Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

Member Since: April 10th, 2006
Location: California
Website: halfelf.org
Job Title: Half-Elf
Employer: DreamHost
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Bio

WordPress Plugin Review Team Rep, Half-Elf Rogue, TV lover, LGBTQ+ Activist

WordPress Origin Story

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute
Just sit real tight
I’ll tell you how I became a guru of WordPress Multisite

In WordPress bloggin’ born and raised
In support forums is where I spent most of my days.
Hanging, helping, debugging all cool
And all .htaccessing like a fool.
Till a couple Canadians, up to no good,
Starting pushin’ MU in my neighborhood.
I coded one little plugin, my wife got scared,
She said “You’re writing all this code on your Macbook air!

I spoke at a WordCamp and then it came clear,
The job offer was fresh, and it came with good beer!
If anything I could say that WordPress was fair,
And I thought, “Hey, just fork it! Yo, homes dye my hair!”

I logged in to Slack ’bout 7 or 8
And I said to the meetup “Here”, it was great
I looked at the make blogs
It was finally true!
I’m a guru of WordPress and Multisite too.

Contributions Sponsored

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) contributes 15 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Support.

Contribution History

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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Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 16 March 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Closures continue. As expected, a small number of people are noticing when their plugins are…

1 hour ago
Posted a reply to Request to update plugin with regards to the trademark guidelines, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I hear you. There are other names, I was just picking the one most people…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to So schlecht und auch noch dafür zahlen, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@anma70 It looks like you left a review for the wrong plugin. I'm closing and…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Request to update plugin with regards to the trademark guidelines, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Whoof. Okay so historically, precedent has been that naming things "Sergio Santos's Tracking code for…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Changes to unicode characters plugin tables upgrading to 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It won't change existing tables, no.

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Changes to unicode characters plugin tables upgrading to 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This stems from changes made in 2015 actually https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/04/02/the-utf8mb4-upgrade/ explains a lot of it, but…

6 days ago
Created a new ticket, #5086, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Warn Admins before closing if the plugin is large

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #5085, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Change email subjects based on plugin status

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #5084, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Update directions for devs with pending plugins

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #5083, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Improve Trademark checks

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 09 March 2020, on the site Team Updates:
At the end of last week, we emailed all plugin owners and committers with information…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Changes to unicode characters plugin tables upgrading to 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The upgrade should not change your table encoding. In your wp-config.php, what are your DB…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to How to test 5.4-RC? Beta tester plugin goes to 5.5-alpha, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Beta Tester plugin has an option for that: Beta/RC - Point release This is…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to PHP notices at plugin activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't reproduce this on a Mac. Can you test on WP 5.4 RC1? https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/wordpress-5-4-release-candidate/

1 week ago
Committed [2255307] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255306] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255305] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255304] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255303] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255302] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255300] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255299] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255298] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.2 - Update for WP 5.4

2 weeks ago
Committed [2255297] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.5 - Update for WP 5.4

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP notices at plugin activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When activating ANY plugin or a specific one?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Typo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Patch added in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49295#comment:21

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49584, in Core Trac:
Typo in class-wp-rest-themes-controller.php

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to typo: graidient -> gradient, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Created https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49585 (and apparently https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49584)

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #49585, in Core Trac:
Typo in Rest API theme controller

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Need to add the code signature to your virus database, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@tushov It was removed because it was setting off malware checkers here. Can you please…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #3299, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Submission Blackouts

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
Replied to an idea, Configure where downloaded upgrades are unzipped to

4 weeks ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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.

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
Replied to an idea, Better plugin evaluation

2 months ago
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)…

2 months ago