David Artiss – @dartiss

Member Since: December 20th, 2007
Location: Nottingham, UK
Website: artiss.blog
Job Title: Support Engineer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

By day, David Artiss works as a Support Engineer and hiring lead on the WordPress VIP team at Automattic. His nearly thirty years of experience in IT support roles has given him the chance to cultivate the art of truly taking care of people and writing so anyone can understand.

David has been active in the WordPress community for 12 years, first as a plugin author, then as a speaker and volunteer at various WordCamps, as well as contributing to Core, Support, Documentation, Translations, and WordPress.TV.

By night, David has performed in 18 musicals and concerts, so is no stranger to the stage. He also writes for the straight-talking technology site The Big Tech Question. He lives in Nottingham, England, with his wife, two daughters, and a room full of Lego.

Interests

Gaming, movie watching, singing and performing in musical theatre

WordPress Origin Story

Has run his own self-hosted site on WordPress for over 12 years. When he wanted to find a plugin to do something, but nothing was available that was just right, he wrote his own. This lead to involvement with core and support contributing.

In 2017 he was employed by Automattic to work on the WordPress VIP team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
Support Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

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Committed [2229130] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.5

2 weeks ago
Committed [2229129] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.5

2 weeks ago
Committed [2229128] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.5

2 weeks ago
Committed [2229126] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.5

2 weeks ago
Committed [2228999] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.4.5

2 weeks ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Glasgow 2020 coming up on February 8th

2 weeks ago
Committed [2226018] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.1

2 weeks ago
Committed [2226016] to Plugins Trac:
Adding 5.1 release

2 weeks ago
Committed [2226014] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.1

2 weeks ago
Committed [2226013] to Plugins Trac:
Version 5.1

2 weeks ago
Committed [2226012] to Plugins Trac:
Adding 5.1 release

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Initial Volume, Autoplay Lists and Random Order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Nothing in their documentation suggests this shouldn't work (although that doesn't guarantee that it's…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Showing twice on page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, looking at the source of the page you pointed me to, that script is…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Showing twice on page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you provide me with the code that you've embedded as well as details…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Simple Currency Convert Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you sign up to the WordPress.org Slack, you can find me on there as…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Simple Currency Convert Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, No, my plugin doesn't do this - I wrote it to add an online…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Space before (( and tooltip styling, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I can answer that first one straight away... kind of... I adopted this plugin…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #48900, in Core Trac:
Rename Comment Blacklist option to be more inclusive

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Size of footnotes list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, that's brilliant news - thanks for letting me know.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Size of footnotes list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. I'm not seeing the CSS having moved anywhere. Do you have the custom CSS…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Size of footnotes list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you look at the source of that page, I assume your code is the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Size of footnotes list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, it's impossible to advise on different site setups - as I say, this works…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Size of footnotes list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, This worked for me... .footnotes { font-size: 14px; }

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Workaround for Custom Fields Not Showing up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Gutenberg removed the custom meta fields. However, if you scroll down the instructions at…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Misleading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I feel it would be more sensible to pull out this particular issue rather…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Misleading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Although this works, I'm angered that there is no ment…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning in Pages with Embedded Videos, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you give me an example of an embed that you're using that generates…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to not worked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, If you've still got it installed, I'd be happy to walk you through getting…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Error in google search console for videos, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you share those errors, maybe in a screenshot? Also, could you provide a…

3 months ago
Created a new ticket, #48345, in Core Trac:
Add Caps lock message to login screen

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to use plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What are you using to validate it? Exactly what errors are you seeing?

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin for checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, understood. I went to the developers main site and couldn't see a link to…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin for checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, changing the default trigger may be the best idea. That plugin appears to be…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Add Language option for closed captions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, It's already planned! https://github.com/dartiss/youtube-embed/issues/42

4 months ago
Posted a reply to HTML tag problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
<oach tag? I'm not sure what this is. Do you have an example page that…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin for checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So it's not just WooCommerce per se but a specific shipping plugin? Can you provide…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable plugin for checkout page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you explain a little as to why you'd want to do this?

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Not working at all?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's very odd. There's no reason why it shouldn't be working. If you go into…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu colouring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Logged - https://github.com/elementor/elementor/issues/9021.

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Various issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, you're right Danny - I wasn't up-to-date. Just updated it and it all looks…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu colouring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Cory.

5 months ago
Created a topic, Menu colouring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, You’re using a coloured sub-menu option (“Go …

5 months ago
Created a topic, Menu Colouring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, You’re using a coloured sub-menu option (“Add…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Various issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I'd like to report a number of issues. First of …

5 months ago
Created a topic, Menu colouring, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, You're using a coloured sub-menu option ("Go Pro"…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Plugin menu accessibility issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, The plugin is making use a coloured icon, as well…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Please consider the naming - it's very confusing to be looking for a company…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Yani, If you're doing this to support older versions, please use a standardised, single-colour…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Menu icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Was that the icon colour and/or the plugin name?

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Please improve the menu set-up of your plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Jan, as usual (although his wife may disagree), is right. Let's move on or, rather,…

5 months ago

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