David E. Smith
@desmith on WordPress.org, @David E. Smith on Slack
- Member Since: February 9th, 2012
- Location: St. Louis, MO USA
- Website: davidsmith.is
- Employer: Pagely
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Contribution History
David E. Smith’s badges:- Core Contributor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2023
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Created ticket #58320 on Core Trac:
Clarify meaning of "beta" with newer PHP versions (or remove) -
Wrote a comment on the post Dev Chat Summary, May 10, 2023, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's not clear to me whether the compatibility matrix is intended to convey whether "WP… -
Posted a reply to Twitter login for comments unavailable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you considering adding an option for users to enter their own Twitter API keys… -
Created a topic, Twitter login for comments unavailable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At some point in the past few weeks (I wish I could na… -
Posted a reply to Conflict on object-cache.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm seeing the same issue but with Object Cache Pro. Performance Lab and Object Cache… -
Created a topic, MySQL warnings when using SQLite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On a site running in SQLite mode, but which used to be… -
Posted a reply to Can I create a site-wide single alias?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perfect. Thank you! -
Created a topic, Can I create a site-wide single alias?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Suppose I have a site with several authors. Is there a… -
Created ticket #57134 on Core Trac:
Custom maintenance pages are HTTP 200, not 503 -
Mentioned in [54713] on Core SVN:
Media: Reverts `get_attached_file()` changes for normalized Windows paths. -
Wrote a comment on the post Idea: Freescout for WordCamp organising teams, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Shared mailboxes absolutely come with technical problems too. WCUS used to use a single Gmail… -
Wrote a comment on the post Idea: Freescout for WordCamp organising teams, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Truthfully it’s not that much work to set up (source: I did it for WCUS),… -
Wrote a comment on the post New cache Site Health checks in WordPress 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Are there hooks to change the message displayed for the caching check, or to disable… -
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…
