Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- GitHub: Otto42
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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Samuel Wood (Otto)’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
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- Marketing Contributor
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- Support Team
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to Categories idea from Splinter Skill Savant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, but this doesn't make any sense. Perhaps try explaining in your native language? We…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to Escape A Nonce Key – Good/Bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Something like this: 'nonce': '<?php echo esc_js( wp_create_nonce( 'sf-clone-slider' ) ); ?>', Note that the…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to html code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would put that in your theme. Probably in footer.php.1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Escape A Nonce Key – Good/Bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Depends on what you're doing with it. Escaping outputs is about context. Where is this…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to User Profile on WordPress.org is invisible to others, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Profiles remain hidden until accounts do something of note. Like, make some forum posts, for…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to EVERYTHING gets a post ID. Isn’t there a better way?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Post ID is an unsigned bigint, meaning it is a 64-bit value. That's 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 as…1 week ago
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Committed [2613154] to Plugins SVN:
rm plugin files2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to nothing with this free version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the only purpose of the free version is promotion, then it is not welcome…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Can I ask for a review on the plugin support after fulfulling support request?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can always ask for a review, certainly. You just can't give them anything in…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t update profile information, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try it now. Akismet was throwing complaints, and I have corrected it for the time…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t remove GitHub Account from WordPress.org Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try to revoke the access to the guthub account, like it suggests below…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t remove GitHub Account from WordPress.org Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet was rejecting your changes. Try it again now.2 months ago
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Committed [2585615] to Plugins SVN:
Re-create directory entry2 months 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…2 months 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…3 months 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.3 months 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…3 months 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…3 months 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,…3 months 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…3 months 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…3 months 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…3 months 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/4 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…4 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.4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 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…4 months ago
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Committed [2549191] to Plugins SVN:
Create plugin mb-acf-migration SVN entry4 months ago
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Committed [2549111] to Plugins SVN:
Create plugin email-subscription-form-widget SVN entry4 months ago
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Committed [2549109] to Plugins SVN:
Create plugin gridflow SVN entry4 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…4 months ago
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