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

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Wrote a comment on the post WP Notify – next steps, on the site Make WordPress Core:
https://github.com/collizo4sky/persist-admin-notices-dismissal comes to mind as a common library (I'm blanking on if they use the…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to disable update for themes e plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Based on https://github.com/WordPress/wp-autoupdates/issues/95 those should still work.

3 days ago
Committed [2336327] to Plugins Trac:
Pushing tag to release

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status – 06 July 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Sorry about the day late, there was stuff. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 171Plugins…

6 days ago
Committed [2336307] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.8 - True fix for links in DTs

7 days ago
Committed [2334577] to Plugins Trac:
fixing json

1 week ago
Committed [2334510] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.7 - Hopefully temp until Gutenberg fixes their bugs

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #5300, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Improve Trademark Detection

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5299, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Update rejection email to be more clear about what ...

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5298, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Show reasons why closed for perma-closures

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updating jQuery version shipped with WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If you know your plugin won't work on older WP, you should: 1. Update the…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 29 June 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Sorry about the day late, there was stuff. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested :…

2 weeks ago
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…

2 weeks ago
Committed [2330267] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing 3.1 - inclusivity

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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 :…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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 :)

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5278, in Meta Trac:
Registration: Allow users to 'resend' registration link

3 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #5277, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory Admin: Add 'button' or method to trigger plugin syncs ...

3 weeks ago
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,…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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"…

4 weeks ago
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.

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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 :…

4 weeks ago
Replied to an idea, rating system for plugins

4 weeks ago
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…

4 weeks ago
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.…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #896, in Plugins Trac:
comment feeds for all and single posts are broken (with patch)

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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.

1 month ago
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 :…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5252, in Meta Trac:
Profiles: Banned users' bios should be hidden

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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 :…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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…

1 month ago
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 :…

2 months ago
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…

2 months ago