Alex Mills

Member Since: October 21st, 2003
Location: Portland, OR
Website: alex.blog
Job Title: Code Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I work for Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com) and as you may notice from my plugin authorship list, I like writing WordPress plugins and can’t help writing more. I also contribute to the WordPress core when I can.

You can find my personal blog at Alex.blog.

WordPress Origin Story

I was originally using b2/cafeblog for my website when I learned it was dying, so I checked out this new thing called “WordPress” as well as the other fork of b2 called “b2evolution”. At the time b2evolution was a lot better than WordPress (version 0.71) so I went with b2evo and ran it for quite a while. A few years later I checked out WordPress again (version 1.5), found it to have improved a ton, and so I switched and you can still see the first post I made on WordPress back in 2005. I’ve been using and hacking away at WordPress ever since and it eventually turned into a career at Automattic!

Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Update caused site down, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's weird. v1.2.2 was supposed to fix an issue issue introduced in v1.2.1, not break…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed in v1.2.2!

1 year ago
Posted a reply to HTML header injection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed in v1.2.2!

1 year ago
Committed [2024923] to Plugins Trac:
v1.2.2: ...

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry about this. I'm visually impaired and completely missed the fact that I fat fingered…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to HTML header injection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry about this. I'm visually impaired and completely missed the fact that I fat fingered…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Should be fixed in v1.2.1. Thanks for the report.

1 year ago
Committed [2024352] to Plugins Trac:
v1.2.1: ...

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's exactly what I needed. I think my plugin was looking for something like this:…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you edit the post and then post the shortcode you used here? I want…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's not a PHP 7.2 issue, rather the plugin is looking for a src parameter…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to `>` is converted to HTML entities, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sadly it's a known issue and I'm having trouble working around it. The same issue…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Pricacy not protect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Wouldn't this defeat the purpose of the plugin by allowing guests to visit a page…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Unnesessary thumbnails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Allowing you to choose what sizes to generate has been on my todo list for…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to GDPR, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No more than WordPress itself. This plugin only redirects users to the log in form.…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to The block setting not right support i18n, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I thought I coded it correctly but I guess not. I'll take a look.…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to The support language list is an 404 page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good catch. Thanks! I'll make that fix. :) You can also just pick from the…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Ampersand character, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I experimented with something similar (decoding) in my Gutenberg server-side callback method but worried that…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Conflict with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved in Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As it's a third-party library and not one I wrote myself, I'd rather not change…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Just login or also register?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My plugin just redirects to the standard log in page. If you want people to…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Conflict with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved in Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, the highlighting library my plugin uses doesn't like being further minified (it already is…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Not able to log in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad you figured it out! :)

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Ampersand character, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This appears to be a bug/regression in WordPress itself. I've reported it here: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/13218

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Ampersand character, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that's exactly the issue. Gutenberg is encoding the code funny.

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Ampersand character, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I ran into this issue during development but thought I fixed it. It's an "issue"…

1 year ago
Committed [2006557] to Plugins Trac:
v3.1.0: ...

1 year ago
Committed [2004417] to Plugins Trac:
v3.5.0: ...

1 year ago
Committed [2004415] to Plugins Trac:
No cursors in screenshots

1 year ago
Committed [2004414] to Plugins Trac:
Update screenshots

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Not working with wordpress 5.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you please try disabling script minification in whichever plugin you have doing it? It…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Warp Content in v3.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but the highlighting library that my plugin uses doesn't support inline highlighting.

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Not working with wordpress 5.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Got a link to the page in question? It's working fine for me: https://alex.blog/wordpress-plugins/syntaxhighlighter/

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Which Block Type should I use to post Source Code?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My plugin adds a new block called "SyntaxHighlighter Code" that you should use if you…

1 year ago
Committed [1998464] to Plugins Trac:
https://github.com/Viper007Bond/syntaxhighlighter/releases/tag/v3.4.2

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Highlight some lines in Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not supported quite yet. I wanted to get a basic block out the door first.…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Overwriting Plugin CSS through child theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The highlighting library I use uses !important everywhere to try to prevent themes from mangling…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Please Help! Best Syntax Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but I'm not the author of the highlighting package, only the author of the…

1 year ago
Committed [1989598] to Plugins Trac:
Bump tested to version to 5.0

1 year ago
Posted a reply to What does drop support for the Gutenberg plugin means?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
v3.4.1 of my plugin brings back support for older versions of WordPress running the Gutenberg…

1 year ago
Committed [1988517] to Plugins Trac:
https://github.com/Viper007Bond/syntaxhighlighter/releases/tag/v.3.4.1

1 year ago
Posted a reply to What does drop support for the Gutenberg plugin means?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is correct. SH 3.4.0 requires WordPress 5.0 in order for the block to show…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to What does drop support for the Gutenberg plugin means?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for the lack of clarity. Previously my plugin uses the PHP functions provided by…

1 year ago
Committed [1987311] to Plugins Trac:
Move screenshots to assets directory

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Does this run properly on a multisite?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Honestly I have no idea. I haven't ever tried it, and the plugin is sort…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Plugin stopped working after recent update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you have some JavaScript errors on your site, possibly due to your…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Syntax Highlighter adds tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, there's been some issues between the two. Gutenberg has been updated and this shouldn't…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Is Gutenberg compatibility planned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep, support is coming! https://github.com/Viper007Bond/syntaxhighlighter/pull/78 I just need to do a bit more testing and…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to problem with SSL redirection when http URL is entered, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It almost sounds like it's doing the authentication redirect before the SSL redirect. If it…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Wrong code escaped, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Make sure you're posting in the code and not typing it and try using the…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Thumbnail created same size as original image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What happens when you upload the image for the first time? The same sized thumbnails…

2 years ago