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Bio

I like solving problems through programming.

WordPress Origin Story

My spouse wanted a WordPress blog added to her existing, static HTML site. I needed to customize the theme so the blog would appear well integrated into the existing site. I knew nothing of PHP and only a little CSS, yet I realized I had learned more about WP than some. Despite my limited knowledge, I was able to answer a few forum questions. I found that in trying to answer questions that required a little research, that I would teach myself new things about WordPress. 10 years later, I’ve since learned a lot simply by helping others solve their problems.

Badges

CODE
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Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '17 Plugin Developer
CONTENT
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Documentation Contributor '23
PRACTICE
2 badges
Support Contributor '16 Support Team '16

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
5contributions
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medium5
score5
Last 90 days
32contributions
high0
medium32
score32
Last 12 months
239contributions
high0
medium239
score239

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 4 releases
  • 5.5
  • 4.8
  • 4.4
  • 3.9

Contributions

Type
August 2026
Aug 03 Mon · 18:12
Forums med
Posted a reply to Emails to administrator being blocked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WPMail SMTP is not related in function to WPForms, even though they are both from…
July 2026
Jul 27 Mon · 16:30
Forums med
Posted a reply to imagemap: image – in WordPress: add some links from certain points, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's a tragic flaw with native HTML <map> and <area> image map elements. They do…
Jul 24 Fri · 19:12
Forums med
Posted a reply to Ajax and header 403, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FWIW, returning a 403 status in response to invalid login credentials is disingenuous (IMHO). A…
Jul 24 Fri · 18:38
Forums med
Posted a reply to Color Control, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. I'm not sure there's a specific HSV…
Jul 20 Mon · 15:55
Forums med
Posted a reply to Color Control, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ideally, the palettes provided by your theme should provide for a pleasant, harmonious color scheme…
Jul 13 Mon · 17:41
Forums med
Posted a reply to Band above Header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The band is due to a top padding style value assigned to the related template…
Jul 04 Sat · 18:30
Forums med
Posted a reply to Block width settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Block level widths, such as for image blocks, dictate how large of an image should…
Jul 03 Fri · 17:35
Forums med
Posted a reply to New Posts keep overriding old posts instead of making New, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry to hear of your continued troubles. There's no such thing as hack proof.…
June 2026
Jun 29 Mon · 17:57
Forums med
Posted a reply to Issue when importing posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know what the problem might be, but I can suggest a direction for…
Jun 26 Fri · 18:00
Forums med
Posted a reply to New Posts keep overriding old posts instead of making New, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Add AUTO_INCREMENT value check box only applies when you're moving a table. It's unrelated…

Contributor

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