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

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Translations

Posted a reply to Using with OnCanvas theme and blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, IF you head to the instructions (https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-embed-code/), there is a section named "CAN I…

18 hours ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. So, so one of two things is happening... 1. The plugin is erroring and…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I assume you can no longer see {{CODEletsferry}} on the page now? Is the original…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I was hoping you wouldn't say that! Okay, I need you to download and install…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Two or more footnotes at one point crunch up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Ilja, I can recreate this myself. I'll look, in a future release, if I…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Two or more footnotes at one point crunch up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have a page that you can link to where this is happening?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Rounding up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's more truncating than rounding, but this perfectly do-able. I've added it to the list…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And you have {{CODEletsferry}} in the post editor? Can you do me a favour and…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Footnotes inside Elementor template, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mike, There are no current plans to support specific plugins, such as Elementor, at…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, so can you tell me what's in both the fields in the custom fields…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `trunk` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am totally +1000 for this change. With regard to main vs trunk, I've read…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to References at bottom of post too wide, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Andre, This will be due to an issue with your theme not allowing the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using the block or classic editor?

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That code isn't appearing on that page at all. You're not using any page builders,…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Code not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide some more detail? What code have you added and what should it…

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

1 month 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.

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

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

2 months 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 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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,…

2 months 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,…

2 months 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.…

2 months 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…

2 months 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?

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

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

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months ago
Committed [2317462] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

2 months ago
Committed [2317461] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

2 months ago
Committed [2317460] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

2 months ago
Committed [2317457] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.2

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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

2 months ago