Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- Website: halfelf.org
- GitHub: Ipstenu
- Job Title: Half-Elf
- Employer: DreamHost
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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)’s badges:- BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Hosting Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2022 Major Release Timing, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I think that will be a lot less stressful for developers who have to update…3 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to White Screen on Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Yep, fixes the white screen :) Thank you for being so quick to solve it,…5 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to White Screen on Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I feel a little better it's not JUST me :D I can't figure out why…5 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to White Screen on Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 FYI I rolled back to 8.3.0 and edited the version to be 8.3.1 so I…5 days ago 
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										Created a topic, White Screen on Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 My site white screened in Gutenberg after updating, bu…5 days ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 24 January 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 The emails for WP 5.9 went out over the weekend, and we've just started to…6 days ago 
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										Posted a reply to USED to work great; new management got greedy, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I've removed the comments asking people to download a different plugin. This is a review,…1 week ago 
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										Posted a reply to File Block with PDF embed only works with admins, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 17 January 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 141Plugins rejected : 8Plugins closed : 31Plugins approved :…2 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 10 January 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 153Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 75Plugins approved…3 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Mandatory Safety Measures for In-person WordPress Events in 2022, on the site Make WordPress Communities: 
 Who's going to enforce these? WordCamps and Meetups are generally run by volunteers. The mask…3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Shortcodes are not working in page templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 We mark posts that have trac tickets as resolved for sanity. It lets mods and…3 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to WP.ORG profile info is not updating, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Did you try the classic logout-log-back-in? Or a different browser?3 weeks ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 3 January 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 107Plugins rejected : 4Plugins closed : 19Plugins approved :…4 weeks ago 
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										Posted a reply to Cant access any admin link (Page, Settings, Plugin etc.), on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 27 December 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 107Plugins rejected : 4Plugins closed : 28Plugins approved…1 month ago 
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										Mentioned in [52406] on Core SVN: 
 Administration: Add "File" to Theme/Plugin Editor menu names and relocate "Plugin File Editor" to Tools for block themes.1 month ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 20 December 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 118Plugins rejected : 6Plugins closed : 33Plugins approved…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does WP force plugin developers to use core WP functions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Well no, we would kick them for not sanitizing. But that's a different matter. You…1 month ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does WP force plugin developers to use core WP functions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Developers are required to do things safely and securely. We would RATHER you do that…1 month ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 13 December 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 120Plugins rejected : 14Plugins closed : 25Plugins approved…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 6 December 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 138Plugins rejected : 88Plugins closed : 68Plugins approved…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Complex and requires loop editing per page template., on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @bluedot If you kept a copy of those threats, please email them to plugins@wordpress.org -…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 29 Nov 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 114Plugins rejected : 14Plugins closed : 28Plugins approved…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Please don’t ‘test’ submitting other people’s plugins., on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 tl;dr: Never test vulnerabilities on someone else's live site without their permission. By now, a…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/27/changes-to-the-wordpress-core-php-test-suite/, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/09/27/changes-to-the-wordpress-core-php-test-suite/2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 22 Nov 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 124Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 30Plugins approved…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Purge not working well, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I'm actually a little surprised as your server, on DreamPress, should not be running NGINX.…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to WP CLI being blocked with http code 418, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 FWIW the code in CLI is literally only in CLI. It won't impact you doing…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to No longer available?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @ultramarathoneer Unless the plugin page itself says 'permanently' (as in 'this closure is permanent') then…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 15 Nov 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 163Plugins rejected : 20Plugins closed : 15Plugins approved :…2 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 8 Nov 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 126Plugins rejected : 6Plugins closed : 16Plugins approved :…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to add blocked domains=, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Well... Yeah? If your form isn't using the WordPress registration code, but something home-brew, then…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to How to add blocked domains=, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Yes, like that :)3 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Reminder: Check Your Accounts’ Emails (and your Committers), on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 Hi Devs! We're getting nearer to WordPress 5.9, and that means the email will be…3 months ago 
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										Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Agenda for November 3, 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 @francina Sorry, I was nasty-sick yesterday. Not sure what the question is?3 months ago 
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										Mentioned in [51985] on Core SVN: 
 Help/About: add WordPress version to contextual "Help" sidebar area.3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Does not match the screen shot, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @sgumby FWIW this is not the theme dev's fault. This is a limitation of the…3 months ago 
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update – 25 Oct 2021, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 134Plugins rejected : 8Plugins closed : 38Plugins approved…3 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to Widget Block error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…3 months ago 
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