Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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Contribution History
Samuel Wood (Otto)’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Documentation Team
- Marketing Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Meta Team
- Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team
- Security Team
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Not likely for a search, as there are so many plugins that interact with Facebook…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Wow. Even the latest version of that plugin in our directory is 4 years old,…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is this "feed-json" plugin? Where did you get it? Who made it? Where can…6 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Facebook and Instagram embeds to be deprecated October 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Might be worth linking to plugins that add said functionality using the API endpoints, one…7 days ago
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Committed [2386595] to Plugins Trac:
Fix version number7 days ago
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Committed [2386594] to Plugins Trac:
Release 20200922.17 days ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t download v6.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I believe this was caused by a problem on the WordPress update servers. I have…2 weeks ago
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Committed [2381357] to Plugins Trac:
- Correct readme.txt with wrong Stable Tag in it. The version is 6.9, ...2 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
I honestly do not understand your logic on this point. Like I said, you do…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Well, that is as may be, however, plugin authors are getting free hosting, free bandwidth,…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Actually, it does matter where they are hosted. Our systems interlink with one another. They…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Whether you reply to the forums here or not is up to you. The forums…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
The bbPress and BuddyPress systems are not "external". They are hosted by WordPress.org and use…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Talking point: Handling support for commercial users on the WordPress forums, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Please do not direct people like this in the future. The answer is a simple…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to registration email exposes the password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What plugin?4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to registration email exposes the password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The key is not the password. The key is a randomly chosen string that has…1 month ago
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Closed ticket #50976, in Core Trac:
WordPress stripping out "page" query parameter with 301 redirect1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Giving them the name "zombie" doesn't mean that they don't exist. A site that nobody…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No, what you're saying seems entirely about the devs. If you're saying that it is…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
For the specific case of core support, I'm not a fan of the fixed schedule…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t select database, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you explain what this means? What do you see in phpmyadmin?1 month ago
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Closed ticket #50905, in Core Trac:
Bug of both classic editor plugin and Featured image after update to 5.51 month ago
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Posted a reply to Warning: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported,, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Line 2 of that file in WordPresss does not have a "preg_replace" line in it.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Image upload problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, your theme is broken, and your upload_max_filesize setting is too small. My advice: change…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Multiple links linking to pdf parts of a pdf doc., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PDFs are not web native documents. Linking to parts of them makes little sense.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Since PHP 7.4: Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ask your hosting service what is the proper way to disable the PHP display_errors setting…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Why don’t I have a block editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Neither of those images shows what basic WordPress block editing looks like. That "Add SiteOrigin…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to 5.5 lazy loading doesn’t work for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I do not know how you are checking, but on a fairly normal setup, you…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Unwanted notifications on forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you subscribed under a different account, or a different email which is forwarding to…1 month ago
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Committed [2363357] to Plugins Trac:
Update tested version1 month ago
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Posted a reply to REST API ERRORS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The error is coming from a plugin or theme which needs to be updated. Look…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to when i chane my theme to wordpress thems then i got this error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
... you don't. You keep using the pagebuilder, or you rebuild everything from scratch. That's…1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
That doesn't seem right... Unless they really changed how it works. I'll take a look…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to New Core Sitemap DISCLOSES USER IDs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The basic sitemaps feature has no UI or settings because it doesn't need one. I'm…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to New Core Sitemap DISCLOSES USER IDs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mariedi To address your point, no, username is not part of security. The username is…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to New Core Sitemap DISCLOSES USER IDs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Usernames are not secrets. Disclosing them is not a legitimate security issue. But, if you…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress 5.5 horrible decisions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mariedi Usernames are not secrets. Disclosing them is not a legitimate security issue. However, if…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to wp_commentmeta table crashed. What should I do?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Go to phpmyadmin and repair the table. If that doesn't work, restore from backup. Contact…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to why am i getting too many errors after updating latest version of wordpress?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The last two are happening because of CloudFlare. When you update, make sure that you…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to 5.5 lazy loading doesn’t work for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The new lazy loading feature doesn't work like older javascript hacks did. That loading="lazy" parameter…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Child-theme post-randomizing PHP interferes with WP Site Health, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you only want this to run on that particular portfolio page, then you should…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to wp-settings.php on line 256, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you're missing files, then you probably have a failed upgrade. Do a manual upgrade…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Create learn@wordpress.org and link to Help Scout, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
No, it's a matter of how you set it up. We setup plugins and themes…2 months ago
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