George Stephanis (@georgestephanis) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: September 21st, 2010
Location: Lancaster, PA
Website: georgestephanis.wordpress.com
Job Title: Jetpack Archivist
Employer: Automattic
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Interests

CSS, HTML, jQuery, stuff.

WordPress Origin Story

When working as a novice coder, George was bit by a mutated codebase, and got infected by the GPL.

Contribution History

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Mentioned in [52095] on Core SVN:
Revisions: Introduce `wp_get_post_revisions_url()` to get URL for editing revisions.

3 months ago
Mentioned in [50921] on Core SVN:
Plugins: Add support for `Update URI` header.

9 months ago
Posted a reply to Adding Appsero Fatals Sites., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's not a question of you using Appsero, @flogsblog, it's the plugin trying to include…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Adding Appsero Fatals Sites., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also xposted for the other plugin impacted here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-appsero-fatals-sites-2/ (if users come to the support…

11 months ago
Created a topic, Adding Appsero Fatals Sites., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Adding Appsero for this plugin and wp-edit-password-pr…

11 months ago
Created a topic, Adding Appsero Fatals Sites., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Adding Appsero for this plugin and click-to-top has ca…

11 months ago
Committed [2456994] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0 from GitHub

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49754] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Prevent conflicts when Basic Auth is already used by the site.

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49752] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Prevent conflicts when Basic Auth is already used by the site.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
yup! It's set for that request, but not persistent for subsequent requests.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We'd considered adding a "copy" button but saw it as an optional future enhancement. If…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yup! As noted, Application passwords can be used with or without the spaces — if…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 5.6 will finally see the introduction of a new system for making authenticated requests…

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49294] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Improve accessibility.

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49291] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Include site_url in the success redirect payload.

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49276] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Support an app_id to uniquely identify instances of an app.

1 year ago
Created ticket #51602 on Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Include siteurl in return data from auth flow.

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49272] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Fix success=false not being appended to fallback reject url.

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49270] on Core SVN:
App Passwords: Explain that apps can access to all sites in a network.

1 year ago
Created ticket #51580 on Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Accessibility Improvements

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Autoselect parent product category when child product category is selected, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, some of the classes used in my gist (from seven years ago, wow) may…

1 year ago
Mentioned in [49131] on Core SVN:
Rewrite Rules: Add missing newline to the `HTTP_AUTHORIZATION` rewrite rule.

1 year ago
Created ticket #51489 on Core Trac:
Application Passwords: Add some additional explanation for Multisite ...

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Worth noting that this has been addressed now.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yup! I've already been discussing precisely this topic with @timothyblynjacobs over DM's (oops) on the…

1 year ago
Created ticket #3403 on bbPress Trac:
Support the Gutenberg Block Editor.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A font enqueue API for WP core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This makes sense to me in principle -- it's like saying "Now you can run…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That's one of the first things that @timothyblynjacobs and I were discussing earlier this week.…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd be delighted for a more in-depth discussion to address these concerns later, just trying…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I also don't want to let perfect be the enemy of good, and if for…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Funnily enough, application-passwords was initially written as a part of the two-factor feature plugin --…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm just in favor of consistency, whichever direction that goes. Also may be worth offering…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh, and /by the way/ for a Steve Jobs-esque "one more thing" -- application passwords…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Already being discussed! Here's a bit more for context: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/540#issuecomment-696175888 I'm somewhat torn on it,…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Problem statement: no way to authenticate third-party access to REST API Ever since the REST…

1 year ago
Committed [2354794] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Release 2.1.4

1 year ago
Committed [2354704] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Tag 2.1.4 release (not yet live)

1 year ago
Committed [2354701] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress 2.1.4: Handle file deletions.

1 year ago
Committed [2354699] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: 2.1.4: Handle file additions and changes. File deletions ...

1 year ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And yes -- if you have a low-traffic site that I can investigate and attempt…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much -- I'm also tracking this issue here on GitHub: https://github.com/Automattic/vaultpress/issues/104 And --…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to 2.1.3 update not coming back from maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report -- we've temporarily disabled the 2.1.3 upgrade until we can sort…

1 year ago
Committed [2354175] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Temporarily roll back to 2.1.1

1 year ago
Committed [2354135] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Release 2.1.3

1 year ago
Committed [2354124] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Minor correction around version number and changelog.

1 year ago
Committed [2353344] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Tag 2.1.3 so we're not glitching by changing data in prior ...

1 year ago
Committed [2353342] to Plugins SVN:
VaultPress: Include new change from ...

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for WordCamp site’s SEO fixes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
some discussion on the topic: Initial proposal: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/12/03/domains-urls-and-ssl-on-wordcamp-org/ A wild conflict appears: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/12/18/while-working-on-the-new-url-structure-project/ Why it…

2 years ago
Created ticket #49198 on Core Trac:
Blink: Intent to Deprecate + Freeze `navigator.userAgent`

2 years ago
Created ticket #49005 on Core Trac:
Documentation: WP_HTTP timeout is a float, not an int.

2 years ago