping at straws and have…2 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 17 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 172Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 14Plugins approved…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Invalid serialized data stored by maybe_serialize() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing your code, we cannot really help you out here, however it's important to…2 weeks ago
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Replied to an idea, Configure where downloaded upgrades are unzipped to
2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Support Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@carazo I've removed the last three posts. Do not solicit for payment, be that a…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 10 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 165Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 20Plugins approved…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Instagram is accelerating the end…, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
TBF, the slug is my favorite auto-generated permalink ever.4 weeks ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 03 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 152Plugins rejected : 69Plugins closed : 39Plugins approved…4 weeks ago
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Replied to an idea, Better plugin evaluation
1 month ago
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Posted a reply to WP-Bitly discontinued, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@temeritystudios We have no emails from you at all at plugins@wordpress.org (not even in spam)…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 27 January 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 164Plugins rejected : 7Plugins closed : 13Plugins approved…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We do not delete reviews for lacking information. We allow you to have established your…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to I really need help removing images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing your site (you can put a private link in your first post) or…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Instagram is accelerating the end…, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Instagram is accelerating the end of their current API. Per a notice on https://www.instagram.com/developer/ no…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for January 23rd Support Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Support:
I may miss the meeting but I wanted to throw my 100% support behind this:…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin Not Updating After Commit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/turnstile/ shows 1.2.1 now. It can take up to 6 hours to cache correct (which…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to This plugin is a trap!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's incorrect. Here's what you could have done, but still have not. You can explain…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to This plugin is a trap!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ceye This plugin is a service, which means they need an account to process the…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to warning on structured data tool, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've removed pretty much all the 'me too' posts here. Folks, if you want to…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Active Install Growth, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well now that's a different issue. I'll go make sure it's caught by the Meta…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Redirect Blocked Users?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's on the settings page. There's a check box. Check it, save settings, now you…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, yes you are, but that doesn't magically give you the right to treat someone…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I did. It's called being a respectful human and asking OP to please elaborate :)…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Active Install Growth, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You mean since yesterday? And today isn't over yet so we can't tell you how…1 month ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Updates: 20 Jan 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 141Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 12Plugins approved…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sslzen It's not a very informative review, but this is not a troll review. Someone…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Cache is cleared for all posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It shouldn't be unless you have an odd server config. How are you determining the…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to It looks nice…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ceylonthemes Can you please look into that and fix it? Alerts should honour the dismiss…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Updates: 13 Jan 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 163Plugins rejected : 7Plugins closed : 14Plugins approved…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to DO NOT USE. Plugin sending PERSONAL data to author., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@codevolts In the future, please report these directly to the plugins team - plugins@wordpress.org The…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not GDPR compliant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wproyal You don't need to sign your posts (and the forum guidelines ask you not)…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Account deletion request is being ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@leonixyz The DPO queue is incredibly large. You're not being ignored, it's just that someone…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Plugin dev – do WP restrict varying versions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's generally prohibited. You can email plugins@wordpress.org for more information, but 'clone' plugins like that…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to User Permission, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's restricted to Administrator only due to the potential for resource heavy abuse. That should…2 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 06 January 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Last week we posted our 2019 insights. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 141Plugins…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Don’t trust this developer with any work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@remymedranda This review is removed and your account flagged for moderation. If you didn’t use…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to CSS Font Size for category text and date of the post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@technosysf It's great that you're trying to help people here, we appreciate it a lot!…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not GDPR compliant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to clarify one thing for you, GDPR compliance can include fonts. That is, if…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Redirect blocked user could not be uncheck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry, I don't offer that kind of support for free plugins. Also it's against…2 months ago
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