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 Review Team Plugin Review Team
- Security Team Security Team
- Support Contributor Support Contributor
- Support Team Support Team
- Theme Review Team Theme Review Team
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- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Changing the contact email address, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can't use an email twice. The account "ankhrah" already has that email address.…1 day ago
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Committed [2260016] to Plugins Trac:
Commit latest github updates to trunk, for early use by w.org1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Remove space between 2 rows of gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've not used Fusion gallery, but it appears to think your images are supposed to…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Plugins search results is never relevant :(, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, actually, the plugins directory uses an elasticsearch engine with very high amounts of relevance.…6 days ago
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Closed ticket #49592, in Core Trac:
GDPR - Article 30 - Records of Processing Activities6 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Fullscreen mode enabled by default in the editor, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yeah... This is pretty awful, going to cause a lot of support issues, and really…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to The REST API encountered an error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Loopback means that your server sometimes needs to make a connection back to itself. Like…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Security hole in fruitful theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
They fixed the issue in 3.8.1, released last week. Update the theme.1 week ago
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Posted a reply to plugin development document sample code breaks wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Code in the handbooks is not meant to be taken literally and copy/pasted directly into…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to cURL error 52: Empty reply from server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Right. This could cause various problems such as scheduled posts (posts you make to show…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Server Load high number of I/O ops, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Indeed, WP Statistics might also be the problem. You might try disabling it and seeing…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Server Load high number of I/O ops, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I removed the duplicate entry, and redacted some of the sensitive information from the other…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Bulk convert Classic Editor Posts to Gutenberg (Even Custom Post Types), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You could try this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-block-converter/ However, older posts should not be having their content altered…2 weeks ago
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Committed [2251438] to Plugins Trac:
Add wp-hideshow-passwords-woocommerce plugin2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Server Load high number of I/O ops, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Standard debugging applies here: Use the Health Check plugin to see if there are any…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to cURL error 52: Empty reply from server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Where is it showing you this error?2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Blog Posts will not open (NSFW), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The post that is not displaying appears to be using Elementor, the one that is…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Uploadong To Media Library – Search Facility Not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No idea, the file chooser doesn't come from WordPress, but from your browser and the…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Author adds a custom HTML block not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Author level accounts generally are not allowed to add arbitrary HTML code to posts. Only…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t access the dashboard(tried every possible soultion)!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A 500 error is a server error. Look in the server's error logs to find…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Registered usernames are random letters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Regardless of the method which creates the form, if you have registration open, then you…2 weeks ago
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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,…2 weeks 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…2 weeks 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,…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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 weeks 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…4 weeks 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.4 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 weeks 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?…4 weeks 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?4 weeks ago
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Committed [2243811] to Plugins Trac:
Fix file naming issues with incorrect capitalization4 weeks ago
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Committed [2243807] to Plugins Trac:
rm incorrect directory addition4 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month ago
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Closed ticket #80603, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Nasio – 1.04031 month 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…1 month ago
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Committed [2238756] to Plugins Trac:
rm accidental trunk upload, by request of author1 month ago
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