David Gewirtz (@dgewirtz) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: November 30th, 2009
Location: Space Coast, Florida
Website: zatzlabs.com/lab-notes
Job Title: Able to lift small dogs with a single hand
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Bio

If you’re really curious about my background, feel free to visit my home page or LinkedIn. You’re also invited to follow me on Facebook and Twitter. I also host the ZDNet Government and DIY-IT blogs. Check them out. They’re great reads.

But the fact is, deep down, I’m a project guy and I enjoy coding.

I’ve been working with WordPress since 2009, having chosen WordPress to host the huge migration of the ZATZ magazines from its previous environment based on UserLand Frontier. You can watch a video of my Miami WordCamp presentation about that project here. I rebuilt the whole ZENPRESS CMS as a series of very large WordPress plugins.

Ever since then, I’ve wanted to do more with plugins that other people can use. Seamless Donations is my first adoption. I hope to adopt more plugins in need of attention and, time permitting, build some fun and useful plugins from the ground up for the user community to use.

WordPress Origin Story

As mentioned above, I was migrating the very extensive ZATZ online magazine archives off of UserLand Frontier (it had stopped being updated). I looked at a number of CMS/blogging options and found that WordPress had some unique advantages, specifically a large base of add-on plug-ins (meaning I wouldn’t have to code everything) and a very active user base.

But what finally convinced me that this was the community to join were the WordCamp videos I watched on WordCamp.tv. It was clear that this was a vibrant, friendly, supportive community and that was what closed the deal for me.

It took almost three years to do all the migration (part time, in addition to my main work), but all of the ZATZ archives are online and we didn’t lose a single one of our 74,900 articles!

Contribution History

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Committed [2571630] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571629] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571628] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571626] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571624] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571623] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571621] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571620] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571619] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2571618] to Plugins Trac:
Compatibility update.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Donations page not showing results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Payment with PayPal and Stripe, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Getting Some PHP errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That’s a known bug that has been fixed. It will be in the upcoming 3.0.4…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Unable to install upload plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
My Private Site is at version 3.0.3. Version 2.1.4 is years out of date. It…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] shortcode or add-on for total donations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] user cannot activate account with Buddypress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Plugin update notifications stop donations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to [CMB2] Add field to Page/Post Status area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. What about being able to just add a new metabox to the right of…

6 months ago
Created a topic, [CMB2] Add field to Page/Post Status area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’d like to add a couple of fields to the status…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Errors on Plugin Activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] recurring payment distorting the amount, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Download 5.1.3. It’s fixed there. I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to How to get words on the form into swedish?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Reset Password, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through email or the Contact Us interface. As…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to HELP! This plugin broke my site!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Shoot me an email at david@zatz.com. I’ll get you a support login (which is the…

6 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Not compatible with Elementor and Hello theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Site email broke over the weekend. I fixed it, I think. Much easier to work…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Force funds designation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It’s not an option now. I’m no longer accepting tech support requests here. As user…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Not compatible with Elementor and Hello theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m looking into this. I’m no longer accepting tech support requests here. As user support…

8 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Some warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please post your question using my new ticketing system at http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/. It still comes to…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Form plugins – customisation query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m no longer accepting tech support requests through this forum. As user support volume has…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin] Awesome Support eating EDD cookies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would it be okay if I linked you, the EDD folks, and Pagely together via…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Users trapped in a loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@geoffreymerck: I do wish you’d posted a support request in the ticketing system. It’s a…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin] Awesome Support eating EDD cookies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Really kind of hoping you’ll answer this!

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Great Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any time!

11 months ago
Created a topic, [Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin] Awesome Support eating EDD cookies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’ve been having a problem with the Easy Digital…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Doesnt redirect to Stripe intermittently, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please post your question using my new ticketing system at http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/. It still comes to…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to [My Private Site] Mixed private and public pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please post your question using my new ticketing system at http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/. It still comes to…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Getting two entries in admin for donations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please post your question using my new ticketing system at http://zatzlabs.com/submit-ticket/. It still comes to…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Seamless Donations form on phones, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Quick answer: Go to Form Options and choose Modern style. Please post your question using…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to How to sanitize an admin text field but still allow quotes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bcworkz you so totally rock! Thank you! That did it.

1 year ago
Created a topic, How to sanitize an admin text field but still allow quotes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a text area where users can enter a paragraph o…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Plugin settings reverted on last update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That was fixed. It actually necessitated a dedicated mea culpa mailing where I told folks…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Run some JS on Deactivate click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’d like to be able to display a JavaScript/CSS-…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [Seamless Donations: A Platform for Global Fundraising and Rebuilding using Stripe and PayPal] Plugin svn update not showing on repo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, folks, it’s fixed. 5.0.10 is up for your downloading pleasure.

1 year ago
Created a topic, Plugin svn update not showing on repo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I updated this from 5.0.9 to 5.0.10, but it’s no…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [CMB2] WP_DEBUG messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. If you manage to fix it (and, oh, I so know how hard that…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [CMB2] WP_DEBUG messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@oludarebello1 Seamless Donations is definitely experiencing this issue. Do you have any pointers on whether…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [CMB2] Radio_image insists on coming first, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nevermind. My stupid error. Had a callback modifying it later in the chain. Sigh.

1 year ago
Created a topic, [CMB2] Radio_image insists on coming first, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m using https://github.com/satwinderrathore/CM…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to [CMB2] Surrounding fields in accordion, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Okay, it is workable. You surround the field with some code: ‘ ‘before_field’ => ‘<div…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to WP_DEBUG messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello? I keep getting complaints and it’s somewhere in your code.

1 year ago

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