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Member Since: December 5th, 2006
Location: Torp, Norway
Website: nettvendt.no
GitHub: knutsp
Job Title: IT engineer
Employer: IT-ing Sparhell, Nettvendt
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Bio

Software developer and WordPress expert.

Interests

Transportation, IT

WordPress Origin Story

2005 – first download
2006 – first use – blog
2007 – editing my theme
2008 – developing templates
2009 – translating themes/plugins to Norwegian
2010 – first client
2011 – participated at WordCamp San Francisco
2012 – established business with co-founder
2013 – first major project
2015 – WP related projects major source of income
2016 – more than 50 clients on support and service plan
2017 – 100 web sites created or refurbished
2018 – General Translation Editor for Norwegian (bokmål)
2019 – WooCommerce has major focus

Contributions Sponsored

Knut Sparhell contributes 5 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor

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Translations

Created a topic, Please update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Need this plugin to be updated and searchable

1 day ago
Closed ticket #50023, in Core Trac:
major core flaw in comments system found today 28 April 2020 16:00 GMT +3

1 day ago
Created a topic, Please update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We like this plugin and are afraid it will be gone.

3 days ago
Created a topic, Very useful for collaboration and communication, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The whole idea behind this plugin is just very good. W…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to PHP session not closed interfering with loopback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can confirm this fixes the problem. Thank you for the quick response.

3 days ago
Created a topic, Translation of color schemes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin is not properly prepared for localization

4 days ago
Created a topic, PHP sesseon not closed interfering with loopback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From patch https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4…

7 days ago
Closed ticket #48532, in Core Trac:
Sometimes image at the top of a page is not showing up in the editor

7 days ago
Created a topic, Please update compatibility version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems to work fine, but there is a warning.

1 week ago
Closed ticket #49946, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen: Missing Theme Options

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49836, in Core Trac:
Site crashing

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49304, in Core Trac:
No changes saved after editing post in "Edit as HTML" mode

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.4 Translation Status (March 16, 2020), on the site Translate WordPress:
#nb_NO Working on it, will finish to 100% today.

1 month ago
Reopened ticket #49304, in Core Trac:
No changes saved after editing post in "Edit as HTML" mode

1 month ago
Closed ticket #49726, in Core Trac:
Featured image reverts to default when publishing post

1 month ago
Created a topic, Best theme for modern WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This theme is no only perfect with the WordPress Block…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #49652, in Core Trac:
Introduce new PHP cross-version compatibility functions, `str_contains()`

1 month ago
Created a topic, Simple and well made, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does what it says. Instead of just notifying shop mana…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Delete project’s language pack when below specific percentage, on the site Translate WordPress:
(HELP! Text lost again! This is buggy/unstable/bad. Use of less than character?) One: Less than…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Delete project’s language pack when below specific percentage, on the site Translate WordPress:
(text lost when submitting comment, issues became meaningless, what is going on?) In short: 1.…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Delete project’s language pack when below specific percentage, on the site Translate WordPress:
Three issues: 1. When translated percentage drops very low, just a string here and there,…

2 months ago
Reopened ticket #5081, in Meta Trac:
Delete project's language pack when below specific percentage

2 months ago
Created a topic, Deprecated function in PHP 7.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
[29-Feb-2020 06:36:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: array_key_…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Reported as issue on Github

2 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When clicking Enable for a plugin: PHP Fatal error: U…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Just fantastic – a must at sometimes busy stores, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use both virtual stock reduction and cart item expir…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Crashes the block editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Lots of Javascript errors in console.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Crashes the site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same happened here. Commenting out the offending lines helped. Tip: Do not test if specific…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE Request for GoDaddy, on the site Translate WordPress:
👍

3 months ago
Closed ticket #49338, in Core Trac:
Default Hello Dolly Plugin bug in WordPress Version 5.3.2

3 months ago
Created a topic, Please make all strings translatable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
"Manage Product Options" (tab title) and all the adver…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Works perfect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does exactly as it says. Adding product op…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Plugin Last Updated Warning, on the site Translate WordPress:
Added for #nb_NO

4 months ago
Closed ticket #49157, in Core Trac:
Click on text me link blank page

4 months ago
Created a topic, Still logged as sent when wp_mail returns error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recently upgraded to PHP 7.4 on a Cloudlinux cPanel …

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.4 – Open Call for Tickets, on the site Make WordPress Core:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48167 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48239 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33165 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24447

5 months ago
Reopened ticket #2768, in Meta Trac:
Change plugin translation summary page link to WordPress.org, to be ...

5 months ago
Created a topic, Super useful, but…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Works at it says. A real time saver. Only flaw: Cannot…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.3: Site Admin Email Verification Screen, on the site Make WordPress Core:
You can and should use a (mu- or ordinary) plugin. New constants is generally avoided,…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Translated, but very incomplete, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems to work better now! Only chart legends (organic etc.) are untranslated.

5 months ago
Created a topic, Please prepre for translaton, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Translations does not work.

5 months ago
Created a topic, Translated, but veru incomplete, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Only the admin menu and the names for the modules show…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hei,, on the site Translate WordPress:
and @Forsvunnet

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hei,, on the site Translate WordPress:
@yratof and @oakidoaki added as #nb_NO PTEs for the plugin.

6 months ago
Created a topic, Not language pack ready, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please simplify distribution and applying translations…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Ocean Extra Update 1.5.17. Fatal Error Broke Site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A workaround that fixes the problem for now: Comment out lines 48 and 49 (starting…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE Request for GoDaddy, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please remove @godaddyi18n from nb_NO on CoBlocks if possible. Some of the provided translations are…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation into German made but not published, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Still waiting for the translations. Any progress?

7 months ago
Created a topic, Fails with WordPress 5.3-beta1-46334, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Immediately after activation, when redirected to plugi…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation into German made but not published, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wpshrike How is the progress on this bug?

8 months ago

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