Paul Biron
@pbiron on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: February 9th, 2012
- Location: Gardner, CO
- Website: sparrowhawkcomputing.com
- GitHub: pbiron
- Job Title: Owner, Software Engineer, Designer, Consultant
- Employer: Sparrow Hawk Computing
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Paul Biron’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature Plugin: WP Auto-updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
thank you for the comment. First, plugin/theme auto-updates are already implemented in core. They are…5 days ago
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Created a new ticket, #49831, in Core Trac:
Multisite: themes should not be allowed to be updated from the ...2 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post 5.4 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi Laura, You can install the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a local site and…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to set a theme auto-update enabled?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Theme auto-updates will be included in version 0.4.0, which will be released very shortly.3 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #49675, in Core Trac:
correct documentation for WP_User_Request class1 month ago
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Created a new ticket, #49668, in Core Trac:
Multisite: export/erase requests initiated in a sub-site should check ...1 month ago
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Created a new ticket, #49656, in Core Trac:
WP_Plugins_List_Table: redirects on core row actions when the current ...1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for March 11, 2020 (5.4 Week 9), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Can you please highlight this make/hosting post during dev-chat?1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Difference between Beta/RC and Bleeding edge nightlies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, in case it isn't clear the, WP_CORE_DEV_BRANCH is something that gets changed on the…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Switch from Point Release to Beta/RC does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Once you have already updated to a Point release nightly then the Beta/RC - Point…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Trac ticket: Not an error but a hint, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you please open an issue in the GitHub repo for this?1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Switch from Point Release to Beta/RC does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for the problems you've been having. The way the Beta/RC streams work is that…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Skips version 5.4-rc1 and jumps to 5.5-alpha, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear that! Yeah, for reasons that are too hard to explain here, you…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Skips version 5.4-rc1 and jumps to 5.5-alpha, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mmcginnis Are you sure you're selecting Beta/RC - Bleeding edge and NOT Bleeding edge nightlies…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Skips version 5.4-rc1 and jumps to 5.5-alpha, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A temporary work around is: manually edit wp-includes/version.php set the value of $wp_version to 5.4-beta3…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Hosting Meeting Chat: Wednesday, February 26, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Hosting:
@amykamala Thanx for including the `SimpleXML` question in the minutes. For those who weren't in…2 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #49446, in Core Trac:
cache the results of get_uploaded_header_images()2 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #49384, in Core Trac:
incorrect description for $editor_id param to wp_editor()2 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #49346, in Core Trac:
text on "Lost Password" screen is incorrect/ambiguous/ungrammatical3 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #49170, in Core Trac:
incorrect description of return value in DocBlock of ...3 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #49118, in Core Trac:
REST API: minor performance improvement for /wp/v2/users?who=authors4 months ago
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Closed ticket #48974, in Core Trac:
-1 being added to image uploads with Version 5.3.14 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP 5.3.1 week 3: bug scrubs schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When is the RC scheduled for?5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP-CLI v2.4.0 release date, on the site WP-CLI:
cool, thanx!6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP-CLI v2.4.0 release date, on the site WP-CLI:
There quite a few breaking “non-breaking changes” in the upcoming 5.3 release Will WP-CLI 2.4.0…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing handling of big images in WordPress 5.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Suppose you change themes...and the new theme has different intermediate sizes (a very common occurrence).…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing handling of big images in WordPress 5.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The problem with doing that is the 2560x2560 image might have compression artifacts and if…6 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing handling of big images in WordPress 5.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The original image file is still used when generating intermediate images.7 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Calling all testing plugins, on the site Make WordPress Test:
I'm working on one for testing list tables. Specifically, testing whether each list table used…7 months ago
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Created a topic, great product and even better support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Wordfence has saved my butt (and that of my clients) m…8 months ago
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Posted a reply to Dropping Tables During 5.2.2 Upgrade, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Based on that 2nd screenshot something is definitively wrong, because the tables shown there as…10 months ago
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Posted a reply to Dropping Tables During 5.2.2 Upgrade, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanx for providing the info about the version you updated from and the answer to…10 months ago
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Posted a reply to Dropping Tables During 5.2.2 Upgrade, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What version did you update from?10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
that would make a great companion to https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4595411 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
oops, replied to wrong comment :-)11 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That would make a great companion to https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4595411 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WP5.3: Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45954 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44900 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4645111 months ago
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Created a topic, Very helpful plugin and responsive developer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since recently discovering this plugin it has been ver…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Essential plugin when working in multiple environments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanx for the review, I'm glad you like it.1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Media Meeting Recap – February 7, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I added 41816 (comment 6) with updated info.1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Build tools: We’ve enabled running WordPress from /src again, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just commented on the ticket. Patch works fine. Thank you!1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Build tools: We’ve enabled running WordPress from /src again, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There is still a check in `test/phpunit/includes/bootstrap.php` that prevents running unit tests from `src`. It…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to wildcards in Live Traffic “List of comma separated IP addresses to ignore”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
thank you!2 years ago
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