Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) (@donncha) – WordPress user profile

WordPress Origin Story

I used to use something called b2 cafelog and loved how easy it was to hack on it and make it do what I wanted. I even extended it so my Linux user group could make their own blogs. Unfortunately, the b2 developer didn’t have time to work on it any more. Luckily, there was a lot of interest from others, and the project was handed over to two guys, Matt and Mike, who co-founded a wonderful new project called WordPress. Haven’t looked back since.

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June 2026

Jun 06 Sat · 18:01

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those are good ideas, and allowing the plugin to define the background colour of the…

Jun 06 Sat · 14:38

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just tested it and it works well. Have to wait for the 5 minute TTL…

Jun 06 Sat · 10:33

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Give the code changes in this PR a go. https://github.com/donnchawp/media-picker-for-immich/pull/30 I'll test it on my…

Jun 06 Sat · 10:28

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin doesn't fetch the EXIF description, only the filename, which is why you're seeing…

Jun 06 Sat · 07:39

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Posted a reply to Plugin possibly exploited, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Maybe it was a false positive then, but worth keeping an eye on, just…

Jun 05 Fri · 19:37

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no option to set the background colour but if you drop this in Appearance…

Jun 05 Fri · 18:13

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Posted a reply to Immich Media Picker, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just tagged version 0.2.0 if the plugin with loads of new features, including updates…

Jun 02 Tue · 14:07

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Posted a reply to Plugin possibly exploited, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Two to choose from are Jetpack Scan or Wordfence but I'm not familiar with others.…

Jun 02 Tue · 08:54

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Posted a reply to Plugin possibly exploited, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@boardboss - unfortunately the exploit is in another plugin and WP Super Cache was caching…

May 2026

May 06 Wed · 21:33

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Posted a reply to Vulnerable on Current Version – 2.4.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@emgb_520 your first comment was probably flagged because you left only a comment. I've contacted…