Phil Johnston
@johnstonphilip on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: August 27th, 2006
- Location: St. Catharines, Canada
- Website: mintplugins.com
- Job Title: Code wrangler
- Employer: WP Engine
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Phil Johnston’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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										Posted a reply to Can this be act- and deactivated repeatedly?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That would break things. I would advise just picking one way or the other and…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Post and Page Grid block: The header displays, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey @antoinet, Just to help make sure I am understanding your issue correctly, can you…4 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to WordPress 5.8 Widget Area Restored. Thank You!, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 There is actually an active community fork of WordPress from just before Gutenberg was introduced.…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to What happens without Classic Widgets plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 If nothing has changed on the "Appearance" > "Widgets" page for you, I would assume…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Widgets in WordPress 5.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @wordsofawriter I totally sympathize with your struggle here. But the cold hard truth is that…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Font Awesome Icons icons disappear after upgrading to latest version, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @drunkfox My apologies, I should have explained more clearly what has happened. While Font Awesome…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Social Links Icons, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, I checked out your page the the SVG icons are loading inside your…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Enter to start new block, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Rich, I'm not totally sure if I understand, as when I press enter, I…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Inquiry, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I think you might be able to do that using this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/find-my-blocks/6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Font Awesome Icons icons disappear after upgrading to latest version, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, Yes Font Awesome was removed in Genesis Blocks. If you need them, I…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to HELP please! widgets stopped working, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey @bytammi Try installing the Classic Widgets plugin to disable the new widgets screen in…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to This opt-out should be an opt-in, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I was in a lot of the conversations about this change, and the Core development…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Gutenberg Widgets Should Be OPT-IN, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Completely agree. I pushed hard for this to be opt-in before 5.8 was released, but…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Widgets bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @joetawfik Glad to hear it helped you! I'm sorry you had to deal with this.6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Widgets bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 You may want to check out the Classic Widgets plugin, which removes the new Widgets…6 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Widgets bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 WordPress core knowingly broke a lot of backwards compatibility with the new widgets screen. For…6 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Help Test the Widgets Editor for WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I have been testing the customizer and there are some major issues IMO. 1. In…7 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to ReactJS Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @iberezansky That's a good point. It looks like that documentation is out of date. But…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to ReactJS Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Genesis Blocks doesn't use a custom version of react. Rather, it uses the one bundled…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Testimonial Block issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @douglasferraz89 The fix for this has been more difficult to completely nail down than it…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Post and Page Grid not saving when on Page mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Gary, Just curious if the latest update resolved this for you.8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to POST AND PAGE LIMIT TO 100, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Try this, Out all 800 of your posts into a new category called "Blog". Then,…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to POST AND PAGE LIMIT TO 100, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Jeff, Like I mentioned though, that would absolutely destroy your Google ranking, to load…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to POST AND PAGE LIMIT TO 100, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Another good approach might be to link to your theme's blog page at the bottom…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to No route was found matching the URL and request error after wanting to migrate, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Jack, I just wanted to check back in on this. Were you able to…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to POST AND PAGE LIMIT TO 100, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Jeff, 800 posts/pages is a lot to load in a single page-load. That can…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Post Page Grid – Columns for Pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, This was a bug and should be fixed as of yesterday with the…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Post Page Grid – Title before Image, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, and apologies for the delay! Unfortunately there aren't any ordering options available. There…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Accordion block not obvious to visitors, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for the feedback on this Tyler! Are you seeing a little triangle marker to…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to No route was found matching the URL and request error after wanting to migrate, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Jack, Apologies for the delay! That error happens if your rest API endpoints are…8 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to CSS gb-button* conflicting with GeneratePress + GenerateBlocks styles, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, There might bea fews ways to deal with this that don't require deactivating…11 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Simplest things don’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @ebrett I'm so sorry to hear this has been your experience! I would love to…11 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Testimonial Block issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @douglasferraz89 Great suggestion. Though I think what we plan to do is fall-back to the…12 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Testimonial Block issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I am replicating this. It looks like it happens if there's no thumbnail version of…12 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Testimonial Block issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Based on the error message, it looks like it could be caused by a few…12 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Atomic blocks didn’t convert to Genesis blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey Eoghan, Sorry to hear you're experiencing this! This sounds like the migration tool may…12 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Broken Website, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 WordPress creates thumbnail versions of all your uploaded images by default, is that what might…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Cannot login to WordPress Dashboard due to blockage of cookies, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It sounds like you might have actually blocked cookies in your browser. Depending on the…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Generated WP Follow Button Not Showing Up, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hey there, I wonder if it's a javascript error of some kind. If you right…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to WordPress installed in EC2 can’t create new pages or enter other than Home, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I am curious where you are seeing the JSON failed error. Is it on a…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Suspicious intent with the CDN so went elsewhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Apologies for this - I believe this was a pocket-dial comment. If a moderator could…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Suspicious intent with the CDN so went elsewhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 G us TV kill1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to I wouldn’t recommend using this, try Instant Images instead, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It's more than just clumsy. It's unethical and an abuse of the platform and his…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to I wouldn’t recommend using this, try Instant Images instead, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Jetpack is not the competing service. Pexels is (and it's also the first option in…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to I wouldn’t recommend using this, try Instant Images instead, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @firefliespilots Matt does not need to refer to his competing service in order to benefit…1 year ago 
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										Posted a reply to Woocommerce Integration?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Apologies for the long delay on this! Could you elaborate on what you mean further?…1 year ago 
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										Created a topic, Let’s get this into WP core!, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This plugin is working great and was incredibly easy t…1 year ago 
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										Mentioned in [48755] on Core SVN: 
 Accessibility: Themes: Only unlink custom logo on the home page if the theme declares support for that.1 year ago 
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										Mentioned in [48749] on Core SVN: 
 Accessibility: Themes: Only unlink custom logo on the home page if the theme declares support for that.1 year ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Themes: changes related to get_custom_logo() in WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 @williampatton Thank you!2 years ago 
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