Andrew Wilder (@eatingrules) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: June 15th, 2011
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Website: nerdpress.net
Job Title: Founder & CEO
Employer: NerdPress
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Founder and CEO of NerdPress. We provide WordPress maintenance and support services with an emphasis on site speed and security.

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Core Performance Contributor
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Wrote a comment on the post WebP in Core for 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hmm, I thought I understood where you were going with canonical plugins, but now perhaps…
4 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post WebP in Core for 6.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you, @matt. Fundamentally, I think the reason the WebP proposal received so much pushback…
6 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Neat! (Though I'm on a PC, so that would really be quite some trick! 😉)…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
👍
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree. I'll admit I had a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the religious references --…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
On the other hand, "The intent of the developers is to support SQLite through the…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi Matt! Really enjoyed the Q&A on Saturday. 😁 How will we reconcile the concerns…
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That religious code of conduct is definitely a dealbreaker for me. Language like "...love the…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WPML Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @nbond1! Sorry I missed your other reply earlier. This is indeed strange... Could you…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to WPML Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi! Since WPML's Media Translation add-on is a premium plugin, I'm unable to test it.…
2 months ago
Created a topic, Thank you!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for creating this plugin! It's a shame it's…
2 months ago
Reopened ticket #56263 on Core Trac:
Proposed WebP Generation in Core should be opt-in, not opt-out
2 months ago
Mentioned in [53751] on Core SVN:
Media: enable generating multiple mime types for image uploads; specifically WebP versions for JPEG images by default.
2 months ago
Created ticket #56263 on Core Trac:
Proposed WebP Generation in Core should be opt-in, not opt-out
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Plan for adding WebP & multiple MIME support for images, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm with Jon here. While I very much appreciate the changes being made based on…
3 months ago
Closed ticket #55774 on Core Trac:
Text formatting for selected text across blocks reverts when block is ...
5 months ago
Created ticket #55774 on Core Trac:
Text formatting for selected text across blocks reverts when block is ...
5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up on WebP by default proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you, @adamsilverstein and the rest of the performance team for taking all the feedback…
6 months ago
Created ticket #55535 on Core Trac:
Pre-populate Image Alt Text field with IPTC Photo Metadata Standard ...
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It took me maybe five minutes to find some examples on client sites. This is…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Adam, most backup systems for WordPress don't currently have options to exclude thumbnails from backups…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Your response is from a developer perspective, not from a site owners perspective. I agree…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A far better proposal would be to first fix the thumbnail generation issue by only…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Adam, with all due respect, you're still not hearing us. The problems are not going…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yes! Let's let excellent plugins like WebP Express continue to do this, for users who…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
YES! Very well said. Great points. Thank you, Syed. 😁
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I do take this very seriously and have been working closely with the hosting community…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
however I strongly believe it greatly benefits >80% of users, and has little negative effect…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Perhaps browsers could offer a download as JPEG option to help alleviate that Wait, what?…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry if I was unclear. The list of thumbnails I showed above was the current…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Perhaps it would be helpful to paint a picture of the kinds of sites we…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hey Adam, thanks for the quick reply. :) (unless you “regenerate thumbnails”). That's a massive…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree with the above comments that this is way too heavy-handed. I know you…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to All page content is hidden (display:none) on version 4.1.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sumit, Thanks for the quick response on this. The "Hide Theme Menu" setting was…
6 months ago
Created a topic, All page content is hidden (display:none) on version 4.1.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, We're currently using version 4.1.4 and it works …
6 months ago
Created a topic, Two Factor works with hardware keys again!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for this plugin!! In February 202…
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Why is this plugin closed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yay! :)
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Why is this plugin closed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah! So glad to hear it's just a glitch and nothing more nefarious is going…
8 months ago
Created a topic, Why is this plugin closed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Disappointed to see this: "This plugin has been closed…
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Retina banner has typo in filename, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh hey, I forgot all about this! 😉 Thanks, Dion!
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Wish I could see all the images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Marty23, Our plugin currently exports a CSV list of images that are actually used…
10 months ago
Created ticket #54075 on Core Trac:
Disabling legacy widget previews in the block editor
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Core Integrity Checks reporting WP Core files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Aaron - These are files that were removed in WordPress 5.8 -- but the…
1 year ago
Committed [2567702] to Plugins SVN:
Tested up to 5.8
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Only a fraction of images are scanned/captured, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @vmajor, Thanks for giving Alt Text Tools a try! The plugin should include all…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Yoast SEO Free and Yoast SEO Premium, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Robin! Apparently Yoast decided to change this starting in Yoast Premium 16.0: https://yoast.com/yoast-seo-16-0/#h-yoast-seo-premium-is-now-an-add-on-to-yoast-seo
2 years ago
Posted a reply to No CSV download, only “Please wait… Loading”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great - glad the incognito trick worked! And thanks for the positive review, it's very…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to No CSV download, only “Please wait… Loading”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, that was really helpful. I think the ?fs_blog_admin=true that's being appended to the admin-ajax.php…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to No CSV download, only “Please wait… Loading”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. I was thinking that maybe the Javascript changes in WP 5.6 were the issue,…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to No CSV download, only “Please wait… Loading”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi! Sorry you're having trouble downloading the file -- and thanks for confirming you've already…
2 years ago

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