Jeffrey Paul – @jeffpaul

Member Since: December 23rd, 2009
Location: Chicagoland
Website: jeffpaul.com
GitHub: jeffpaul
Job Title: Open Source Practice Manager
Employer: 10up
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Bio

Open Source Practice Manager at 10up. WordPress 4.7 release deputy, 4.8 release co-lead, 4.9 release deputy. Tide product maintainer. Founder of Race For Vets. Formerly @jbpaul17 and member since April 10th, 2007. Migrated to @jeffpaul on May 10, 2018.

Interests

beer, bourbon, triathlons, veterans, technology, digital media, agile, WordPress, product management, RaceForVets.com, GotYour6.org, TeamRWB.org

WordPress Origin Story

Many moons ago I ran my personal site off Geeklog when one day host, CMS, and data all went… kaboom! I took a look at the ecosystem and on March 9th, 2007 I went with WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.

Contributions Sponsored

Jeffrey Paul contributes 25 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Tide.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Tide Contributor
Tide Contributor
Tide Team
Tide Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Summary: March 31st, on the site Tide:
This post summarizes the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion from March 31st…

19 hours ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: March 31st, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion on…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Simple Page Ordering Fails to save new order – spins forever, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @dlovas1 can you confirm some more details on your WordPress setup (version, other plugins,…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Change also the site’s title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@eitanc there's no reason for Restricted Site Access to add functionality that already exists within…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to It doesn’t work with Elementor PRO?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@dabesa can you provide more information on how Elementor is grabbing the author avatar as…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Intermittent lockout of whitelisted IPs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@johnaq note that this is being discussed in more detail in the following GitHub issue,…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Briliant for limiting access when going live, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@rj8 thanks for the kind words; let us know if there’s anything that would make…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Existing ads.txt found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@substanceholdings note that there’s a similar thread where we’re tracking this issue, you’ll want to…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Not able to reorder pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@gimblett sorry things didn't work right away for you, but glad you managed to get…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin not allowing approved IP’s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@skwintz there was a major WordPress release (v5.3) on November 12, 2019 and a Restricted…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Excellent plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@designserve thanks for the kind words; let us know if there’s anything that would make…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Good, useful and Simple really perfect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kojimi thanks for the kind words; let us know if there’s anything that would make…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Looking for en dash and em dash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@gregf and @agrajag27 note that we're reliant on React Character Map library for the list…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Works Great, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@msminime thanks for the kind words; let us know if there’s anything that would make…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Restrict only one page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@transformsso you'll want to use the restricted_site_access_is_restricted filter to set that up, details on how…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Change also the site’s title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@eitanc you should be able to do that in the existing WordPress settings.

7 days ago
Posted a reply to “Existing Ads.txt file found”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@linesunspoken note that there's a similar thread where we're tracking this issue, you'll want to…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Fantastic, and easy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@damnsharp thanks for the kind words; let us know if there's anything that would make…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to [Feature Request] Ordering sticky posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@abazeed interesting request, I've added it to our GitHub issue list and will look at…

7 days ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: March 17th, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 2-hour Tide active working session on [time]March 17, 2020…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Simple and Effective, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hendridm thanks for the kind words, I'll share this with the team and thank the…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post All-women Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is fantastic! I’m here to make as much of my time available to ensure…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Summary: March 3rd, on the site Tide:
This post summarizes the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion from March 3rd…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to forgotten password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@webnetyapi no because in our latest testing we've not been able to replicate the earlier…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate entry from a site to another in a multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@alvarol howdy, I'm from the @10up team that created and maintain the Distributor plugin that…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: March 3rd, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion on…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Tide Chat Summary: February 18th, on the site Tide:
Jonathan - that would be awesome, feel free to post in the #tide channel if…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Summary: February 18th, on the site Tide:
This post summarizes the 2-hour Tide active working session from February 18th in the #tide…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: February 18th, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 2-hour Tide active working session on [time]February 18, 2020…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post What does it mean to be a component maintainer? A refresher, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great work further documenting this, thank you! This all seems like a good amount of…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Summary: February 4th, on the site Tide:
This post summarizes the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion from February 4th…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Thank you for this great Plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mapdi thanks for the review. Let us know if you have any feedback on how…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Tide Chat Agenda: February 4th, on the site Tide:
This is the agenda for the 30-minute Tide status update and open floor discussion on…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Can I Use the Podcast Feed for Spotify?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kharisblank as long as Spotify is adhering to the same podcast feed spec as Apple,…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Tracking code/UTM code issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@matpol84 there was a fix in version 1.9.3 that updated the logic for wildcard matching…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work with Ultimate Member, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jaydub-1 Restricted Site Access can redirect restricted users to a specific page, but does not…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work as expected on touch/ios, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jwart are you using the WordPress iOS app or a browser on iOS? Confirming your…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Does the plugin include &hairsp; or &thinsp: or zero-width-non-joiner?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shapal the source set of characters used comes from https://github.com/Dayjo/react-character-map/blob/development/src/component/chars.json. It appears that it does…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to /files/* redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@taropaa you can use wildcards in your “Redirect From” paths. By adding an * at…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting URL with symbol, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@scienceofspock you'll likely want to consider these details from our plugin page:

2 months ago
Posted a reply to I want to exclude two pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jahidanowar you can find additional details that extend what we have included in our FAQs…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Order pages by date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@milosztor not at this time, no. All ordering is controlled via simple drag and drop…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to just works simple, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@dirkmat1971 thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Much needed!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@burnuser thanks for the kind words and review, please let us know if you run…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work with Ultimate Member, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jaydub-1 it would help us greatly if you could provide details on what does not…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to redirect /?action=signin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wasanajones as noted on the plugin page: Please give those tutorials a try, thanks!

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Still does not support extra args …, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@zalemcitizen and @loopy78 we're reviewing two options to resolve this, see: https://github.com/10up/simple-local-avatars/pull/19 https://github.com/10up/simple-local-avatars/pull/40 Subscribing to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to This Plugin Broke My Site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@yahtzee1 did you follow the instructions from the plugin page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager/? If so, where in…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@petervandoorn can you confirm your WordPress, plugin, theme, operating system, and browser versions plus provide…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to forgotten password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@webnetyapi the only scenario where we've seen this occur is on multisite with the Add…

2 months ago

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