William Earnhardt
@earnjam on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: May 15th, 2012
- Location: Cary, NC
- Website: wearnhardt.com
- Job Title: WordPress Developer
- Employer: Bluehost
Interests
Contributions Sponsored
Contribution History
William Earnhardt’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Hosting Team
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
- 
										Posted a reply to Critical Error on Jetpack Setup, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @disura97 This issue has been fixed in the latest version of the Bluehost plugin we…11 months ago 
- 
										Committed [2386228] to Plugins Trac: 
 Update readme/assets from GitHub11 months ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Update all git repositories to use `main` instead of `master`, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 What about trunk, so it more closely mirrors SVN, which we still use extensively?1 year ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #50178, in Core Trac: 
 Cross Browser Compatibility1 year ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to Disable test for inactive plugins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Sorry about that. The inactive plugins are actually grouped with updates. For anyone coming on…1 year ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to The REST API request failed due to an error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Seems like you're getting timeout issues which could have a number of different causes. It…1 year ago 
- 
										Committed [2286705] to Plugins Trac: 
 Update to version 1.1 from GitHub1 year ago 
- 
										Committed [2285205] to Plugins Trac: 
 Update readme/assets from GitHub1 year ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to Disable test for inactive plugins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Sorry I hadn't responded to this! Yes, you can disable any individual tests that are…1 year ago 
- 
										Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Raleigh, NC 2020 1 year ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #48493, in Core Trac: 
 avatar_url has been removed from post authors on the posts endpoint, ...2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #48134, in Core Trac: 
 Critical issues2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #47587, in Core Trac: 
 Parent Page dropdown is missing in Page Attributes on Pages - WP 5.2.22 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Since it came up in the comments above, I'll just chime in about Semver. I…2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #47786, in Core Trac: 
 WebSharks2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #47673, in Core Trac: 
 Plugin overview More Details is broken2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #44922, in Core Trac: 
 Have comments panel by default active on posts screen.2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #47624, in Core Trac: 
 When you manage multiple pages and reconnect Facebook through ...2 years ago 
- 
										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Orlando 2019 2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #46398, in Core Trac: 
 "Email me whenever" in options-discussion.php is wrong2 years ago 
- 
										Closed ticket #46006, in Core Trac: 
 comment_form() function doesn't call `comment_form_after_fields` ...2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: June 12, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 To clarify, porting core widgets it blocks is complete and the work on upgrading the…2 years ago 
- 
										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Sacramento, California 2019 2 years ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to “Your PHP verson requires an update”, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 If you're on 7.2, then the message in Site Health will show up as a…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a new post, Security in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Protection Against Supply-Chain Attacks Starting with WordPress 5.2, your website will remain secure even if…2 years ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to Feature Requests: Multisite & hide plugin etc., on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thanks for the suggestions! Both are things I’ve considered, but just wanted to get a…2 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2083969] to Plugins Trac: 
 Release version 1.0.12 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2083737] to Plugins Trac: 
 Adding readme disclaimer to stable tag2 years ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to Getting Errors…, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Good to hear. Going to mark this as resolved, but let me know if there…2 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2083247] to Plugins Trac: 
 Change formatting of readme disclaimer2 years ago 
- 
										Posted a reply to Getting Errors…, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This plugin requires WordPress 5.2, which should be released later today. You'd need to be…2 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2082754] to Plugins Trac: 
 Update readme.txt to add usage advice2 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2080109] to Plugins Trac: 
 Tagging version 1.02 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2080107] to Plugins Trac: 
 Add initial plugin assets2 years ago 
- 
										Committed [2080106] to Plugins Trac: 
 Initialize trunk2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Developer Focused Privacy Updates in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Correct. Thanks for pointing that out. It's fixed now.2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 That's why I said "and don’t have any further security considerations in place (such as…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I would just note, that if an admin account is compromised (required capability to view…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Ah, good catch. Thanks Matt!2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks!2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Miscellaneous Developer Updates in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Thanks Joy. I've updated the note to clarify that. I'd still recommend that any themes…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Just to clarify a bit, this feature began as part of the Site Health Check…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary: April 24, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 In my experience triaging, it's hard to rely on the severity from the reporter. I've…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a new post, Miscellaneous Developer Updates in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 New wp_body_open Theme Hook 5.2 will introduce a new wp_body_open() function that is used to…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a new post, Notable Accessibility Changes in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 In addition to the semantic improvements to tabs in the admin area, there are a…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a new post, Developer Focused Privacy Updates in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 WordPress 5.2 brings several improvements for developers working with Privacy Policy pages and data exports.…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post New Network and Sites Query Filters, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I'm sorry you are having trouble. You should open a thread on the Support forums:…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Dev chat summary: April 10, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I like the idea of standardizing titles. It would make identifying posts quicker and easier.…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a new post, New Network and Sites Query Filters, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 WordPress 5.2 introduces new short circuit filters to WP_Site_Query and WP_Network_Query. These two filters, sites_pre_query…2 years ago 
- 
										Wrote a comment on the post Dev chat summary: April 10, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Sorry about that! I've corrected the @ mention2 years ago 
Developer
- 
										
											  Site Health Tool ManagerActive Installs: 2,000+ 
Contributor
- 
										
											  Maestro ConnectorActive Installs: 300+ 
- 
										
											Qualtrics Survey EmbedsActive Installs: 200+ 



 
			