Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- Website: halfelf.org
- GitHub: Ipstenu
- 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
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- 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: 23 March 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 All plugins with bounced emails have been closed at this point. Any plugin that wants…3 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Configure Custom IP?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Normally that's correct. HOWEVER since you're using CloudFlare you should change the IP to your…3 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, X-post: Updating the Coding standards for modern PHP, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/core: Comment on Updating the Coding standards for modern PHP6 days ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Coding standards for modern PHP, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 +make.wordpress.org/plugins/6 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Nivel de permiso en personalizar temas, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Contact from 7 image in e-mail dynamique quote, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I removed https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-from-7-image-in-e-mail-dynamique-quote/?view=all because it's a duplicate. As for removal, we do not do that…1 week ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Feature Plugin: WP Auto-updates, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 To tack on to this, the vast majority of developers are hobbyists. They're not pros…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Multisite subdomains not processing Empty cache instructions, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You'll need to dive into this section - https://github.com/Ipstenu/varnish-http-purge/wiki#debugging Basically you want to watch the…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to I’m facing Login issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Social icons Block in 5.4 – link target attributes, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 We mark posts that already have issues on Github as resolved for sanity. It lets…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to View Page button missing, so clicking update lots but now there’s a problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 There are a couple things here. 1. Preview button is still there, so your edits…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Импорт файлов xml/yml, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Re: Unable to View in Desktop Mode: Graphene, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This may be a plugin conflict. If you can, install "Health Check": https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/ On the…1 week ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post External Linking in Docs Policy, on the site Make WordPress Documentation: 
 I would call the Wikimodel a nice idea, but impractical and it leads to a…1 week ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Documentation License, on the site Make WordPress Documentation: 
 Technically yes, we can use GPL for a manual/documentation, but per the GPL itself, the…1 week ago 
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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 week ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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.2 weeks ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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…2 weeks ago 
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										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…3 weeks ago 
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										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/3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255307] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255306] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255305] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255304] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255303] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255302] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255300] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255299] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support3 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255298] to Plugins Trac: 
 REL 1.2 - Update for WP 5.43 weeks ago 
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										Committed [2255297] to Plugins Trac: 
 REL 1.0.5 - Update for WP 5.43 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to PHP notices at plugin activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 When activating ANY plugin or a specific one?3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Typo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Patch added in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49295#comment:213 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #49584, in Core Trac: 
 Typo in class-wp-rest-themes-controller.php3 weeks ago 
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										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)3 weeks ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #49585, in Core Trac: 
 Typo in Rest API theme controller3 weeks ago 
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										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…3 weeks ago 
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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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…4 weeks ago 
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