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Brian Jackson

@brianleejackson on WordPress.org and Slack

Bio

Co-founder of forgemedia. I craft actionable content derived from first-hand experience and develop performance-driven WordPress plugins. ⚡

WordPress Origin Story

I started my first WordPress blog in December of 2008 and have been hooked ever since. I now make my living thanks to WordPress.

  • Member Since: November 14th, 2011
  • Location: Scottsdale, AZ
  • Website: forgemedia.io
  • GitHub: brianleejackson
  • Job Title: Co-founder
  • Employer: forgemedia LLC
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  • Created a topic, Excellent and easy to use option for warming cache (~29% decrease in TTFB), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Warming cache is an excellent way to increase your cac…

  • Posted a reply to How to Remove Imagify from Admin Bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @wp_media I would also like to know the logic behind removing this option. It doesn't…

  • Created issue #1163 in the WordPress/performance repository:
    Speculative Loading invalid key for a URL pattern error - exclude_paths filter

  • Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    FYI, turns out it was uBlock Origin causing the issue! I guess that's a slight…

  • Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Just curious. Can we confirm that "Preload pages" is enabled in Chrome by default? I've…

  • Posted a reply to Snippets list not displaying anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ran into the same issue. I was testing on a staging site, comparing it against…

  • Posted a reply to WordPress Image resize not applied to tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is this still being worked on? Encountering the same issue across all of our sites…

  • Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 9 August 2023, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    WordPress 6.4 will be released on the 8th of August. It must be a typo.…

  • Created a topic, Excellent plugin! Used for years on thousands of sites with no issues., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The free Cloudflare plugin is great! It's an extremely…

  • Posted a reply to No Compatible with PHP 8.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I would also like to know if there is an ETA for fixing the deprecation…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have no relation to this plugin. Just a happy user for many years. And…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I would agree with you if they were removing CSS snippets (and forcing people to…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks like you probably have a modified version of the plugin. You can download 2.14.0…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just downloaded an old version (2.14.6), and CSS snippets are not in there. So not…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The thread above is referencing PHP snippets. CSS snippets were never in the free version…

  • Posted a reply to Used to be Good But Why Pro ? Just for a snippets !!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sad that users leave reviews when they have no idea what they're talking about. They…

  • Created a topic, One of the best plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    We've used the Code Snippets plugin for years and reco…

  • Posted a reply to No support for webp images?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I think you have the wrong plugin. This is an SEO plugin, not an image…

  • Posted a reply to Remove from admin bar?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I agree. I've found that if you close the notification announcement box on the main…

  • Posted a reply to Session items in cart aren’t properly emptied, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey Daan, I actually ran into the same problem years ago. I had a Trello…

  • Posted a reply to Unresponsive support, lack of updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm using it on many sites running WordPress 5.6 just fine. You might need to…

  • Posted a reply to Won’t do my Custom Post Types, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Strange, I've used this plugin for years with custom post types. Works fine for me.

  • Posted a reply to Awesome alternative to APO and fast way to decrease TTFB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @isaumya Ya, APO actually pushes your first-time cache to all edge servers instantly using the…

  • Created a topic, Awesome alternative to APO and fast way to decrease TTFB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    While Cloudflare's APO service is great because it pus…

  • Posted a reply to Custom Login (wp plugin), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm using Wordfence Login Security with a custom login URL just fine.

  • Created a topic, The TOC we’ve been waiting for., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've tried every TOC plugin out there, and none of the…

  • Posted a reply to Hidden Post in RSS Feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'll let the original poster chime in as well, but I can confirm the latest…

  • Posted a reply to Hidden Post in RSS Feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm able to replicate this problem as well. Fresh dev site, no changes to the…

  • Posted a reply to Yoast breaks Heroic Knowledge Base plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good news, Heroic KB pushed out version 2.19.1 this morning and after testing I can…

  • Posted a reply to Yoast breaks Heroic Knowledge Base plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same issue here, I just reverted back to Yoast v13.5 for now. Yoast 14.0.4 Heroic…

  • Posted a reply to <span class=\"resolved\" aria-label=\"Resolved\" title=\"Topic is resolved.\"></span>[Wordpress Hide Posts] Menu items disappearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Well, I haven’t been able to replicate it. And I ran the update (although it’s…

  • Created a topic, [Wordpress Hide Posts] Great plugin, use it regularly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There are many times that I need to publish content an…

  • Posted a reply to [Wordpress Hide Posts] Menu items disappearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey Martin, Yes version 0.4.2 is working fine. I’m using the GeneratePress theme (premium) and…

  • Created a topic, [Wordpress Hide Posts] Menu items disappearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello, I think there might be a bug in the most recent…

  • Posted a reply to [Code Snippets] Freezes/crashes Chrome on Windows, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same issue here… you can grab old versions from the WP Repository page and manually…

  • Posted a reply to [Mammoth .docx converter] Pull Request for image filenames and alt attribute, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    +1 for this! This would literally make the plugin perfect.

  • Posted a reply to [Disable Gutenberg] Does not work with WP 5.0 beta1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just came to also confirm, doesn’t work with the latest WP 5.0 beta. Options are…

  • Wrote a comment on the post Proposed WordPress 5.0 Scope and Schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    This ☝.

  • Posted a reply to [Mailgun for WordPress] silent fail after last update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, I can confirm this happening on 1.5.12.3 as well. Had to go through each…

  • Created a topic, Great Free Form Plugin and Commend Devs for Using the Customizer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I recently got a chance to try the HappyForms plugin a…

  • Created a topic, Came to the rescue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had a unique performance issue which was basically k…

  • Posted a reply to Google ranking drop after change of focus keyword, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you only updated Yoast SEO settings, that has nothing to do with what is…

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