Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- 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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- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to White screen of death is fixed by logging in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is an *insanely* high memory setting. You have it set to either 1024M or…1 hour ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good to know. Probably should start here then: https://www.siteground.com/kb/site_shows_php_warnings__errors/1 hour ago
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Posted a reply to Account disappeared when going from http to https, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm glad you solved your issue, but allow me to clarify this just in case.…1 hour ago
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Posted a reply to Error uploading plugins | The link you followed has expired. php.ini configured, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You may have your PHP.INI set to 128M, but your actual running instance of PHP…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Account disappeared when going from http to https, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That link is not a WordPress website. Looks like a starter site with your hosting…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Ip instead of URL –, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any caching plugins or caching proxy services on the site?4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To answer the original question, you have multiple problems on your site. The first is…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to How do I Merge multiple wordpress.org accounts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There seems to be a fair amount of confusion here, so let's just clear things…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to XML file failing to import images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you truly delete them, or are they still there just in the "trash"? If…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to XML file failing to import images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
XML files do not contain the images, they contain links to the images. If the…1 day ago
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Closed ticket #49895, in Core Trac:
PHP Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that ...2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Add action filter into wp_insert_user and wp_update_user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That would not work, not with the same name. Actions and filters are actually different…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with html when converting to blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The general notion is that most people don't know HTML, don't want to know HTML,…2 days ago
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Closed ticket #82981, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Precious Lite – 1.3.12 days ago
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Posted a reply to xml import impossible “missing temporary folder” bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Right. So, if the wp-config.php is in the same directory as the /wp-content directory, then…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Post and page editor pages are blank after upgrading to 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you run any caching plugins? Do you use cloudflare? Clear your caches.3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Prevent sharing embedded youtube video, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note if that you prevent sharing the video, your embed will stop working.3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Embedding video link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does it work correctly without those plugins and with a default theme like twenty-twenty? You…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Enlarge the contents of my site and alignment of buttons in the same line, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What "above page"? What "same problem"? You need to be more specific in your questions,…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to xml import impossible “missing temporary folder” bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why dirname(__FILE__)? This seems weird. Where exactly do you have this PHP code inserted at?3 days ago
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Posted a reply to White screen of death is fixed by logging in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The "white screen of death" means that you had some kind of server error. Look…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with html when converting to blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, but they're not typically a part of WordPress Post content. Recently, the block editor…3 days ago
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Closed ticket #49881, in Core Trac:
Adding the ability to create custom short links3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Post and page editor pages are blank after upgrading to 5.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What errors are showing in the browser console?3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to select the Gutenberg Group block in the editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have found that if you have a text block, like a paragraph and the…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Latex math formulas with Elementor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should ask Elementor's authors or contact their support directly. WordPress does not make Elementor.3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for emailing me and letting me take a look. Should be fixed now. For…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Email me please. It's almost impossible to follow along with what you have done without…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, they are definitely not defaults set back in 2016, because your site would never…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can ignore the insecure requests thing for now, that is just your favicon being…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Additionally: Your home and siteurl values do not have a www in them, but when…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, now, let's back up and ask, did you remove the suggestions to mess with…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with html when converting to blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because the "convert to blocks" function is not all-knowing. It does its best, but the…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to login to WordPress Admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yay! I think you found the problem. Or, at least, a potential source of the…4 days ago
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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 days ago
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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…4 days ago
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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…4 days ago
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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…5 days ago
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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…5 days ago
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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…5 days ago
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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…5 days ago
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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.5 days ago
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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…5 days ago
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Committed [2280912] to Plugins Trac:
Correctly tag the 1.0.7 version from /trunk.5 days ago
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Committed [2280910] to Plugins Trac:
Remove incorrectly tagged version.5 days ago
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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/498536 days ago
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Committed [2279494] to Plugins Trac:
Remove all old incorrect tags, replace 1.0.6 with correct version of ...7 days ago
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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…1 week ago
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