Samuel Wood (Otto) – @otto42

Member Since: April 12th, 2006
Location: Memphis, TN
Website: ottopress.com
GitHub: Otto42
Job Title: Tech Ninja
Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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Bio

Tech nerd what works on WordPress.org. Beer connoisseur. Man about town.

Interests

WordPress, Beer, Hacking, Homebrewing

WordPress Origin Story

Fundamentally, I started using WordPress because I was bored at work. So I started messing around on the forums, reading questions, finding the answers by reading the code, and then by answering the questions for others. Do that for a year and you will know everything there is to know about the code.

After a few years, I started working on it full time, and now I work on the WordPress.org website directly, and help all the different teams building the WordPress software. It’s fun. Love doing it.

Contributions Sponsored

Samuel Wood (Otto) contributes 50 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Documentation, Meta, Support, Themes.

Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Team
Documentation Team
Marketing Contributor
Marketing Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Meta Team
Plugin Review Team
Plugin Review Team
Security Team
Security Team
Support Contributor
Support Contributor
Support Team
Support Team
Theme Review Team
Theme Review Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Using your host system, get access to your database. Look for phpMyAdmin or something like…

4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Migrated site from wordpress.com t wordpress.org but people keeps vitising old, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should ask the support people at wordpress.com. They know how their systems work and…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Removing “Did You Know” Box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. "Confirmed", eh? While making that space wider is probably not the best solution all…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Problem with html when converting to blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, the thing about converting to blocks is that you don't actually need to do…

15 hours ago
Posted a reply to Removing “Did You Know” Box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, the simpler approach would be to use the built in custom CSS functionality in…

15 hours ago
Posted a reply to Removing “Did You Know” Box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that snippet will remove all of them. Probably shouldn't use that. There is no…

22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Problem with html when converting to blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Realistically, not all old post content, especially those with inline HTML, can be directly converted…

22 hours ago
Posted a reply to WordPress in domain name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you don't want to get emails from the lawyers, then don't do it.

22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Slower Site after Latest Update to v5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By and large, 5.4 was a really minimal change from 5.3. Mostly the change was…

1 day ago
Committed [2280912] to Plugins Trac:
Correctly tag the 1.0.7 version from /trunk.

1 day ago
Committed [2280910] to Plugins Trac:
Remove incorrectly tagged version.

1 day ago
Posted a reply to 5.4: Sending Post via Email Results in “(no title)” for the post title., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For reference, ticket for this specific issue is now here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49853

2 days ago
Committed [2279494] to Plugins Trac:
Remove all old incorrect tags, replace 1.0.6 with correct version of ...

3 days ago
Posted a reply to 5.4: Sending Post via Email Results in “(no title)” for the post title., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That change happened here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/47054 And it seems to be an unintentional breakage, as part…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #5139, in Meta Trac:
Please add plugin author replies to the plugin's review page

3 days ago
Posted a reply to .I updated WordPress to the latest version but it says 4..8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What errors? You have not posted any error messages here. Also, plugins, themes, addons, these…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to .I updated WordPress to the latest version but it says 4..8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Who cares? Until you find the problem it doesn't actually matter. See, either a plugin…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to .I updated WordPress to the latest version but it says 4..8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also: No, you don't. Back everything up, yes. But then do a *manual update* like…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to .I updated WordPress to the latest version but it says 4..8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct. That means that you are not running the latest version, as the latest version…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #49848, in Core Trac:
ssl

3 days ago
Closed ticket #82813, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Careerpress – 1.1.7

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Need step by step instructions on how drag menus in version 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. Not sure. Doesn't happen with a default base setup. Menus are stored as a…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Security problem of my plugin, Site getting hacked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, first, don't use the wp_ajax_nopriv_ action hook. Take out the nopriv part there, so…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Bin or Trash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no "Bin" in WordPress, however, if you were using the English-GB translation, then…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to imagick missing or disabled module, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to ask your host how to enable the ImageMagick support on your…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Fix Could not confirm that the wp_version_check() filter is available., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@markrh Your issue is somewhat different than the OP's, however it is a legitimate problem…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to An option to suppress recommendation in Site Health, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you just want to hide the widget entirely, then click the "Screen Options" in…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to .I updated WordPress to the latest version but it says 4..8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If your install says it's running an older version, then this has nothing to do…

3 days ago
Closed ticket #49834, in Core Trac:
I just updated WordPress to the latest version and it says it is ...

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Need step by step instructions on how drag menus in version 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your "after" link doesn't work.

3 days ago
Posted a reply to WP 5.4 and I’ve lost my heading background color, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Here is an album of five images that should explain how to add background colors…

3 days ago
Committed [9708] to Meta Trac:
Support forums: Add ugc to links in topic and replies content (which ...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #5137, in Meta Trac:
Noindex the thread at ...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #5136, in Meta Trac:
Banner and Icon sizes issue in plugin single page

4 days ago
Closed ticket #49819, in Core Trac:
WordPress 5.4 - paragraphs not aligned to the left

5 days ago
Posted a reply to WP 5.4 and I’ve lost my heading background color, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The image you show above (post 4) has a paragraph block with a background color.…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to WP 5.4 and I’ve lost my heading background color, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Headings have never had a background color option that I know of. However, as of…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Allow requests to bare slugs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Actually, it works out of the box on your blog too. See this link: http://www.ishygddt.xyz./~blog/vincent-canfield-update-1/…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Allow requests to bare slugs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Near as I can tell, it works out of the box without any adjustments. I…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Unwanted Spacing Between Blocks in Preview/Published., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looks like you're using the Go theme. Problem is the margins on your elements there…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Unable to Upload Media Files in Chromium, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49753

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Unwanted Spacing Between Blocks in Preview/Published., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Screenshots won't help. You need to post a link to an example page so that…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Warning: max(): Array must contain at least one element in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, report the error to the plugin's author. Also, turn off display_errors on your site.…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Allow requests to bare slugs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't need to "enable" it, it's there by default. Always on, as long as…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Allow requests to bare slugs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Pretty much all WordPress sites will do this by default. The redirect_guess_404_permalink function will generate…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to mesmerize garble, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, you want to turn off "display_errors" on your website, as well as turning of…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Error in Block Editor Handbook?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Umm, no, post would be correct if you wanted to add a meta box to…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Is it OK to convert an entire blog database to UTF-8?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, everything should be utf8mb4. Advice: Set up a brand new test install. Look at…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #5130, in Meta Trac:
Show exact username in user profile

1 week ago
Closed ticket #49794, in Core Trac:
Impossible to schedule a post at 00:00:00

1 week ago