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Stephen has over 35 years experience in IT, having gained experience with a broad range of Apple, Microsoft and other technologies, applications and development tools. His strong IT background is supported by extensive experience covering Accounting Systems, Payroll and HR, Desktop Publishing, Graphics and the Printing Industry, Manufacturing, Retail and Wholesale.

Stephen has worked both in permanent roles and as an independent IT contractor in private, Local, and State Government spheres.

He has extensive administration experience, has supervised staff, and is self-motivated and focussed on meeting project deadlines. He is flexible with his approach to work and is not afraid to implement changes.

Stephen continues to learn new skills, last branching out into PHP, HTML and the Unix power-plant beneath Mac OS X. He remembers paper tape and punch cards, and much prefers Gigs of RAM and Fast Ethernet!

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (majoring in Computer Sciences and Demography) and a Bachelor of Arts (English literature), both from the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

Interests

Woodworking and growing vegetables

WordPress Origin Story

When my wife moved her practice into commercial premises, we needed a website for the new business. My son and I were already running a web hosting business, so we had the infrastructure in hand, and the platform included WordPress as an installable option for our new domain. Instead of hand-coding or using a desktop app to build our site, we chose WordPress, and here we are…

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Current Job

Chief cook and bottle washer
Present
BizHosting

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April 2024
Apr 29 Mon · 23:58
Forums med
Created a topic, An error of type E_ERROR in Hummingbird plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We updated our site's plugins, and Hummingbird then th…
January 2023
Jan 05 Thu · 22:12
Forums med
Created a topic, Useful plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have used it just this week to check our therapist’s q…
June 2019
Jun 11 Tue · 06:14
Forums med
Posted a reply to Coupons stopped working because of a (now resolved) bug., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Star rating upgraded from 1 star TO 4 stars. Only 4 because of the bug…
January 2019
Jan 14 Mon · 01:56
Forums med
Posted a reply to Oh look, Coupons is now a paid add-on too!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We found out that the Coupons module was no longer working because of a bug…
Jan 14 Mon · 00:19
Forums med
Posted a reply to Missing Plugin Asset Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What version was this fix to the plugin in? We have Version: 1.7.21, Last Updated:…
December 2018
Dec 28 Fri · 10:55
Forums med
Created a topic, Oh look, Coupons is now a paid add-on too!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We've just found out that the Coupons module we were u…
January 2018
Jan 15 Mon · 04:54
Forums med
Created a topic, This plugin was closed on January 11, 2018 and is no longer available”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can anyone please shine some light on why it's been re…
April 2017
Apr 04 Tue · 03:37
Forums med
Posted a reply to Fix for ‘Facebook error: Invalid OAuth access token’ error with API v2.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your fix! Perhaps the author can include it ASAP.

Dansk (Danish) Plugins Translation Editor - #da_DK

English (Australia) Plugins Translation Editor - #en_AU

English (Australia) Translation Contributor - #en_AU

Access Monitor, Accessible Video Library, Adminer, Adminimize, Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress, Advertising Manager, Timely All-in-One Events Calendar, Amazon Link, amr users, Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin, Private groups, Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder, Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection, BotSmasher, BulletProof Security, Clean My Archives, Cleaner Gallery, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection, Clicky by Yoast, Admin Columns, Content Progress, Custom Content Type Manager, Easy Testimonials, Email Users, Export User Data, Geo Mashup, Grid Columns, Groups, MailPress, Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin, Membership 2, Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus, Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher, Multitool, My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager, My Content Management, My Tickets – Accessible Event Ticketing, NextCellent Gallery – NextGEN Legacy, Our Team by WooThemes, Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields, PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry, Promotion Slider, Query Posts, Role Scoper (Obsolete – Please install PublishPress Permissions), Simple Ads Manager, Simplr Registration Form Plus+, Skype Legacy Buttons, Slideshow, User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress, User Role Editor, View Admin As, Widgets Reloaded, WooCommerce Admin Bar Addition, Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers, Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, WP Accessibility, WP Admin UI Customize, WP-DBManager, WP-dTree, WP-EMail, WP Photo Album Plus, WP-Print, Wp-Pro-Quiz, WP-Property – WordPress Powered Real Estate and Property Management, WP Realtime Sitemap, SlimStat Analytics, WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative, XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon, WPFront User Role Editor, YITH Donations for WooCommerce, YITH Live Chat, YITH WooCommerce Uploads, YITH WooCommerce Advanced Reviews, YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter, YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search, YITH WooCommerce Anti-Fraud, YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode, YITH WooCommerce Category Accordion, YITH WooCommerce Compare, YITH WooCommerce Coupon Email System, YITH WooCommerce Featured Video, YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards, YITH WooCommerce Membership, YITH WooCommerce Minimum Maximum Quantity, YITH WooCommerce Multi-step Checkout, YITH WooCommerce Name Your Price, YITH WooCommerce Order & Shipment Tracking, YITH WooCommerce PDF Invoice and Shipping List, YITH WooCommerce Points and Rewards, YITH WooCommerce Recently Viewed Products, YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce, YITH WooCommerce Review For Discounts, YITH WooCommerce Review Reminder, YITH WooCommerce Save For Later, YITH WooCommerce Share For Discounts, YITH WooCommerce Subscription, YITH WooCommerce Surveys, YITH WooCommerce Watermark, YITH WooCommerce Wishlist, and Comment Experience by Progress Planner

English (New Zealand) Translation Contributor - #en_NZ

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon, WordPress 5.2.x, WordPress 5.3.x, and WordPress 7.0.x - Development

Dansk (Danish) Translation Contributor - #da_DK

All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic and My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager

English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI and WordPress 5.2.x