Dan Knauss
@dpknauss on WordPress.org, @dpk on Slack
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: September 14th, 2007
- Location: Edmonton, Alberta • Canada
- Website: dan.knauss.ca
- GitHub: dknauss
- Job Title: Senior Solution Architect
- Employer: Multidots
Contribution History
Dan Knauss’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Photo Contributor
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a new post, Ticket sales are OPEN for WordCamp Canada, on the site WordCamp Canada 2025:
It's the moment you’ve been waiting for… 🎟️ Tickets for WordCamp Canada 2025 are on… -
Translated 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Suggested 33 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Wrote a new post, WordCamp Montréal 2025 est de retour, on the site Français du Canada:
Montréal aura son WordCamp en présentiel cet été du jeudi 26 juin 2025 au vendredi… -
Created a topic, Mastodon “Likes” in WP New Comment Notifications, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When I get a "like" on Mastodon, WordPress sends a com… -
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Canada 2025 Call for Speakers #WCEH, on the site English (Canada):
WCEH's Call for Speakers is open until June 15. Ready to inspire and be inspired?… -
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Canada 2025 Call for Volunteers #WCEH, on the site English (Canada):
Like the WordPress software project WordCamp Canada (WCEH) is an open source event. It’s planned,… -
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2025 (FR)
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Wrote a new post, WordCamp Canada 2025 Call for Sponsors #WCEH, on the site English (Canada):
The WordCamp Canada 2025 (WCEH) organizing team has issued a Call for Sponsors. A prospectus… -
Completed the course Open source basics and WordPress on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Open source basics and WordPress on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Community team Program Supporter tasks on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Writing in the WordPress voice on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Community team event mentor training on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Community team event mentor training on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course Community meeting etiquette on learn.wordpress.org
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Completed the course How decisions are made in the WordPress project on learn.wordpress.org
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2025
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Canada 2024 (#WCEH)
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Wrote a new post, Call for Sponsors, on the site WordCamp Canada 2025:
WordCamp Canada 2025 (WCEH) will take place on October 16-17, 2025 in Carleton University's Richcraft Hall… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.8 will use bcrypt for password hashing, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ditto! This is a big win. -
Created a topic, Fata Error after activating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In a Studio environment — WP 6.7.1, PHP 8.0, MySQL Lit… -
Pull request #67711 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update README.md -
Submitted pull request #67711 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update README.md -
Created a topic, Nothing else comes close, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet just works. You may never hear from it. You al… -
Pull request #366 merged into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
Update users-and-roles.md -
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup Organizer Newsletter: August 2024, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thanks, this was helpful Julia. :-) So was watching Nada ElSharkawy's “Starting a WordPress Meetup:… -
Posted a reply to Column creation issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, did my tips in Dev Edmonton Slack help? :-) -
Submitted pull request #366 to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
Update users-and-roles.md -
Posted a reply to Will it protect from cookie theft / stealing active sessions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@markussss, I have been looking over plugins like this to see how they might defend… -
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Suggested 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Pull request #344 merged into WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
Update hardening.md -
Completed the course WordPress meetup organizer training on learn.wordpress.org
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Wrote a comment on the post Reactivating Inactive Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thanks! -
Wrote a comment on the post Reactivating Inactive Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
What’s the best way to connect with those trying to reboot a local group? Mine… -
Created a topic, Simply the Best, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is the best ultra-simple (and free) way to stop c… -
Submitted pull request #344 to WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook:
Update hardening.md -
Created a topic, Absolutely Essential!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you are not using another 2FA system, this is the s… -
Suggested 72 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Created a topic, SECURITY RISK: This Plugin is Vulnerable and Appears Abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is an unpatched vulnerability in this plugin tha… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: establishment of a formal WordPress Sustainability Team, on the site WordPress.org Project:
I support the proposal. Noting what others have said about the breadth of the term… -
Submitted pull request #10 to WordPress/wp20-book:
Update BB-Chapter-11-The-WordPress-Economy.md -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Creating a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program, on the site WordPress.org Project:
1. Sounds great! 2. Success probably means significant buy-in and mentors-mentees seeing a process through… -
Created issue #440 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Follow consistent naming for Navigation Block and Submenu Navigation Child Blocks -
Created issue #42345 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Single quotes in content following bold text get curled the wrong way -
Submitted pull request #2816 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix doc block for do_action -
Created ticket #28491 on Core Trac:
Only local image uploads are possible with the customizer -
Created ticket #2347 on bbPress Trac:
phpBB importer conflates all deactivated users as single user "anonymous"
Total photo contributions: 12
View all photos contributed by Dan Knauss to the WordPress Photo Directory →
Completed Courses
Total completed courses: 7
- Open source basics and WordPress March 19, 2025
- Community team Program Supporter tasks March 19, 2025
- Writing in the WordPress voice March 19, 2025
- Community team event mentor training March 19, 2025
- Community meeting etiquette March 19, 2025
- How decisions are made in the WordPress project March 19, 2025
- WordPress meetup organizer training July 3, 2024
Plugins
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AAA Option Optimizer
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Advanced Excerpt
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Archive Content with Archived Post Status
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Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster
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Attachment Taxonomies
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Beautiful taxonomy filters
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Better Admin Help Tabs
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Better Admin Pointers
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Cache Buddy
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Cachify
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CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally
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Co-Authors Plus
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Comment Experience by Progress Planner
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Crazy Lazy
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Custom Login Page Customizer - Login Designer
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Custom Post Type Cleanup
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Dashboard Widgets Suite
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Disable Text Selection
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Display Posts - Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more
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Download Monitor
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Draft Concluder
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Draft Links
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Draft List
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Edit Flow
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Enable Media Replace
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Event Organiser
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Footnotes Made Easy
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Forget Spam Comment
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FV Clone Screen Options
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FV Gravatar Cache
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FV Top Level Categories
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GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress
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GatherPress
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Get the Image
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GTM4WP - A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
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Guest Author
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If Menu - Visibility control for Menus
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Import Meetup Events
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IndieAuth
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IndieWeb
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Intuitive Custom Post Order
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Invite Anyone
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IssueM
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Koko Analytics - Privacy-Friendly Statistics for WordPress
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Lazy Load for Comments
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LH Archived Post Status
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Liveblog
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Make Filename Lowercase
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Markdown on Save
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MC4WP: Mailchimp Top Bar
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Media Alt Text Manager
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Members - Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
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Module Control for Jetpack
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MultilingualPress
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Multiple Themes
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My Eyes Are Up Here
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Nested Pages
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No Category Base (WPML)
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No Self Ping
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Noted!
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Oasis Workflow
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Pattern CSS - The CSS Editor For Blocks
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PDF Embedder
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Plugin Check (PCP)
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Plugin Organizer
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Plugin README Parser
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Pluginception
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Plugins List
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Polylang
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Post Connector
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Post SMTP - WP SMTP Plugin with Email Logs and Mobile App for Failure Notifications - Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Brevo, Mailgun, Amazon SES and more
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Posts 2 Posts
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Pre-Publish Checklist
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Pre-Publish Post Checklist
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Private Media
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Public Post Preview
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Publish to Schedule
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Publishing Checklist
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Recurring PayPal Donations
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Redirection
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Related Posts for WordPress
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Remove Category URL
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Require Featured Image
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Requirements Checklist
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Resize Image After Upload
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Revision Notes
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Safe Redirect Manager
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Save Post. Check Links.
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Secondary Title
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Series
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ShareOpenly
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Show Parent Comment
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Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes
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Simply Static - The WordPress Static Site Generator
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Slug Control
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Solo
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Statify
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Stream
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Surge
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Text Control
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Transient Cleaner
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What The File
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World Domination
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WP fail2ban - Advanced Security
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WP REST Cache
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WP Rollback - Rollback Plugins and Themes
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WP Term Order
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WP Unformatted
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WP Unpublish
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WP User Activity
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WP User Groups
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Zone Manager (Zoninator)