Knut Sparhell (@knutsp) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 5th, 2006
Location: Torp, Fredrikstad, Norway
Website: nettvendt.no
GitHub: knutsp
Job Title: IT engineer
Employer: IT-ing Sparhell, Nettvendt
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Bio

Software developer, database and WordPress expert.

Interests

Transportation, IT

WordPress Origin Story

2005 – first download
2006 – first use – blog
2007 – editing my theme
2008 – developing templates
2009 – translating themes/plugins to Norwegian
2010 – first client
2011 – participated at WordCamp San Francisco
2012 – established business with co-founder
2013 – first major project
2015 – WP related projects major source of income
2016 – more than 50 clients on support and service plan
2017 – 100 web sites created or refurbished
2018 – General Translation Editor for Norwegian (bokmål)
2019 – WooCommerce has major focus
2020 – GiveWP has also much focus
2021 – Course and learning plugins have some focus

Contributions Sponsored

Knut Sparhell contributes 5 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

Activity
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Created a topic, Blocks do not appear in block inserter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have used this plugin, and previously Block Lab, and…

8 hours ago
Created a topic, Genesis Custom Blocks gets hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When this plugin is active, no blocks made with Genesi…

8 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introducing «Update URI» plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If the value of this new field matches any URI other than https://wordpress.org/plugins/{$slug}/ or w.org/plugin/{$slug},…

2 days ago
Closed ticket #53547, in Core Trac:
Admin login credentials lost

2 days ago
Committed [2553635] to Plugins Trac:
Update language files.

7 days ago
Committed [2553629] to Plugins Trac:
Delete 2.2

7 days ago
Committed [2553628] to Plugins Trac:
= 2.2.1 = * Translation fixes

7 days ago
Committed [2553624] to Plugins Trac:
Translation files

7 days ago
Committed [2553623] to Plugins Trac:
Translation files

7 days ago
Committed [2553620] to Plugins Trac:
Text fix and delete src.

7 days ago
Committed [2553615] to Plugins Trac:
= 2.1 * Support for email addresses on (all) subdomains of main ...

7 days ago
Committed [2553614] to Plugins Trac:
= 2.2 = * Less strict cPanel® features check on load * Add dead ...

7 days ago
Created a topic, Warning message in WP 5.8-beta2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin causes "wp.editor.initialize is not a func…

1 week ago
Committed [2551778] to Plugins Trac:
Attempt translation fix.

1 week ago
Committed [2551758] to Plugins Trac:
Fix error upload 2.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error on activate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it was. You use the same library as many others, but fail to check…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Duplicating media attachments don’t work properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The attachments are duplicated, but the file points to…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Fatal error on activate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private method WP…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Strange fatal error in log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
`PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: get_class_vars(…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53335, in Core Trac:
I need a developer to change the design of my website with bug fixes

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Review Translations, on the site Translate WordPress:
Approved the only one waiting string for #nb_NO.

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Review Translations, on the site Translate WordPress:
Approved most and corrected some for #nb_NO. The bad ones lacked the trailing colon (:)…

1 month ago
Closed ticket #53227, in Core Trac:
Could not grant access - user may already have permission to view this file

1 month ago
Created a topic, Another submission button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How can I 1. translate this button text (while 100% t…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Default options of radio/select and conditions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I made a hacky workaround for this. A added an extra, dummy option, made this…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Awesome forms – with glitches, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The form building process - right in the editor, or as…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Default options of radio/select and conditions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
1. Create (multistep, two steps) form in the editor 2.…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Exit intent not working in Firefox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Works fine in Chrome and Edge, but can't get Exit Inte…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Translation Review Request for (Chic Lite) Theme, on the site Translate WordPress:
Reviewed, mostly good translations, but: 1. Please inform your volunteers that some strings, typically font…

2 months ago
Created a topic, 403 Forbidden on AJAX & REST, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It seems it can happen that one is not properly logged…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org:
In case you mean <?=: This not a short tag after PHP 5.4. It can…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Error Invalid referer –, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have the same problem. It worked earlier. I have tried editing the app with…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Logged notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP 8.0 does not help here. Never heard that suggested before. The warning appears because…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Logged notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Goes to log file or in Query Monitor, unless I want it to display. Jetpack…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Translation Review Request: Blossom Travel Norwegian, on the site Translate WordPress:
nb_NO: All approved Please link to your theme on wp.org

2 months ago
Closed ticket #53052, in Core Trac:
WordPress installed a new installation over my existing wordpress website

3 months ago
Closed ticket #53047, in Core Trac:
My "Posts" page (when a static front is selected) uses the old editor

3 months ago
Closed ticket #53051, in Core Trac:
PHP Warning from callback function 'wc_loop_shop_columns'

3 months ago
Closed ticket #53048, in Core Trac:
PHPMailer uses hardcoded default sender mail address, preventing mail ...

3 months ago
Closed ticket #53045, in Core Trac:
Getting emails that posts have been updated, but no post information ...

3 months ago
Created a topic, Logged notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please remove: Notice: Undefined offset: 3 in wp-conte…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Translation probelm, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problematic string: "This %1$s was mentioned..." I…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Massive PHP warnings in debug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks! Fixed.

3 months ago
Created a topic, PHP Warnings in log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: DOMDocument::loa…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Lots of PHP Warnings on log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Warning: array_push() expects parameter 1 to be a…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Spits out PHP warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Warning: Attempt to read property "post_stat…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to errors in PHP 8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I get this: Please fix.

3 months ago
Created a topic, Massive PHP warnings in debug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Notice: is_page was called <strong>incorrec…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Breaking Screen Options and Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Found it, after some further investigation: File: admin/css/shutterstock-admin.css: When removed, all works as normal. Please…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Breaking Screen Options and Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When this plugin is active Screen Options and Help but…

3 months ago