Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) – @ipstenu

Member Since: April 10th, 2006
Location: California
Website: halfelf.org
GitHub: Ipstenu
Job Title: Half-Elf
Employer: DreamHost
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Bio

WordPress Plugin Review Team Rep, Half-Elf Rogue, TV lover, LGBTQ+ Activist

WordPress Origin Story

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute
Just sit real tight
I’ll tell you how I became a guru of WordPress Multisite

In WordPress bloggin’ born and raised
In support forums is where I spent most of my days.
Hanging, helping, debugging all cool
And all .htaccessing like a fool.
Till a couple Canadians, up to no good,
Starting pushin’ MU in my neighborhood.
I coded one little plugin, my wife got scared,
She said “You’re writing all this code on your Macbook air!

I spoke at a WordCamp and then it came clear,
The job offer was fresh, and it came with good beer!
If anything I could say that WordPress was fair,
And I thought, “Hey, just fork it! Yo, homes dye my hair!”

I logged in to Slack ’bout 7 or 8
And I said to the meetup “Here”, it was great
I looked at the make blogs
It was finally true!
I’m a guru of WordPress and Multisite too.

Contributions Sponsored

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) contributes 15 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Support.

Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Plugin Review Team
Plugin Review Team
Support Contributor
Support Contributor
Support Team
Support Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

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Posted a reply to plugin fatal issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a fix. Sorry it took so long, this never emailed me! 7.4.x compatibility…

21 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Next steps for Dashicons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How will this impact the myriad plugins and add-ons that use Dashicons to add items…

3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 20 April 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 209Plugins rejected : 13Plugins closed : 84Plugins approved…

3 days ago
Committed [2287746] to Plugins Trac:
Release 4.3.0

3 days ago
Committed [2287707] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging (still not flagged as stable)

3 days ago
Committed [2287703] to Plugins Trac:
REL 4.3.0 to Trunk -- NOT LIVE YET. Having issues with Vendor folder I ...

3 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Bootstrap is a library, it’s not a WordPress thing at all. I’m not trying to…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to The domains I blocked can still register, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It’s possible that the LoginPress plugin is not using the normal WordPress login interface. As…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Again, without seeing the code you're pasting in AND the theme, no one here can…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there was a standard that everyone used, your code would have worked already. There…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No I am not, but I don't use Beaver Builder. I would check out their…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A child theme is generally safer, and no it won't be overwritten. But if all…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, but CSS is a little weird and sometimes has particular tweaks that require specifications.…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin fails with host migrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So we did some checking. The automated mover we have for version 3 of DreamPress…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin fails with host migrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin actually doesn't verify the IP because it can't -- If it was DreamHost…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Not great & blatant copy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@superwp09 While we understand your confusion, this is not a copy of Uncanny Automator --…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Problem with the number of lines ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ecosavoiemontblanc I've removed your post. Please do not ask people to email you for help,…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Avoid Users access with another IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin doesn't block anyone at all (it's not meant for that) so you would…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post You Are Now Able to Close Your Own Plugins, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Currently yes. This is all a massive work-in-progress and we're doing the 'release and iterate.'…

1 week ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 13 April 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 202Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 86Plugins approved…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Customer service is horrible., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@cocoabunny I've removed your three other reviews about this company, as the reviews aren't about…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Ad-hoc Backup Never Runs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you turned on debugging and checked the log?

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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.…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
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.…

2 weeks ago
Committed [2277626] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.6 - fix the 'add' button missing when your last item isn't a ...

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #49826, in Core Trac:
The top toolbar overlaps the title on posts

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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:22

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5131, in Meta Trac:
Add "Transfer this plugin" to the new Danger Zone

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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 :)

3 weeks ago
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:

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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.

3 weeks ago
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.…

4 weeks ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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 PHP

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updating the Coding standards for modern PHP, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/plugins/

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago