Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- GitHub: Otto42
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
Contribution History
Samuel Wood (Otto)’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Documentation Team
- Marketing Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Meta Team
- Photo Contributor
- Photos Team
- Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion on changes needed for Forums to adhere to the Digital Services Act (DSA), on the site Make WordPress Support:
I believe that it would be much simpler and more effective to simply block anyone… -
Posted a reply to Says there’s a comment but there aren’t any posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try clicking the Spam(3) link at the top. -
Wrote a comment on the post Should mods delete links on topics when requested?, on the site Make WordPress Support:
Yes, albeit my reasons are slightly different. However, regardless of that, I would find it… -
Wrote a comment on the post Should mods delete links on topics when requested?, on the site Make WordPress Support:
> Should mods delete links on topics when requested? No, they should not. -
Posted a reply to The comment tree is old – maybe it’s worth changing it?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you don't want it to go that deep, then go to settings -> discussion… -
Posted a reply to Delete wordpress.org Account without access to associated email, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll let the forum password resets guys handle it, however, if you cannot verify that… -
Mentioned in [57537] on Core SVN:
Upload: Fallback to `PclZip` to validate ZIP file uploads. -
Posted a reply to Unable to connect to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A BOM being present will absolutely prevent login. There is no case where an HTML… -
Mentioned in [57311] on Core SVN:
Twenty Twenty: Move the Inter font declaration to a separate file and enqueue the file. -
Updated a handbook page on WordPress Developer Resources.
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Wrote a comment on the post Patterns missing from Developer Blog, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
On my sandbox, I checked, and the files were there when I svn'ed up. I… -
Wrote a comment on the post How can we best handle local channels in WordPress global Slack?, on the site Translate WordPress:
Be aware that we are watching the discussion and deciding how to do it, and… -
Wrote a comment on the post How can we best handle local channels in WordPress global Slack?, on the site Translate WordPress:
No, we aren't. That is on hold. -
Posted a reply to wp-cron is blocked, but the site is still auto-updated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have a setting in the wp-config file called alternate WP Cron? -
Posted a reply to I can’t find the page in my menu/pages!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When it renames a page on you to contain a number, that's usually because you… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.4.1 Rapid Maintenance Release: Technical Details and Timeline, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Agreed. If any major house were expensing this problem, and they didn't test with the… -
Posted a reply to Upgraded to 6.4. Now can’t do updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note, we have changed WordPress.org responses to work with the problem. So, for the updates… -
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props for helping with 6.4.1 RC1 @jorbin @hellofromTonya @afragen @Clorith @desrosj @pbiron @schlessera @azaozz @tomsommer… -
Closed ticket #155650 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Twenty Twenty-Four – 1.0 -
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@doffine Generally, security releases like this are rare. However, actually explaining this to the user… -
Wrote a comment on the post Plugin updates to SVN issues, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
We watched it from last night, and it appears to be working normally again. -
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
An explanation would be nice when a piece of software is obviously force pushed into… -
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The version does exist. And yes, it was a security release. When security releases happen,… -
Posted a reply to WordPress & _nonce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
More to the point, nonces should only be used for logged in users. For anonymous…
Developer
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Classic Smilies
Active Installs: 300+
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Dropbox Photo Sideloader
Active Installs: 300+
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Dynamic Image Resizer
Active Installs: 300+
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ImageFX
Active Installs: 60+
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Notifly
Active Installs: 50+
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PHP Code Widget
Active Installs: 100,000+
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Pluginception
Active Installs: 3,000+
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Restore Link Title Field
Active Installs: 5,000+
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Theme Check
Active Installs: 30,000+
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Unicornify
Active Installs: Less than 10
Contributor
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Blogger Importer
Active Installs: 70,000+
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Debug Bar
Active Installs: 30,000+
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Tumblr Importer
Active Installs: 10,000+
Total photo contributions: 2
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