James Koster
@jameskoster on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: August 4th, 2009
- Location: UK
- Website: jameskoster.design
- Job Title: Designer
- Employer: Automattic
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James Koster’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
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Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
That sounds like something to investigate into during implementation. -
Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This seems worth embracing even moreso in the “preview” pane, where we can arguably go… -
Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> This seems worth embracing even moreso in the “preview” pane, where we can arguably… -
Wrote a new post, Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Over time the number of appearance and accessibility options in the Editor has grown, and… -
Wrote a comment on the post Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
It would be nice to install a protocol for this, whereby a plugin defines a… -
Mentioned in [53590] on Core SVN:
REST API: Add missing options to the settings endpoint. -
Mentioned in [53588] on Core SVN:
REST API: Add missing options to the settings endpoint. -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'll add you now. I didn't see an appropriate spot in the handbook for this,… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thanks @paaljoachim, I added you just now :) -
Wrote a new post, Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
These days when someone needs to request input from a designer while participating in the… -
Posted a reply to Choosing replacement for abandoned theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think that for all intents and purposes Blockbase themes (and other "universal themes") are… -
Posted a reply to Media File Library – Image Caption/Description not showing UP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Many thanks for your time James! You're welcome :) -
Posted a reply to “+ Add New Page” not working with my own template., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Sorry, I'm not entirely sure what it is you're trying to do? You say… -
Created ticket #55077 on Core Trac:
Explain the purpose of input fields like title and description when ... -
Posted a reply to Media File Library – Image Caption/Description not showing UP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I can confirm that these fields are not obsolete :) Alt text appears in… -
Posted a reply to Center Widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I just took a look at your site and it seems to be correctly… -
Posted a reply to Home page not loading properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, It seems to be working just fine for me :) Here's a screenshot of… -
Posted a reply to How to set global fonts size in CSS ? p { font-size:14px; }, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I would not recommend adding this to your theme stylesheet because you will lose… -
Posted a reply to not able to update my pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Please double-check that your WordPress Address and Site Address settings are correct. In most… -
Posted a reply to Aligning default image gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Hmmm, I wonder if it's because those last images were uploaded after all the… -
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In that case my recommendation fits perfectly. The Subscriptions extension allows you to configure the… -
Posted a reply to Error in the Detail Description after Update WP and Woocommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, All I can think is that your product template has somehow been changed. To… -
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perhaps I misinterpreted your original post. It sounded like you want visitors to be able… -
Wrote a comment on the post Preliminary Roadmap for 6.0 (Gutenberg Phase 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Everything you do in there influences some aspect of a theme, doesn’t it? The functionality… -
Posted a reply to Choosing replacement for abandoned theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The "default" WordPress themes (Twenty Twenty-Two and so on) will likely be supported for… -
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You can use WooCommerce and it's Subscriptions extension to offer this. You'd just… -
Posted a reply to remove post navigation from custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Using CSS to hide the pagination would certainly be easiest. You can add 'Additional… -
Posted a reply to Pages vs Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The main difference is how the content is organised. Posts can be sorted (and… -
Posted a reply to Aligning default image gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Could you share a link where the gallery isn't working? How are you adding… -
Posted a reply to Add menu items > Pages > search tab only returns ten results, max, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try the top answer, this one? I just gave it a spin on… -
Posted a reply to Vertical menu height, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, In your custom CSS you have the following rule: #primary-menu.no-responsive > li > a,… -
Posted a reply to Error message: Empty template: Index, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try activating just the parent theme to determine if the problem exists in… -
Posted a reply to Add menu items > Pages > search tab only returns ten results, max, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I found this snippet on the WordPress stackexchange which seems to address this problem. -
Posted a reply to Change wp-block-gallery output based on class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I believe you can use block filters to change class names like so. In… -
Posted a reply to Pages editor is not the usual now in wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Did the frontend display also change? If not, then this is likely something to… -
Posted a reply to theme.json styles rendering on backend but not frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Do you mean global styles that you've set up using the global styles interface… -
Posted a reply to Vertical menu height, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The height looks the same to me. Did you resolve this? If not please… -
Posted a reply to Timeline linked to maps plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, This sounds like an exciting project :) What you're describing is kind of like… -
Posted a reply to Category vs Page Url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, What does your permalink structure look like? The behaviour you desire should be the… -
Posted a reply to After reseting wordpress website my old website is visible in other devices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As I said previously, at this point I don't know what else to suggest other… -
Posted a reply to You are not allowed to see this page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I don't think that error will be related, but it's probably worth deactivating the… -
Posted a reply to Size of Product Images not Setting in Product Catalogue Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the images may be forced in to a square shape in order… -
Posted a reply to After reseting wordpress website my old website is visible in other devices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think this will be tricky to debug without access to server logs. I recommend… -
Posted a reply to Error message: Empty template: Index, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have the child theme or parent theme active? If it's the child theme,… -
Posted a reply to Error message: Empty template: Index, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, It sounds like your theme may have been edited. To confirm that is the… -
Posted a reply to Change the “Account activated” email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah I see. > It’s all set up, but the email isn’t sent to anyone… -
Posted a reply to WordPress does not save new lines and deletes them., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I believe empty lines are omitted on the frontend so that your markup doesn't… -
Posted a reply to After reseting wordpress website my old website is visible in other devices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Perhaps the "old website" is cached on those devices? Try a totally fresh session… -
Posted a reply to Change the “Account activated” email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I haven't used the plugin myself, but I just installed it to check and… -
Posted a reply to Error warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Are all of your plugins up to date? If so, I would recommend deactivating…
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