Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

Member Since: April 10th, 2006
Location: California
Website: halfelf.org
GitHub: Ipstenu
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 comment on the post You Are Now Able to Close Your Own Plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
You could always email us (which we mention in every mass-email when we send out…

19 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post You Are Now Able to Close Your Own Plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
There's no shame :)

19 hours ago
Posted a reply to The editor has encountered an unexpected error., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Other people are reporting this as a fix:

22 hours ago
Wrote a new post, You Are Now Able to Close Your Own Plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
I am well aware of the confusion caused by releasing this today, but this isn't…

23 hours ago
Posted a reply to GeoDirectory / Salesforce Integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ekaika - Please don't spam-ping people like that. It's entirely inappropriate to alert the plugins…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Simplepie Warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, no changes to SimplePie - https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36669 has the history.

3 days ago
Posted a reply to WPEngine Varnish Cache IP Address + Cloudflare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Then the IP address is the same as your server's IP, most of the time.…

6 days ago
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…

1 week ago
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…

1 week ago
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 PHP

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Coding standards for modern PHP, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/plugins/

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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…

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

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

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

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

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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/

4 weeks ago
Committed [2255307] to Plugins Trac:
WP 5.4 support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 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?

4 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

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

4 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)

4 weeks ago