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Chad Warner

Founder, Web Strategist at OptimWise

@chad-warner Simpsonville, South Carolina, USA joined Jul 2011

optimwise.com Slack: @Chad Warner

    Bio

    Web Strategist at web design agency OptimWise. Cybersecurity & privacy enthusiast. Bookworm. Fan of Tolkien & LEGO.

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2009, I compared Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, and chose WordPress for its ease of use and the supportive community.

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    Current Job

    Founder, Web Strategist
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    OptimWise

    Recent impact

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    Contributions

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    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 14:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to 4.2.0 broke YouTube videos in Beaver Builder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just emailed.
    Jul 16 Thu · 12:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to 4.2.0 broke YouTube videos in Beaver Builder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I deactivated other plugins one at a time to narrow down to Smush. Nothing else…
    Jul 15 Wed · 19:55
    Forums med
    Created a topic, 4.2.0 broke YouTube videos in Beaver Builder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have a site that has many YouTube videos embedded us…
    April 2026
    Apr 06 Mon · 15:42
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Patchstack is saying 2.7.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @hiroaki-miyashita Please reply.
    March 2026
    Mar 17 Tue · 19:26
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Pages still broken with 4.0.18, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The site has a snippet that creates full-width sections on pages. We've used it for…
    Mar 13 Fri · 21:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Pages still broken with 4.0.18, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    As one example of what was happening, there were iframes in Custom HTML blocks. On…
    Mar 13 Fri · 20:28
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Pages still broken with 4.0.18, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had problems with 4.0.16 and 4.0.17 breaking the out…
    Mar 06 Fri · 15:08
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Patchstack is saying 2.7.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @hiroaki-miyashita Please reply. Patchstack published this several weeks ago, in Dec.
    July 2025
    Jul 21 Mon · 16:11
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    Posted a reply to [Scriptless Social Sharing] XXS Vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @littlerchicken Thank you! 3.3.1 is no longer being flagged as vulnerable.
    Jul 18 Fri · 14:42
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    Posted a reply to [Scriptless Social Sharing] XXS Vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @littlerchicken, please reply as soon as you're able. Security vulnerabilities are serious, and several people…