David Artiss – @dartiss

Member Since: December 20th, 2007
Location: Nottingham, UK
Website: artiss.blog
Job Title: Support Engineer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

By day, David Artiss works as a Support Engineer and hiring lead on the WordPress VIP team at Automattic. His nearly thirty years of experience in IT support roles has given him the chance to cultivate the art of truly taking care of people and writing so anyone can understand.

David has been active in the WordPress community for 12 years, first as a plugin author, then as a speaker and volunteer at various WordCamps, as well as contributing to Core, Support, Documentation, Translations, and WordPress.TV.

By night, David has performed in 18 musicals and concerts, so is no stranger to the stage. He also writes for the straight-talking technology site The Big Tech Question. He lives in Nottingham, England, with his wife, two daughters, and a room full of Lego.

Interests

Gaming, movie watching, singing and performing in musical theatre

WordPress Origin Story

Has run his own self-hosted site on WordPress for over 12 years. When he wanted to find a plugin to do something, but nothing was available that was just right, he wrote his own. This lead to involvement with core and support contributing.

In 2017 he was employed by Automattic to work on the WordPress VIP team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
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Translations

Created a new ticket, #50494, in Core Trac:
Improved language consistency on MS site deletion screen

1 day ago
Posted a reply to BTC to USD bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it this one? https://github.com/dartiss/open-currency-converter/issues/22 If so, no it's not yet fixed.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to The best footnotes plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you 👍🏼 If you'd like to let me know what this is, I can…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Option to disable pretty tooltips on hover, and enable on click/tap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you - I've got that now and will add it into a future update…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Option to disable pretty tooltips on hover, and enable on click/tap, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Those are great ideas. Can I ask that you log them over here on…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to have a URL in a footnote?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No worries - glad you've got it working.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to have a URL in a footnote?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You just need to add the link as you would any piece of text in…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to have a URL in a footnote?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mike, You can add a link to the footnote text - is that what…

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #50382, in Core Trac:
Language improvement: reconsider use of the word 'nonce', as used in ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. If you look at my page again you'll see that I've now recreated it…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you've done that, are you able to share a link to the post so…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It shouldn't have anything to do with the host. What happens if you create a…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, As Jan correctly pointed out, "users of Customizr Pro can’t be supported on these…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Conflict between “Footnotes made easy” and Customizr Pro theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I'm not sure how an admin would see this as it's less to do…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Conflict between “Footnotes made easy” and Customizr Pro theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi everyone, I'm the developer of the plugin in question. I'd like to discuss this…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, What Andrew is suggesting is to remove the class tag from list - this…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you go into Settings -> Footnotes you should find a setting, at the top,…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to profiles control options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry that you have felt insulted by my inability to understand your questions. However,…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plans for supporting Lazy Load?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using Chrome, John? Native lazy loading isn't supported in many browsers right now.…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plans for supporting Lazy Load?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. I've had a quick look at that plugin and it appears not to add…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plans for supporting Lazy Load?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Huh. Does it give any reason as to why?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plans for supporting Lazy Load?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you tried the new release, John? If you head into Settings -> YouTube Embed…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code Embed: No embed code was found for…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You are correct, yes - if the script is appearing in your source as you'd…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code Embed: No embed code was found for…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, that's the problem, then - you only need to add the % bits when…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let me know how you get on!

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to profiles control options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, I'm really struggling with understand the issue here - your English is not great…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code Embed: No embed code was found for…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How have you set up the custom field, which holds the code you're trying to…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, It's on Memorial Day weekend in the US 😉 I can see the issue…

4 weeks ago
Committed [2317462] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

4 weeks ago
Committed [2317461] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

4 weeks ago
Committed [2317460] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

4 weeks ago
Committed [2317457] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to profiles control options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I love how you've used it on your site. You say it was the controls…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is it possible to embed a video simply by pasting the URL without the shortcode?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That should work. If you put the URL between the youtube shortcodes, it should extract…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to App ID not recognized?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
They reported this over the weekend which may have been the cause... https://status.openexchangerates.org/incidents/my4vwrll12mm

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to App ID not recognized?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for reporting this. Yes, I was part way through debugging this when it…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Forcing translation does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for providing that link - I can see that the parameter is on…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can help me?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On the frontend? Gutenberg Ramp controls access to Gutenberg in the back end but does…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can help me?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. Do you have Classic Editor active at all? Otherwise, I'm not sure what the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can help me?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that's okay - we don't need site access. Can I confirm that when Ramp…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can help me?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, That should certainly work. Which post type are you trying to use Gutenberg with?…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Plans for supporting Lazy Load?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Keep an eye out for a plugin update in the next week... 😉

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Numbers on Footnotes superimposed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi! I've just taken a look at that page and it appears to be displaying…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to profiles control options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, No, I don't want access to your site - nobody should require this to…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Undefined index Notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you click the 'Save Settings' button at the bottom, does it still do it?…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Change Footnotes Header Font, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would use the settings box. For example, <h3>Footnotes</h3>

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Change Footnotes Header Font, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, so by default, "Footnotes Header" should be blank. I assume you've put something in,…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Change Footnotes Header Font, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By default nothing appears before the footnotes, so you've possibly added a header in the…

2 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe Online 2020

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Clicking on the superscript number takes the user to bottom of page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without diving into your code, it's a tricky one. This plugin is doing the correct…

2 months ago