David E. Smith
@desmith on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: February 9th, 2012
- Location: St. Louis, MO USA
- Website: davidsmith.is
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David E. Smith’s badges:- Core Contributor
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2022
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Posted a reply to Why are network usernames more restrictive than single-site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To my great disappointment, this is not only a known bug, but it's one that's… -
Created ticket #55831 on Core Trac:
Username restrictions for networks are more stringent than for single-site -
Posted a reply to Why are network usernames more restrictive than single-site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My backup plan was going to be "oh, I'll just use our SSO system's user… -
Posted a reply to Why are network usernames more restrictive than single-site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, the filter hook won't work, because it doesn't fire until after the questionable regex… -
Created a topic, Why are network usernames more restrictive than single-site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fairly early in wpmu_validate_user_signup(), WordPress… -
Created ticket #55588 on Core Trac:
Enhancement request: Allow me to prevent admin_email changes -
Posted a reply to Easiest way to add “advanced” OneLogin options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I like it! :) Thank you again for all your help with me trying to… -
Posted a reply to Easiest way to add “advanced” OneLogin options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A line or two on the "Installation" page, just to reinforce that if you filter… -
Posted a reply to Easiest way to add “advanced” OneLogin options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For the future reference of anyone else who falls into this particular rabbit hole... All… -
Created a topic, Easiest way to add “advanced” OneLogin options?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The OneLogin SAML library has two config exammples (in… -
Posted a reply to How to get other IdP-provided attributes from a SAML response into WP?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So far, at least, that approach seems to work. Putting it all together for anyone… -
Posted a reply to How to get other IdP-provided attributes from a SAML response into WP?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Weird, I was literally about to post about those, and how I'm not sure how… -
Created a topic, How to get other IdP-provided attributes from a SAML response into WP?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As part of a possible migration from the Shibboleth pl… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: 2022 Major Release Timing, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It probably is a decade too late to ask this, but is there a reason… -
Created ticket #54481 on Core Trac:
User list doesn't honor allow_password_reset filter -
Posted a reply to Possible bug with user creation (might be in core, not sure), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Issue opened. This looks like in theory it's a one-liner, but there's a lot of… -
Created a topic, Possible bug with user creation (might be in core, not sure), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We have at least one user with an apostrophe in their … -
Posted a reply to Link to (hidden) jetpack_modules page no longer works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The link is added by another plugin, that includes the below code: function ws_show_jetpack_modlist() {… -
Posted a reply to Link to (hidden) jetpack_modules page no longer works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The most public and most visible site where I've seen this issue is The Source,… -
Created a topic, Link to (hidden) jetpack_modules page no longer works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As per this older blog post, I've added an option to m… -
Posted a reply to Tagline – Just Another WordPress Site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the site no longer has the tagline, at least not in any… -
Posted a reply to Unable to upload SVG files even with ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to tie this one off: I opened a bug. The bug so far has… -
Created a topic, Feature request/question for installing on an existing site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm adding this plugin to a pre-existing site. It's ea… -
Created ticket #53100 on Core Trac:
Unable to upload SVGs even if ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS set -
Posted a reply to Unable to upload SVG files even with ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've used plugins like that before, but that's not really the focus of my question.… -
Created a topic, Unable to upload SVG files even with ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Subject says it all. :) I have several sites where wp-… -
Posted a reply to Can I disable “anonymous” comments and require a social login?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Done. Feature request submitted. Marking thread as resolved. Thank you! :) -
Posted a reply to Can I disable “anonymous” comments and require a social login?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The whole comment form lives in an iframe, I'm not sure that's even possible without… -
Posted a reply to Can I disable “anonymous” comments and require a social login?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Maybe this highly advanced MS Paint image will help with what I'm looking for: https://bureau42.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screenshot-2021-02-22-151935.png -
Posted a reply to Can I disable “anonymous” comments and require a social login?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That doesn't quite do what I'm looking for - it effectively requires a visitor to… -
Created a topic, Can I disable “anonymous” comments and require a social login?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it possible to configure Jetpack's comments widget,… -
Created a topic, How to remove/disable individual blocks?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the past, when individual Jetpack features were sep… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Dropping support for old PHP versions via a fixed schedule, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'd suggest working with the biggest enterprise Linux vendors (Red Hat and Canonical at least)… -
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Enabling G Suite for WordCamp.org emails, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
What's my point of contact to get access to this new G Suite account, so… -
Wrote a comment on the post Announcement: Enabling G Suite for WordCamp.org emails, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Who is the point of contact for this, for the purpose of making sure we… -
Mentioned in [48601] on Core SVN:
Mail: Ensure that a server hostname can be set by using `network_home_url()`. -
Posted a reply to Intermittent lockout of whitelisted IPs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If it's an internal site, maybe. (I'm the one who posted the above-linked issue.) I… -
Posted a reply to How to troubleshoot client IP detection?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is the un-tested two-minute implementation -- basically, add a define() if you know you… -
Posted a reply to How to troubleshoot client IP detection?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think I've found the real problem. When the plugin looks through the headers, to… -
Created a topic, How to troubleshoot client IP detection?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm trying to set up a site that allows certain IPs to… -
Posted a reply to Conditional placeholders for user-created attributes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That snippet (with modifications for my attributes) was basically perfect. Thanks! It'd probably be better… -
Created a topic, Conditional placeholders for user-created attributes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The provided event templates, and the documentation, c… -
Posted a reply to How to troubleshoot “Map Unavailable”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for everyone else, at some point in the last couple… -
Created a topic, Excerpts not being generated or stored properly?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm trying to get details of an event to propagate out… -
Created a topic, How to troubleshoot “Map Unavailable”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Subject says it all, really. :) I think I've done pre… -
Posted a reply to How to disable admin email verification?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have two concerns with that link. First, it only shows how to make the… -
Created a topic, How to disable admin email verification?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In my environment, the new feature to periodically con… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.3: Admin email verification screen, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Neat. How do I disable this? We use a single sign-on mechanism, and users cannot… -
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2019
