Raam Dev

Member Since: August 11th, 2006
Location: Maine, USA
Website: raamdev.com
GitHub: raamdev
Job Title: Code Wrangler
Employer: Automattic, Inc.
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WordPress Origin Story

In 2001, before I discovered WordPress and before I knew what a ‘blog’ was, I built my own web publishing software using PHP and MySQL, with the intention of creating a tool that would allow me to easily share my writing and photos on the web, to help make the web a better place by creating and sharing.

In 2005, when I realized that time spent maintaining my own software was taking away from time for creative writing and publishing, I searched the web for an open-source alternative and discovered WordPress, a project that so happened to be built using PHP and MySQL, by a community who also wanted to make the web a better place. It was love at first sight. 🙂

I now feed my family building and supporting open-source software. In 2013, I designed and built the widely used open-source Independent Publisher WordPress theme. I’ve also been the lead developer on several popular WordPress plugins that were installed on millions of sites and I’ve built and run several businesses using WordPress. In 2018, in search of yet another WordPress adventure, I joined Automattic.

Contribution History

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Posted a reply to Use original Gravatar/Avatar image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@t0pforex Apologies for the very delayed reply. I just took a look at the code…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Use original Gravatar/Avatar image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@t0pforex Do you have a link to a page where this is happening?

8 months ago
Created a new ticket, #48658, in Core Trac:
Post, Page, and Attachment permalinks can be silently overwritten when ...

10 months ago
Created a new ticket, #48543, in Core Trac:
Uncaught TypeError in comment-reply.js when 'id_form' is not 'commentform'

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Superb Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the 5-star review, @smitpatadiya! :-)

1 year ago
Posted a reply to nice theme., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the 5-star review, @kevinkovadia! :-)

1 year ago
Committed [2077423] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077422] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077421] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077418] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077416] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077405] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077404] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Committed [2077400] to Plugins Trac:
Update readme.txt

1 year ago
Posted a reply to URI Exclusion – home page only, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sterndata, We have an article here that covers that: https://cometcache.com/kb-article/how-can-i-exclude-the-home-page-from-being-cached/ You can use ^/$…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to WooCommerce Orders Fail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ianatkins, The "failed to open dir: Too many open files" message is related to…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Exclude Individual URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@the-moose Yes, please see Comet Cache → Plugin Options → URI Exclusion Patterns

2 years ago
Posted a reply to CDN and Domain Sharding breaks images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bereshka Thank you very much for sharing your solution here. I'm glad to hear you…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to At first I was happy, now my website is completely broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hb101 I checked your site and it looks like you're still using Comet Cache and…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Does Comet Cache caches OpCode as well?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @lucasbustamante, OPCode caching is part of PHP itself, so you would need to enable…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to No browser caching and settings not clearly arranged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry to hear that you were not satisfied. Browser Caching is actually something that…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Rights management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@valuewordpress this is not possible at this time, but I think it's a great idea…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Style sheet not downloading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Many of the visual editor and page builder plugins that I've seen for WordPress have…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to German translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@valuewordpress Thank you for the report. With the Lite (free) version of Comment Mail, you…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Client cache for all pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the Comet Cache Client-side Caching is different from browser caching. The client-side caching controls…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Client cache for all pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @morespinach, Browser caching is different from page caching, which is what Comet Cache does.…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I'm not sure I understand your statement. The primary role of Comet Cache is…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The whole point of the HTML Compression feature in Comet Cache Pro is to compress…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would need to set up a test site with Comet Cache running using the…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As explained in this article, we need to rule out a conflict with other plugin/theme…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to GDPR Questions for Comet Cache Pro, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@clocksaysnow @changeagent I will answer all of your questions below. No. The free version of…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fast & smooth, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@andreazambiasi Thanks so much for the 5-star review! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying Comet…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@the-moose The next thing that I would recommend is attempting to reproduce the issue in…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That would indicate to me that there's some other layer of caching going on in…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @the-moose, There's no reason that Google should be indexing files in the wp-content/cache/ directory.…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Comet cache and CloudFlare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @mjoly2000, Yes, you can use Comet Cache with Cloudflare—there should be no issues. Cloudflare…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Caching problem between mobile and desktop?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @craigrkirkby, I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the plugin and finding it useful.…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Remove category link from post meta, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@betheroots You could do that with the following CSS, which you can add from Appearance…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to My clear cache button Never stops rotating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jowc It sounds like your site is having trouble loading the necessary JavaScript that Comet…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Clear cache and opcache admin bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wplike75 The Pro version lets you clear the OPCache and Transients at the same time…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to too large icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're most welcome! I'm happy to hear that you found a workaround. :-)

2 years ago
Posted a reply to too large icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@frannny I haven’t heard anyone else having this issue with Comet Cache, despite there being…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Getting some fatal errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@byomes Comet Cache is a WordPress plugin written in PHP and it uses the standard…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to How to exclude HOME page from caching ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @costasz, Please see the answer here: https://cometcache.com/kb-article/how-can-i-exclude-the-home-page-from-being-cached/

2 years ago
Posted a reply to After enabling the cache home page currency not changing based on IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @palva12, Your currency switcher plugin will need to integrate with Comet Cache's Dynamic Version…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Comet cache and Jetpack, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @mjoly2000, Comet Cache does not 'harm' Jetpack, but if you're using the Mobile Theme…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Getting some fatal errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @byomes, It sounds like Comet Cache is either having permissions issues performing the necessary…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Very useful plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the 5-star review, @gorgeservices! :-)

2 years ago
Posted a reply to too large icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @frannny, If you upload the screenshot somewhere online (such as https://cloudup.com/) you can then…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Question about advanced-cache.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @tomdkat, That’s a file that all WordPress caching plugins use—it’s how caching plugins hook…

2 years ago