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
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Committed [2388402] to Plugins Trac:
Minor wording improvements

4 days ago
Committed [2388401] to Plugins Trac:
Minor wording improvements

4 days ago
Committed [2388224] to Plugins Trac:
Corrected text domain

4 days ago
Committed [2388223] to Plugins Trac:
Corrected text domain

4 days ago
Committed [2388221] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.2

4 days ago
Committed [2388194] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

4 days ago
Committed [2388193] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

4 days ago
Committed [2388192] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

4 days ago
Committed [2388191] to Plugins Trac:
Initial release

4 days ago
Posted a reply to jQuery possible?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without examples, I'm not really able to advise. There should be no reason for a…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to jQuery possible?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you give me an example of a script that doesn't work?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to add switch Currency drop down menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, There is no option to add additional currencies, as I only use those supplied…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Collapse/Hide Footnotes List?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sasha, No, we don't have that option. If you click on the identifier to…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Theme interfering with Code Embed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the link to the page. I can confirm that that plugin is…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Division by zero error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://github.com/dartiss/open-currency-converter/issues/40

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Division by zero error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's a good idea - I'll add that check in.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Workaround for code containing “]]>”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've added it to my list of changes, here: https://github.com/dartiss/code-embed/issues/40

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Workaround for code containing “]]>”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 This is CDATA and may, or may not be, required by the script…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress 5.5 Fix – Downgrade it to 5.4.2 !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Understood. The downgrade is a quick solution. You are making an assumption and it may…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress 5.5 Fix – Downgrade it to 5.4.2 !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is. But won't get to the bottom of your issue. Absolutely true. But you're…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Drop down menus stopped working 5.5 upgrade, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 Unfortunately, reversing out won't help us resolve this (we can't even see the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress 5.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 I see you've said much the same thing in another post (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-5-horrible/). Can…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to 5.5 causing responsive theme problems, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 I'm sorry to hear that it's causing problems. Something fundamentally changed in WP…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress 5.5 Fix – Downgrade it to 5.4.2 !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 Although rolling back is one solution, it doesn't help to resolve the problem.…

2 months ago
Created a topic, A fantastic avatar generator, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For all those users who don't have an avatar set-up, u…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No answers to support queries and no updates in 2 year…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Simple to use, redirect management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are lots of redirect plugins available but this …

2 months ago
Created a topic, A plugin that everyone should have installed!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh boy, I love this plugin. Okay, I think this functio…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Simple and effective, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't need this plugin very often (in fact, right no…

2 months ago
Created a topic, A simple but effective Gist block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This block works great for adding Gists to your posts …

2 months ago
Created a topic, Suspicious intent with the CDN so went elsewhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The more I read about the CDN being used in the plugin…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Change footnote appearance?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Excellent news - I'm glad that worked 😊 I'll look at adding something like this…

2 months ago
Committed [2350799] to Plugins Trac:
Updated README

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Change footnote appearance?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There may be a way. If you go into Appearance -> Customise in WP Admin,…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Change footnote appearance?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Tony, There are limited styling options in the plugin, with the idea that, by…

2 months ago
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…

2 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

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

3 months 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,…

3 months 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…

3 months ago