Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- Website: halfelf.org
- GitHub: Ipstenu
- Job Title: Half-Elf
- Employer: DreamHost
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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)’s badges:- BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Hosting Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team
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- Support Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Posted a reply to Beware of Customer Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @kp3t3z I removed the name of the tech. Please don't call people out by name…3 days ago 
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										Committed [2330267] to Plugins Trac: 
 Releasing 3.1 - inclusivity5 days ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 'wontfix' may not have a 1:1 rename. @sergeybiryukov what are the primary reasons we pick…5 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to “Source Code” view, 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…6 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Transfer options not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Yeah that's no one's fault (except maybe PHP's). The 2G limit has bit me so…6 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 22 June 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 169Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 31Plugins approved :…7 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Transfer options not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That very much could be an issue. PHP gets weird around 2Gs @bwmarkle I can't…7 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Dreamhost mega menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 FWIW that menu is part of the theme, which was built off Underscores and I…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to Only works on regular login screens?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It uses the regular login hooks, so if your other plugins use that code, it'll…1 week ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post RESOLVED! Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 FYI, we're 100% volunteers here :)1 week ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 +1 to trunk as well. Besides the fact that it harkens back to SVN roots,…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Counterpoint. Why would anyone be offended by changing it? If it's a low-friction way to…2 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Version 1.2.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @vickyagravat Look at https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-codemirror-block/trunk/readme.txt please Stable Tag is 1.2.0 So it's cool you updated https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-codemirror-block/tags/1.2.0/index.php…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 I understand why you feel this way, but it was neither misunderstood nor overlooked. The…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 I don't want people to read your message and think "Oh hai, it's cool now"…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 IT IS NOT RESOLVING. Please read the updates.2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 @zerozendesign - You're going to just have to wait until it's fix. Please don't ask…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 FYI any time you have an issue with a plugin page, it greatly helps us…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Update Issues – 18 June 2020, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 We are currently experiencing issues with plugin updates properly displaying on the front end. Systems…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 15 June 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 174Plugins rejected : 8Plugins closed : 38Plugins approved :…2 weeks ago 
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										Replied to an idea, rating system for plugins 2 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Multiple redirects issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The SSL redirects have nothing to do with this plugin, which does not touch that…2 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Variations Table Not Displaying Products With Only 1 Variation, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @wcproducttable As a reminder, please do not ask people to email you off the forums.…2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #896, in Plugins Trac: 
 comment feeds for all and single posts are broken (with patch)3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Fatal error when activating plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You said you tried to activate. That would be why. You don't activate this. Step…3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Fatal error when activating plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please re-read the documentation. https://wordpress.org/plugins/memcached-redux/#installation You don't activate this normally.3 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 8 June 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 179Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 47Plugins approved :…3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Why do you collect so many data from our sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I'm going to be pedantic here. If the data is being sent to your server…4 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Why do you collect so many data from our sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @rankmath What they're saying is that for them to keep using your plugin AND be…4 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 1 June 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 168Plugins rejected : 100Plugins closed : 57Plugins approved :…4 weeks ago 
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										Created a topic, Version 7.1 broke sites and the company appears to have abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I opened a support post just under 3 weeks ago - https…4 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Crashed Website when Updating, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It SOUNDS like you had a bad download of the files, which really shouldn't be…4 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to No buckets visible after resetting plugin due to error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I'm away from the office at the moment (will be back next week) but it…4 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 25 May 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 213Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 26Plugins approved :…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Performance of query?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Nothing expensive. It's using a network option, so that's as fast as loading any other…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Suspicious company, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @henrikthome Be careful there. It's not a false accusation. You have a user saying "This…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Just an advertisement for paid services, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 No. Reviews are for humans who have an experience. If the experience is "I choose…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Just an advertisement for paid services, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 As painful as this is about to be to hear, that's actually a fair complaint.…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Status: 18 May 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 212Plugins rejected : 13Plugins closed : 16Plugins approved…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Best way to hook into is_email() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Because it's very broad. I don't know if other things would break by using that.…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Fork or incorporate, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I would love to see a pull request for that! https://github.com/Ipstenu/impostercide That could be awesome…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Best way to hook into is_email() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 is_email() just checks if email is valid or not. You would have to find the…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does work with Elementor pro forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I'm sorry, I don't have the bandwidth to consider doing that kind of work for…2 months ago 
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										Created a topic, Version 7.1 is not fully functional, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 After upgrading to 7.1 all the settings were wiped out…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 11 May 2020, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 191Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 40Plugins approved…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does work with Elementor pro forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You'll have to write a hook so that form can tie into Ban Hammer. Since…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Edit Topic, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I removed it from both the first paragraph AND your signature. In the future, please…2 months ago 
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