Konstantin Obenland (@obenland) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 30th, 2011
Location: Ventura, CA
Website: konstantin.obenland.it
Job Title: Chairman of Height
Employer: Automattic
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Chairman of Height at Automattic, WordPress Contributor.
Can be found on Twitter (@obenland).

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Meta Contributor
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Plugin Developer
Test Contributor
Theme Developer
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Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to great but…., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That should already be the case. Do new user registrations show up as approved for…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Filtering users after Last Login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Interesting idea! You should be able to script that quite easily, using the user meta…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bulk Action to approve does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't reproduce that on a local install. Any chance you're having a conflict with…

2 months ago
Committed [2565606] to Plugins Trac:
Update version number

2 months ago
Committed [2565605] to Plugins Trac:
Add Norwegian to list of translations. Props knutsp.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Customize Unapproved Email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I believe WP Better Emails lets you customize those emails. Hope that helps

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Approve users through code?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, running update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wp-approve-user', true ); with the user id as the first argument…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Approval email comes from “WordPress” – not my site name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, WP Better Emails lets you customize the sender name and email address. Hope that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Norwegian, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads up, I'll update the description.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The time gets updated when the wp_login action fires. So as long as WooCommerce does…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Don’t use if you have a large user database, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's helpful feedback, thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can change that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Deactivation Approves All Users – SECURITY ISSUE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What an emotional rollercoaster! :) Thanks for the heads up, should be fixed now.

2 months ago
Committed [2558234] to Plugins Trac:
Update version number

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Deactivation Approves All Users – SECURITY ISSUE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Agreed! I updated the activation callback to not overwrite existing meta values, which should fix…

2 months ago
Committed [2554800] to Plugins Trac:
WPAU: Release v8

2 months ago
Committed [2554799] to Plugins Trac:
WPAU: Don't overwrite approval status after plugin re-activation. ...

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Timezone not respected – wrong date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This should be improved now with version 4. Thanks for suggesting the change!

2 months ago
Committed [2554787] to Plugins Trac:
WPLL: Release v4

2 months ago
Committed [2554786] to Plugins Trac:
WPLL: Account for site's timezone. Props @knutsp.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Caching and Error 403, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm on the fence about this. Those Ajax requests are probably okay to not protect…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Feature: WPML compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the filter help you with changing the results?

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post FSE Program Testing Call #5: Query Quest, on the site Make WordPress Test:
I didn't build it at all, just installed & activated the Gutenberg plugin.

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post FSE Program Testing Call #5: Query Quest, on the site Make WordPress Test:
I put together a video of my walkthrough. There's a small jump in the middle…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Deactivation Approves All Users – SECURITY ISSUE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not planning to make any adjustments here. It is WordPress' default behavior and to…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Deactivation Approves All Users – SECURITY ISSUE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, it is not. Next time, try deleting or approving all pending users before deactivating…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Are you abandoning this plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, if there's a bug I'll fix it. WordPress is inherently backwards compatible, so it's…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Notice: Undefined index:, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Should be fixed now

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Does not work anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Should be fixed now!

10 months ago
Committed [2413562] to Plugins Trac:
WPAS: Tagging v3

10 months ago
Committed [2413561] to Plugins Trac:
WPAS: Add v3

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Problem with the Users page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It still works on my end it WordPress trunk. Any chance there's another plugin interfering…

11 months ago
Committed [2392586] to Plugins Trac:
Update tested up to version.

11 months ago
Posted a reply to rfe: not require users_can_register, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You seem to have a fairly custom setup, so that seems to be a good…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Allow shop manager/editor to approve users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The ability to approve users is based on the edit_users capability. Adding that to the…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate admin notification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, As I said in the other thread you opened, this is a free plugin,…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Email sent to user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi! This is a free plugin, maintained and worked on during my spare time, which…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Minor conflict with Buddypress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's entirely possible that this plugin is incompatible with Buddypress. Unfortunately I currently don't have…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice, deprecated screen_icon/get_screen_icon on admin page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, with the minimum required version being 4.3 now I suppose they could be removed…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Great Plugin! – Custom admin email?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm afraid I'd have to search through the directory for that as well.

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Great Plugin! – Custom admin email?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The email sent to admins is not sent by the plugin but by Core. You…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Diffirent wpss_search_query_args for post type archive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'd have to send the context of the post type archive template with the search…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Great Plugin! – Custom admin email?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear it! It's an email sent by WordPress Core. This plugin might help…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Is not reliable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin relies on the wp_login action to update the login date. Do you happen…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Is not reliable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would it help to add an info icon, qualifying "Never" as "Not since the plugin…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to How do I get email notifications for new user authorization requests?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can enable notification emails under Settings -> Approve User. Konstantin

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Sending unapprove email issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah absolutely. I'd recommend heading over to jobs.wordpress.net and find someone who will perform custom…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with Theme My Login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, you got the wrong plugin here. I'm the author of WP Approve User. You…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with Theme My Login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I'm not sure how that is related to WP Approve User? I can't…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Approve and Disapprove email wasn’t recieve, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is an option in the settings page that would need to be enabled.

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Deprecated function message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! Yeah, now that the minimum required version is at 4.3, I suppose those…

2 years ago