Helen Hou-Sandi

Member Since: September 2nd, 2009
Location: NYC / San José, Costa Rica
Website: helen.blog
GitHub: helen
Job Title: Director of Open Source Initiatives
Employer: 10up
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Bio

I’m the Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up and a Lead Developer for the WordPress project.

Interests

Cooking, open source, new music (as in contemporary classical), old school and third coast hip hop

Contributions Sponsored

Helen Hou-Sandi contributes 25 hours per week to the Core team.

Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@simshomekitchen Could you open a separate topic for your issue so we can troubleshoot that…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello everyone - if you're seeing the expected content at yoursite.com/ads.txt, then don't worry, you…

3 days ago
Committed [2258297] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

2 weeks ago
Committed [2257815] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.6 from GitHub

2 weeks ago
Committed [2257810] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.5 from GitHub

2 weeks ago
Committed [2257808] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.4 from GitHub

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure thing, you can email opensource@10up.com :)

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you'd like to follow along with what I think the issue is, I've opened…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thought of one thing that might shed some light here if you're able: could you…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, hope springs eternal I suppose :) You *should* be able to add a file…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Agh, yeah, so I think what's happening is that when it goes to the detection…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Google Adsense does’t catch it.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know for sure what's happening, I have a suspicion that AdSense is requesting…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear that! I wonder if somehow your site is responding to the check…

4 months ago
Committed [2201647] to Plugins Trac:
Delete accidentally deployed non-prod files

4 months ago
Committed [2190197] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.3 from GitHub

5 months ago
Committed [2173997] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

5 months ago
Committed [2173996] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Allow site access via access code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @hrizvi - while I imagine you could probably use Restricted Site Access as a…

6 months ago
Committed [2148717] to Plugins Trac:
Clear out to try again

7 months ago
Committed [2148029] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 0.9.2 from GitHub

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Please Give a New Update., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there - is anything broken in WordPress itself or are you looking for a…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to misleading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! I'm guessing you don't want to try the plugin again, but if there's…

8 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2019

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Locked Me Out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's very odd, I agree that none of those plugins should have anything to do…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Locked Me Out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @brian-homer - I'm sorry you're having a bad experience here. Do you by any…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Handle restricted visitors->Show them a simple message does not accept html tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone - this is a long-standing issue that has a lot to do with…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Restrict All pages except a small number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible to do this via code; however, it's not something that's targeted for…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Compatibility with WP 5.2 version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! We've formally bumped the tested-up-to version but yes, it works great!

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Missing Text Domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alexclassroom Yes, I do know that the string can change eventually and I really do…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Missing Text Domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there - I'm a little confused about this as inc/admin.php is only 232 lines…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to multisite query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It works for subdomain networks, but not path-based ones, as the ads.txt spec requires that…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Can you limit number of pages viewable by visitors?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think what you’re probably looking for is a full-featured membership plugin. Restricted Site Access…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There are no concrete plans but my opinion is that the .org repos should remain…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Well, you've already started with the Trac keywords overhaul! Identifying what has worked well and…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress is in SVN, not CVS. I also mentioned merge requests, which is GitLab terminology…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As noted in the post, the discovery phase for core and other workflows needs to…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, On WordPress + Git, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can you believe it - we’ve made it through a State of the Word without…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post 9 Projects for 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’d like to nominate @desrosj to help organize and lead a Triage Team. :)

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Adds unwanted account details to ads.txt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello - could you please be more specific about what you mean by unwanted account…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to A new feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sure that is possible but you will want to look for user registration plugins…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP version issue with WP-CLI support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WP CLI requires PHP 5.4 or higher so while the rest of this plugin still…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Restricted Site Access But Allow WP REST API Access, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible right now on the code level, there's an example on GitHub: https://github.com/10up/restricted-site-access/pull/8#issuecomment-355186577…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to WP Multisite How to Restrict Subsite Access by Role, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What role are you giving users that you're trying to block? The plugin will not…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Only Block Specific Pages in Site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there - this plugin is geared toward restricting entire sites rather than specific pages.…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to No on/off option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @patbell101 - if you choose one of the other settings for Site Visibility, like…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Version 7.0 and infinite redirects., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @leoland and @qroberts - thanks for reporting the issue. I believe this should be…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Version 7.0 and infinite redirects., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reporting this - seems like it was the missing piece in why I…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Cache-bust Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @embedplus! Thanks for the report. I've created a GitHub issue for tracking here: https://github.com/10up/ads-txt/issues/26…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to too much code to perform a simple action, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @felipebadr! We chose this route for a number of reasons, including the potential amount…

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp San José 2018

2 years ago