Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- GitHub: Ipstenu
- Job Title: Half-Elf
Bio
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Contribution History
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 new post, Plugin Review Team: 26 Sept 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Delayed b/c of Rosh Hashanah 🍎🍯 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 151 Plugins…
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										Wrote a new post, Reminder: We will check your website, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 tl;dr: If you put a website as the official developer or plugin URL and it…
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										Posted a reply to WordPress, 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…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team – 19 Sept 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 108 Plugins rejected : 4 Plugins closed :…
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										Posted a reply to WordPress PRO for a better WordPress Future, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 And as I said: Automattic doesn't actually have the rights to "WordPress Pro" as a…
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										Mentioned in [54212] on Core SVN: 
 Upgrade/Install: Add plugin URL to the automatic update email.
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										Wrote a comment on the post Top reasons not to use setlocale() for character encoding conversion, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 Hello @gentlemern - This is true and actually we allow plugins for specific themes only.…
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										Created issue #271 in the WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins repository: 
 Proposal to separate 'Edit' and 'Customize' in Admin Bar
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										Posted a reply to Purge post by ID on demand, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Sorry for the delay, I'm getting over Covid. Ah, that's not terribly hard. You want…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Translating for the user … isn’t it?, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 Can't edit so ... If we also want to take it further, no-glotpress means your…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Translating for the user … isn’t it?, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 I don't think that is the case. When I say "no glotpress for you" I…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Translating for the user … isn’t it?, on the site Translate WordPress: 
 If the developer doesn’t remove the string from the translation system, we should temporally ban/remove…
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										Wrote a new post, Heroku Free Tier Being Retired, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 tl;dr: Heroku's free plan is going away. Please update your services and make sure all…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 12 Sept 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 117Plugins rejected : 7Plugins closed : 50Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to Purge post by ID on demand, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Depends on the action. I'm assuming you read about https://github.com/Ipstenu/varnish-http-purge/wiki/Custom-Filters#add-event-to-force-a-purge already If you're flushing the…
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										Posted a reply to loco-translate, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 ... Okay? So use it. If there's a specific problem with that plugin, and this…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Status Change: 5 Sept 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 The significant difference in approvals is due to COVID. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested…
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										Posted a reply to Error: “The link you followed has expired. Please try again.”, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 What other plugins are you using? That error is a nonce issue, but it would…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 29 Aug 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugins requested : 141Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 37Plugins approved : 40 Plugin Queue…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 22 Aug 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 148Plugins rejected : 21Plugins closed : 42Plugins approved…
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										Mentioned in [53933] on Core SVN: 
 Themes: Add support for `Update URI` header.
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 15 Aug 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 112Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 33Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to Inability to customise website with WordPress 6.0.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That sounds like it's SiteOrigin's page builder, which has done exactly that (blank screen) before.…
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										Posted a reply to Google Form Embed Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Refused to display 'https://accounts.google.com/' in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'deny'. That makes…
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										Posted a reply to This is completely harassment, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @shahriarshakil I'm archiving this review for your protection. If you have any evidence to support…
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										Posted a reply to Zombie plugins : Dead, author makes them look alive, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 There really isn't, because that's not what's happening. You misunderstand what they're doing and why.…
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										Posted a reply to Zombie plugins : Dead, author makes them look alive, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 And to clarify an common mistake: There is no requirement that plugin (or theme) developers…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 8 Aug 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 121Plugins rejected : 8Plugins closed : 19Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to Empty Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Have you re-saved your permalinks? By this I mean go in to the WP Admin…
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										Closed ticket #56308 on Core Trac: 
 Rename my plugin
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 25 July 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 148Plugins rejected : 9Plugins closed : 28Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to Aloft Media claiming patent infringement, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 FYI you should look into legal representation. Those are often patent trolls who go after…
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										Posted a reply to BEWARE: Horrible SEO flaw, major privacy issues and NOT GDPR compliant, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This review appears to have gone a little off the rails. @phalancs and @edo888 -…
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										Posted a reply to Cool idea, premium is OK but free version is useless, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @renehermi This is a very edge case but two things. First, it's fine to send…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 18 July 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 151Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 78Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to Author is Scammer, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @fiyan0070 Your account has been flagged for moderation. As the developer knows, sharing privileged information…
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										Posted a reply to Buddypress issues / compatibility?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It SHOULD work just fine. I did test and saw no issues. It blocked exactly…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 11 June 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 157Plugins rejected : 12Plugins closed : 35Plugins approved…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 5 July 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 135Plugins rejected : 106Plugins closed : 46Plugins approved…
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										Posted a reply to I’ve lost 3 clients because of this, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @moriort666 Your posts have been been archived. Your behavior is unwelcome here, and if you…
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										Posted a reply to Backend looks fine but website view is showing everything on the left, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Are you using the bleeding edge WordPress (6.1) or are you using the stable release…
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										Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 27 June 2022, on the site Team Updates: 
 Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 128Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 54Plugins approved…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Rollback Feature: Testing Call to Action, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 +make.wordpress.org/plugins/
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										Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 That would be something to hit up #core about :)
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										Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 In their defense, I can see why it makes sense. As the majority usage of…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 Probably, but now that's just a real pain in the tush for everyone and you…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins: 
 Yeah, Google's smarter. Someone tried to email plugins a zip with JS renamed as TXT…
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