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
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										Created a topic, Can I tell Imagify not to process gifs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 We have a site where we upload animated gifs. These ar…3 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Clunky, not responsive, doesn’t work in custom theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @wpdevelop - We're removing this as we've talked to the reporter and they made a…4 days ago 
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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: 
 We're working on that. I generally do remind people: Don't click on buttons unless you're…4 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Technically you always could, but…, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 Technically you always could, but now you can officially change the owner of a plugin.…5 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 06 April 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 189Plugins rejected : 18Plugins closed : 108Plugins approved…5 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 30 March 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 You know what happens when you don't press publish? Backdated and I apologize for that.…5 days ago 
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										Committed [2277626] to Plugins Trac: 
 REL 1.0.6 - fix the 'add' button missing when your last item isn't a ...5 days ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #49826, in Core Trac: 
 The top toolbar overlaps the title on posts6 days ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post External Linking in Docs Policy, on the site Make WordPress Documentation: 
 Oh 100% automated, which is how the another model I use actually works. It checks…6 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Media upload not working in iOS 13.4 in browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It's actually core - https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49753#comment:221 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Unable to upload images on iOS Safari, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This is not Classic. It's the whole thing, and it's broken on Block editor as…1 week ago 
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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…1 week ago 
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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: 
 There's no shame :)1 week ago 
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										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:1 week ago 
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										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…1 week ago 
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										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 weeks ago 
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										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.2 weeks ago 
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										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.…2 weeks ago 
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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 weeks 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 weeks 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 PHP3 weeks 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/3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…3 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 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: 
 I hear you. There are other names, I was just picking the one most people…4 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…1 month 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…1 month 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.1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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/1 month ago 
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										Committed [2255307] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support1 month ago 
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										Committed [2255306] to Plugins Trac: 
 WP 5.4 support1 month ago 
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