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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										Committed [2585615] to Plugins Trac: 
 Re-create directory entry5 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Title: WordPress ‘Add New Plugin’ not showing., on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Search your files, and find what is turning on DISALLOW_FILE_MODS. There's really not any other…6 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I'm sorry that I was not able to explain this clearly the first time, but…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to I have version 5.4.6, but WordPress ask me to updade to 5.4.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 WordPress is up to version 5.7.2 and you should update to that latest version.1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Version Upgrade different version numbers on changelog and List, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This is a known issue with WordPress that is specific to security updates and backporting…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @markwordpress1 As stated, capitalization matters. That particular phrase you mentioned to disable updates is in…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 define( ‘automatic_updater_disabled’, true ); That is incorrect. There is no define check for that phrase,…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce auto-updated from 5.4.1 to 5.4.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Auto-updates are neither enabled nor disabled by default. For security updates, WordPress.org can enable them…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Auto-updates are neither enabled nor disabled by default. For security updates, WordPress.org can enable them…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to REST API bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The PHP handler in Apache generally accepts path info by default. If you don't want…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Not compatible with PHP 8, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Technically, I could fix this. Realistically, please stop using this plugin already. More here: http://ottopress.com/2017/on-the-topic-of-that-pesky-widget/2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Because none of the themes or plugins in the repo should have this header at…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Migrating slugs is not happening. So, find another solution to your presumed problems.2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Serialized data, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You don't need to know, or care, what the metadata is to delete it. Obviously…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to User registration time is a day ahead of site time, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Time is one of those things that confuse people a lot. Most servers run on…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Themes are updated by uploading a ZIP of the theme. Plugins are updated directly in…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Themes are different, and would need a somewhat different approach. We haven't discussed it yet…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 The idea of "migrating" plugins to another slug doesn't work for other reasons, none of…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 No, the Update URI will not be allowed to be set to be incorrect in…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to A non-numeric value encountered in, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Also, while I've never used the Astra theme, After reading a bit of code real…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to A non-numeric value encountered in, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @johannesjoos Warnings are just warnings. They don't halt the script operation in PHP. Actual errors…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to A non-numeric value encountered in, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Also, look in your hosting services documentation or ask them directly how to properly "disable…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to how can i sync my theme from my web to WordPress Server, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Themes hosted here on wordpress.org are free. You cannot sell themes here, and you cannot…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to fix “Only variables should be assigned by reference in…”, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That's not a WordPress setting, it's a PHP setting. Which is why you need to…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to handle links to paginated comments?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 There is not really any fix for this, as the #comment-X part is not sent…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Introducing the template editor in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 We really need to come up with better naming for these things. I've already been…2 months ago 
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										Committed [2549191] to Plugins Trac: 
 Create plugin mb-acf-migration SVN entry2 months ago 
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										Committed [2549111] to Plugins Trac: 
 Create plugin email-subscription-form-widget SVN entry2 months ago 
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										Committed [2549109] to Plugins Trac: 
 Create plugin gridflow SVN entry2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Accidentally hid tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 What "down arrow" are you referring to? The down arrow key does nothing in the…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Why i Can’t submit theme on wordpress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 When you get an error, then ask for help, it always helps to say what…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Forum title too long – bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That title is 81 characters long. Not a bug.2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Custom breakpoints in Admin panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That's what themes are for. Themes define the CSS of the front pages of the…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Most important features, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 If the feature was implemented in core, then it would be the same code as…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Unable to change website in my profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Akismet was flagging the profile as spam. I've corrected it, and it should be okay…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Apple pay not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 No, links do not get removed by request here. See this for more information: https://wordpress.org/support/forum-user-guide/faq/#will-you-delete-my-post-or-my-link-within-my-post3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Blank pages in XAMPP, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL settings are not necessary in wp-config.php, but that would explain your…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to fix “Only variables should be assigned by reference in…”, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You should also look into disabling "display_errors" on your site in general. Live sites should…4 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Can’t find importer in menus, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It is not in the menus, it will be on the Tools->Import screen.4 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org: 
 Short open tags are gone as of PHP 8.0. So, yeah, avoid those.4 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Changing Title Color in Blog, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I doubt that they are actually using that old theme. Looks to be a custom…4 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Testing emails, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 There's nothing wrong with our end on the subscription emails. Feel free to talk to…5 months ago 
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