Timothy Jacobs
@timothyblynjacobs on WordPress.org, @timothybjacobs on Slack
- Member Since: May 26th, 2012
- Location: New York
- Website: timothybjacobs.com
- Job Title: WordPress Developer
- Employer: iThemes
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Timothy Jacobs’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Can you share more about how you are testing? For example a minimal REST API…4 days ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 In this scenario, how would the mobile app be authenticating? The user needs to login…1 week ago 
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										Wrote a new post, REST API Batch Framework in WordPress 5.6, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 WordPress 5.6 introduces a framework for making a series of REST API calls in one…1 week ago 
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										Closed ticket #51831, in Core Trac: 
 WP REST API and Caching Issue1 week ago 
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										Created a new ticket, #51816, in Core Trac: 
 Implement auto recovery mode during auto update cron2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51642, in Core Trac: 
 Better detect `local` environments to enable Application Passwords ...2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51513, in Core Trac: 
 Rename 'wp_is_application_passwords_available' filter and function2 weeks ago 
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										Committed [49617] to Core Trac: 
 App Passwords: Unify availability language. Previously App Passwords ...2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51790, in Core Trac: 
 WordPress keeps changing the original author name when someone else is ...2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51782, in Core Trac: 
 Required in REST API register_rest_route args should check for empty string2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51772, in Core Trac: 
 Add HTTP_AUTHORIZATION RewriteRule to the default multisite .htaccess file2 weeks ago 
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										Committed [49607] to Core Trac: 
 App Passwords: Include authorization rewrite rule in default multisite ...2 weeks ago 
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										Closed ticket #51771, in Core Trac: 
 Application Passwords Plugin misses ...2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 That's good data to have. I think it shows the value of having a feature…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 👍 If that change is made, then IMO we should consider branching at Beta 1.1 month ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Also looking at some other projects, our process doesn't seem that odd for OSS. Drupal…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 If this isn't a data driven decision, then what is it driven by? And again,…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 How does that compare to the number of bugs that usually get fixed in the…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 What is the problem we are trying to solve here? > Virtually no new bugs…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to use permission_callback with remote application passwords, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @tijmensmit, Thanks for being an early tester of Application Passwords! Application Passwords works like…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Missing site_itsec_bans table caused site crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @ghartwig I'm glad you got it working! @nlpro Good call. Do you want to submit…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Missing site_itsec_bans table caused site crash, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for the report @ghartwig. iThemes Security creates new tables using the WordPress Core function…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Use identical labels in settings-page/validator.php files, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks @nlpro, yeah unifying the language we use is definitely something we want to do.…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Ban Hosts, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Yes, I would set it to a large number like 1000.2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to MySQL8 Compatibility Issue – TEXT columns can’t have default value, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @spenserhale, This fix has been released in 7.9.0, apologies for the delay.2 months ago 
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										Committed [2398896] to Plugins Trac: 
 Releasing 7.9.02 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 👍 That makes sense to me. Right now I think the redirect to `wp-login.php` is…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Obsolete Malware Scan Scheduling upsell module, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Good eye, updated as well.2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 💯 Yep I think this is a great room for future improvement. And another big…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to [iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security)] iThemes IP Tracker (Has Bugs), on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @jetxpert, I’m sorry you’re experiencing those issues. We’re looking into the problem. In the…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Autodiscover.xml causing false positive IP lockout, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @lockedown, You should be able to add that file to the "404 File/Folder Ignore…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Obsolete Malware Scan Scheduling upsell module, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for noticing @nlpro! A fix has been made and will be included in an…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I forgot to add this to the post. The number I got from @dd32 was…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Yeah this is a possibility for improvement. When @georgestephanis and I were discussing it, we…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 It's adding another step in the user flow where instead of the user clicking authorize,…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Preregistration violates the first requirement I mentioned in my comment. It makes the signup flow…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 💯 I maintain a plugin that has a fork of a very early form of…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 And if it isn’t unlikely that the app secret and tokens would be breached together,…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks for your feedback @bradyvercher! I don't disagree with much of your comments, but there…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks for your feedback @bradyvercher! I don't disagree with much of your comments, but there…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post REST API Meeting Agenda for September 10, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Yep! You can bring it up during the Open Floor.3 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post REST API Meeting Agenda for September 10, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Yeah that'd be a great thing to discuss, let's tackle it after Widgets.3 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, REST API Meeting Agenda for September 10, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 After a hiatus following the release of WordPress 5.5, the REST API weekly component chat…3 months ago 
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										Committed [2368107] to Plugins Trac: 
 Update tags3 months 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: 
 +1 to basing it off the EOL date. Particularly if there is a difference in…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does the Brute Force Network slow down a site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @twd, A slight slowdown can happen because the plugin does need to do work,…3 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, PTE Request for iThemes Security, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Hello Polyglots, I am the plugin author for https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/ – iThemes Security. We have a…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Ban Hosts, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 > Where can I add this filter? You can add the code snippet in your…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to New site scan notice string is missing %2$s, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 > And a fix has been committed ? Yes, a fix has been made. >…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Weird Error r85_itsec_logs.MYD’ not found (Errcode: 2), on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Glad to hear it @spanizhfly! You shouldn’t need to, deactivating and activating the plugin should…3 months ago 
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