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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- Meta Team Meta Team
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
- 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
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Posted a reply to Unable to add new users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, but if you didn't have alter permissions when you first created your site and…21 hours ago
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Closed ticket #83312, in Themes Trac:
THEME: bring back – 1.1422 hours ago
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Posted a reply to What does the wp_blogs public field do?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is poorly named, admittedly. In this context, "public" = "crawlable by search engines". Basically,…23 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Can I please post a question on the forum?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The forum listings are here: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/ Click through to any of those forums (presumably the…23 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to add new users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, I'm starting to see a sort of problem here. That error clarifies things a…24 hours ago
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Committed [2288490] to Plugins Trac:
Remove files from /branches (no files should be in branches). Move SVG ...1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to add new users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Actually "spam" is indeed a column in the users table, if you're running WordPress multisite.…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress.org servers slow? Plugin updates timing out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
One thing you might check, if you have any code anywhere in your themes or…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress.org servers slow? Plugin updates timing out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, so, why would you be using CloudFlare to connect to us? Doesn't make a…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Error on theme & plugin installation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@koolpal There are no server problems with WordPress.org at this time. Please do not post…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not an issue with the WordPress.org servers. This particular problem is because your…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress.org servers slow? Plugin updates timing out, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We don't use CloudFlare, and there's nothing wrong on our end. Servers are up and…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to Can you Please delete this account or change the username, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no way to delete accounts or change usernames. If you want to register…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unwanted post notifications sent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress does not have a built in email subscription mechanism, so you would need to…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Demos and templates display, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Topic moved to Shapely theme forum.3 days ago
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Closed ticket #83170, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Attire – 1.3.44 days ago
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Posted a reply to Image Captions Not Appearing with Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Generally speaking, it's better to keep separate threads for separate problems, but if they are…5 days ago
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Committed [2285926] to Plugins Trac:
testing an svg banner5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Search only one forum, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We use a Google search widget to search this site, and yes, it is somewhat…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to backend has become in accessible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Happens often enough that we have an article about how to fix it: https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Simple code is_category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
else { 'Expert in' the_category(); }?> That's not valid PHP. ` else { echo 'Expert…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Audio / Video Autoplay option is not working in Logout mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note that it didn't autoplay for me when loading into a new tab, only when…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Audio / Video Autoplay option is not working in Logout mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Chrome. Windows 10. Version 81.0.4044.92 (Official Build) (64-bit), although it wants me to relaunch to…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Why did the WordPress 5.4 editor remove the ability to quickly add blocks?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It didn't? Define "quickly add" in more meaningful terms. I mean, you can click the…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Audio / Video Autoplay option is not working in Logout mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It autoplayed for me when I clicked the link, and I'm certainly not logged in…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Image Captions Not Appearing with Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing the actual problem on a live site, we can't see the CSS that's…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Images Center Alignment Not Displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You were close. This is what you need. .elementor .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget-text-editor) figure.aligncenter { margin: 0 auto;…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Internal Server Error caused by protected domain h, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, so look in the apache error log and see what the 500 error message…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to default_hidden_meta_boxes not firing?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that is the old style, and those are indeed metaboxes, and the default_hidden_meta_boxes filter…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Forcing WordPress to display built-in emojis, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no way to do this without a fairly extensive modification. WordPress uses native…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to default_hidden_meta_boxes not firing?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It isn't that it is not usable, it's that those metaboxes no longer exist. Metaboxes…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to Internal Server Error caused by protected domain h, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you actually using that style of quotes? AuthName „Login“ Because it should be using…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to PHP 7.3 Broke Site, Missing Extensions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You say you're getting a 500 error.. What is the actual error? Look in the…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to PHP 7.3 Broke Site, Missing Extensions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you look in the php's /ext directory? If there's a php_mysqli.dll in there, then…7 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:
That is an *insanely* high memory setting. You have it set to either 1024M or…1 week 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 week 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 week 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…1 week 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…1 week 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?1 week 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…1 week 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…1 week 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 week 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 week ago
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Closed ticket #49895, in Core Trac:
PHP Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that ...1 week 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…1 week 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,…1 week ago
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Closed ticket #82981, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Precious Lite – 1.3.11 week ago
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