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Member Since: December 20th, 2007
Location: Nottingham, UK
Website: https://artiss.blog
Job Title: VIP Wrangler
Employer: Automattic
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VIP Wrangler at Automattic by day. WordPress plugin developer, Core contributor, WordPress.tv, support and polyglot contributor by night.

Interests

Gamer, movie watcher and entertainer.

WordPress Origin Story

Been running my own self-hosted site on WordPress for 10 years. When I wanted to find a plugin to do something, but nothing was available that was just right, I wrote my own. Got involved with core and support and now work for Automattic as a VIP Wrangler.

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Created a topic, Can’t use Classic Editor with WP 5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, I'm using WP 5.0.3 and the latest version of GB ac…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Having double checked this, it appears this error comes from PHP 5.3. Can you confirm…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No worries, although we do say it should be compatible with 5.5 and above, so…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Can you confirm which version of PHP you're using?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg Classic View?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Or did you mean the HTML/text view? In that case, click on the 3 vertical…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Blank page on Editor after 5.0 update on Editor/Author users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I suspect this is going to be either 1 of 2 issues - an bad…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Custom Lists with Start & End Function?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure that's possible - YouTube only allows one start/end parameter to be specified…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to v1.0 has broken Jetpack stats tracking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is with Jetpack, so you will need to follow this fix which Weston…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to v1.0 has broken Jetpack stats tracking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Weston 👋🏼Congratulations on the new job! Classic. Literally changed nothing in the settings since…

1 month ago
Created a topic, v1.0 has broken Jetpack stats tracking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I have multiple sites that have been seen massive…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: compact(): Undefined variable: version in plugin-install.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I suspect the issue here is that you're running PHP 7.3 - as this only…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to PHP Notice: compact(): Undefined variable: version in plugin-install.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi. Can you confirm which versions of WP and PHP you have installed?

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unable to add alt in gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 Once you've dragged the image into your post, when you hover over the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to WP 5.0 Edit/New post/page shows blank white screen [solved], on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Ian 👋🏼 It sounds as if you've found the issue - the Toolset Types…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Security measures for a custom plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 The Developer Handbook is something I highly recommend - https://developer.wordpress.org/. In particular, there…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Database upgrade to 5.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good morning 👋🏼 That doesn't sound good. As part of the WordPress 5.0 update, the…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to After Update 5.0 problems with writing posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 There have been some issues over cache, so it may be worth clearing…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pubblication Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see - yeah, sorry, I assumed that was you as it was logged at…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to embed GitHub Gist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Logged as https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45517

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #45517, in Core Trac:
Gist embeds no longer work with 5.0

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments section not working on posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the Tools menu there are export and import option - use it to export…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pubblication Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Yeah, all looks fine there. I see you've already reported this on Trac -…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments section not working on posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So, unrelated to any update. I think the theme author may be right - with…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pubblication Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Third time lucky - can you confirm what your timezone and date format settings are?

2 months ago
Posted a reply to how to move wordpress from one hosting plan to other, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm assuming that last comment is spam - at the very least it's unrelated and…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments section not working on posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When did this start happening? Had you done something just before this?

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to embed GitHub Gist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can recreate the same - on my primary site, running 4.9.8 and Gutenberg, I…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pubblication Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sure they are correct, but can you confirm what those settings are? Have you…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments section not working on posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think we need to try the theme option - switching themes won't affect your…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pubblication Date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Morning 👋🏼 That is very odd. When did this start happening? After the update to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to your new version has 404 eror, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Assuming you do, I've just taken a chance and can only see the files named…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to your new version has 404 eror, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi. Which "new version" are you referring to? Do you mean WordPress 5.0?

2 months ago
Posted a reply to how to move wordpress from one hosting plan to other, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This documentation should help you too - https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

2 months ago
Posted a reply to how to move wordpress from one hosting plan to other, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 The easiest way is to use the built-in import/export tools (click on Tools…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Comments section not working on posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Barry 👋🏼 That's an odd one. I can see you're using the Shapely theme…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Blank page on Editor after 5.0 update on Editor/Author users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello 👋🏼 You can find the Classic Editor here and install it as you would…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Pre-WP 5.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi 👋🏼 I'm slightly confused by your question (it's early and I'm not caffeinated enough).…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's very odd - not what I'd expect. Okay, I'll add this to the issues…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't believe commas should cause problems - just quotes.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I see the issue here. The only way to pass a search parameter to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It should support everything YouTube allows. You need to put quotes around the search term…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Summing values in different currencies and showing the total in a different one?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your kind words. No, that's not currently possible. Your best bet, so…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is! All the information is on here - https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed/.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode supporting YouTube Search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can indeed. Simply use a parameter of "search=yes" and then the search word should…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg & 5.0 Listening Office Hours, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If you've not done already, please email plugins@wordpress.org - they can explain why your plugin…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Removing Youtube Subscribe on top of video, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I suspect you can't but you can try the "Reduce branding" option in the profile…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Gutenberg Beta Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Although it won't cause problems by not having the Gutenberg plugin installed, it won't…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to not load Gutenerg for specific Ids, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you wanted you could also add a Github issue requesting this to be added…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to not load Gutenerg for specific Ids, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There isn't anything built in to do this but one of my colleagues has blogged…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Allow website user to add to playlist via Youtube API?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At the moment video playlists can only be built from the admin. However, I do…

2 months ago

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