Tony G (@starbuck) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: January 23rd, 2006
Location: USA
Job Title: Owner, Developer, Consultant, Mr Fixit
Employer: Nebula Research and Development
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Bio

I originally created this WP.org account in 2006 with the pseudonym Starbuck, which I use around the internet, along with CaptainStarbuck. Now that I’m doing a lot more work with WordPress in a serious business capacity, I figured it’s time to put my real name onto my posts.

I’m not actually a “web developer”. I’m a small business owner and developer of communications and business software, and I just happen to use WP in my toolkit.

Interests

C# and all .NET, Java, WordPress, communications, programming languages, natural languages, mobile apps, IoT, bots, AI. Anything creative and fun. I love to create new businesses. I’m a QA maniac and big on documentation. I love to see things work and help businesses to modernize and get more profitable with the help of technology.

WordPress Origin Story

Originally to me WP was just a blog of course. As I started looking to integrate forum software, wiki, and other applications I came to find in the last few years that it’s now a full CMS. I tried Drupal, ModX, and a couple others but never felt quite comfortable. With WP I feel at home. So now every time I get an idea for a website I slap up a new subdomain for testing and load up a new instance of WP. I’ve become a member of WPMU DEV and participate in a number of WP communities. I’ve also started to contribute code fixes and enhancements to common plugins, I have plugins of my own just for my sites, and I provide whatever support I can to fellow plugin users. I try to give back and pay-forward whenever possible for all of this great freeware. It’s an evolution. It feels good.

Contribution History

Core Contributor

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Created ticket #54860 on Core Trac:
Enhancement for more accurate doing_action, doing_filter

1 month ago
Mentioned in [52257] on Core SVN:
Docs: Remove inaccurate part of the `screen_settings` filter description.

3 months ago
Created ticket #54524 on Core Trac:
Incorrect in-code comment (docs) for filter screen_settings

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add fields to CPT form without metabox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just read through wp-admin\edit-form-advanced.php. I see the hooks that are called to build a…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add fields to CPT form without metabox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just hooked edit_form_advanced and that puts echoed text where expected, right before '/post-body'. I'll…

4 months ago
Created a topic, How to add fields to CPT form without metabox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When creating a plugin with a dashboard admin menu and…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Respect/Validation library (or similar) in plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And I'm restoring the tags that were taken off of this, so that someone who…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to Respect/Validation library (or similar) in plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
MOVED?! I'm happy to get feedback from WP core developers here, but this is NOT…

8 months ago
Created a topic, Respect/Validation library (or similar) in plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
;TL/DR; - Is the Respect/Validation library too heavy …

8 months ago
Created a topic, Can private page be viewed by authorized users?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Think of a Facebook scenario where users who have a re…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Does PG fit this use case?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm asking around to a few plugin authors about this s…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Does CC fit this use case?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm asking around to a few plugin authors about this s…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Does UAM fit this use case?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When a new member registers, the site will create a si…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Does Peepso fit this use case?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m creating a site that has Facebook-style member ass…

10 months ago
Created a topic, Subversion Repo missing tag for v7.0.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In your development process, you published v7.0.3 with…

11 months ago
Created a topic, Posts Block Custom Excerpt Length not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For Content, select Display Excerpt. The length field …

11 months ago
Created a topic, Display widget using ID?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there a shortcode in SU (free or pro) to help displ…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Enhancement: Skip # Posts option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Whoops! I see from this inquiry that this feature to Offset the selection is available…

11 months ago
Created a topic, Enhancement: Skip # Posts option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Consider a page with two columns = two sidebars. We wa…

11 months ago
Created a topic, FAQ icon refresh on adding new child, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Bug or Feature? :) Insert a FAQ block. Add some childr…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Selected category gets corrupted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've diagnosed this issue. It is NOT specific to this plugin. The issue is with…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hinjiriyo Try this 2 line change in the rpwwt.php at line 934 : $excerpt =…

11 months ago
Created a topic, Please change author comments in PHP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks to WebFactory for picking up this helpful plugi…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to Selected category gets corrupted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can I do anything to help explain this better or to help diagnose the issue?…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to Control “the excerpt”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WOW, I just came here to suggest the same enhancement! Yes a word/character range/max would…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are a few ways to solve this, together or separately: 1) Add an override…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Title as Link?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Whoops - I see there is a widget_title filter which accepts all widget arguments. Is…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Title as Link?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Set a widget to show recent posts for a single categor…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Selected category, fixed index?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If I configure widgets with a selected category, and t…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Selected category gets corrupted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm just starting to use your plugin and I believe I w…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I shouldn't have marked this as Resolved. It's a real issue that I hope will…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Cannot Deactivate due to chmod, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I spent hours trying to debug this. It was failing to chmod on .htaccess. I…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Cannot Deactivate due to chmod, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On attempt to temporarily de-activate the plugin, ther…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Internal 404 vs External, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sincere thanks for your time and notes! I'm flagging this as Resolved.

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Internal 404 vs External, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Consider the common scenario where a bad actor is probing for vulnerable plugins, using URLs…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Internal 404 vs External, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have been using another plugin that bans excessive 4…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Login form launches Google Policies/Terms page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
With this plugin enabled on the WP Login form, when a …

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Can we save index in a different database?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I thank you for a fast and complete response. I the two of us think…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Can we save index in a different database?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have not installed your plugin yet, but I plan to tr…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Suggestion for testing Customizer/widget changes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sincere thanks for your time and words. Closing.

1 year ago
Created a topic, Suggestion for testing Customizer/widget changes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've read your warning and understand the purpose of t…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Follow-up: Check Show Excerpt and set the Max length of Excerpt to 200. Assume we…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Length of excerpt not applied to post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm using the approach to use an excerpt if it exists,…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Create posts, count is ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When creating posts, in setting only the first Quantit…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Create terms, size is ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Generate tags with Name Size 3-12. The Names and slugs…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not working with current version and it doesn't look l…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to PHP Compatibility Checker Error Messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I presented this issue to the folks at WPMU DEV, where I am a very…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP Compatibility Checker Error Messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't like to jump on a bandwagon, but feel a need to add a…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a vote of confidence to the developers of this PHP Compatibility Checker plugin.…

2 years ago
Mentioned in [48601] on Core SVN:
Mail: Ensure that a server hostname can be set by using `network_home_url()`.

2 years ago