Lester Chan – @gamerz | WordPress.org

Member Since: September 18th, 2003
Location: Singapore
Website: lesterchan.net
Job Title: CEO & Founder
Employer: lesterchan.net
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Bio

I am quite a fussy person and may like to complain a lot. Maybe I aim for perfection and wants everything to be done my way or what I expect it to be. I admit I am an impatient person as I do things very fast and within the shortest time possible. My friends always say I eat, drink, walk and talk very fast. Well, that’s me.

Interests

Web Development/Programming, Music, Computer Games, Movies, Food, Sleep, Slack, Gadgets

WordPress Origin Story

I have been coding in PHP for more than 10 years. My first WordPress plugin was back in 2003 when WordPress was forked from b2. The reason I started creating WordPress plugins is because there are a few features like Polls and UsersOnline found in popular forums like vBulletin/IP Board not present in WordPress. I needed those features to engage my readers and hence I decided to create it and share it within the WordPress community as a plugin.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
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Posted a reply to Term Sweep keeps growing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am not sure, probably because of one of your plugins. WP-Sweep doesn't store any…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to 2.80.2 crashes on “Backup” command, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah crap, thanks! The new function is for PHP 7.3 only. I have fixed it…

6 days ago
Committed [2229653] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing plugin 2.80.3

6 days ago
Committed [2229652] to Plugins Trac:
Deploying wp-dbmanager from GitHub

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Couldn’t edit poll due to class-wp-block-parser.php on line 417 (wp 5.3.2), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Released the fix.

6 days ago
Committed [2229620] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing plugin wp-polls 2.75.4

6 days ago
Committed [2229619] to Plugins Trac:
Deploying wp-polls from GitHub

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Google integration done?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think you should abandon it. I don't think I have a fix for it…

6 days ago
Committed [2229616] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing plugin wp-dbmanager 2.80.2

6 days ago
Committed [2229613] to Plugins Trac:
Deploying wp-dbmanager from GitHub

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Backup Delete Latest Files Instead of Oldest, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the bug report. I have fixed it at https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager/commit/c691b2882e5914a8e8e5cbf029ce5b4f85e1784b, will push an update…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to php Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am running PHP 7.4 on it, no issue with it.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Voting doesn’t work from single.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am assuming block is gutenberg? If that is the case, it is not compatible…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2219235] to Plugins Trac:
Retagging plugin 1.66

4 weeks ago
Committed [2219234] to Plugins Trac:
Removing tag 1.66

4 weeks ago
Committed [2219233] to Plugins Trac:
Deploying wp-serverinfo from GitHub

4 weeks ago
Committed [2219230] to Plugins Trac:
Releasing plugin 1.66

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Post Thumbnail Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am quite sure EMAIL_THUMBNAIL is never in the code at all. Probably added by…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Couldn’t edit poll due to class-wp-block-parser.php on line 417 (wp 5.3.2), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I have fixed it https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/commit/2a6cf766dc9cdffb4cfcd6ab66be72a22efbef84. Will release it after the holidays.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to more answers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See https://wordpress.org/support/topic/couldnt-edit-poll-due-to-class-wp-block-parser-php-on-line-417-wp-5-3-2/

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Couldn’t edit poll due to class-wp-block-parser.php on line 417 (wp 5.3.2), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I will probably wait for WP to fix it, I have been reading https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48955 from…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Verification Image Failed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is compatible with the latest version of WP. In fact, the version of WP…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Average Author Rating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry there is no such function. You will have to write one yourself.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to How can I change color vote button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because your theme is overwriting the poll button color. Happens quite often? The poll CSS…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Code to display rating results in HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need PHP template and not HTML. My guess is you mean PHP WordPress…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Generated Reviews, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry that is not possible. The plugin is not designed for that.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Any way to show a “correct” answer?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, that is not possible. The plugins is not designed for that use case.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Get other fields than username and IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
User ID is already captured https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/blob/master/wp-polls.php#L1863. If it is not captured, that probably means WordPress…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Delete AggregateRating in related products, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just disabled in the options. WP-Admin -> Ratings -> Rating Options, then disable rich text…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Multisite compatible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't use MS myself, so I have not tested it with it yet. But…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Get Downloads per User, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Maybe you want to give it a go at it and send a pull request?…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to structured data error after installing the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm I am not an SEO export, but that is what I heard. In that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to structured data error after installing the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Product is the wrong type. And if Google finds out, it will penalize your site.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Disable Users Rating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope. It is not designed to work this way.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to structured data error after installing the plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am going to remove the structured data eventually since Google remove support for it…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Get other fields than username and IP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, what you see is what you get and I have no plans to add…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to many questions in one survey, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope that is not possible, this plugin is not designed for that.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Custom Icons Outside of Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry man, I have no time to re-write the plugin and the plugin when I…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to No longer emailing me the backups, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You might need to check the email logs of your server to see why it…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to AMP Views, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Where can I reset the PostViews?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just edit the "views" post meta under the Custom Post Meta box of the Edit…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Only displays image rate results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why are you using a mix of PHP code with shortcode? <?php echo the_ratings_results( get_the_ID()…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Ajax call and max votes ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no AJAX function that exposed an API whether the user has voted or…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to all visitors see the message “0, 0, you have already rated it”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using MultiSite? Can check if wp_ratings table are created in the database? Also…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, https://kouraapartments.nz/wp-content/plugins/wp-postratings/images/stars_png/rating_on.png works. Can u capture a screenshot of what you see in the admin…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Failed to verify referrer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. Is there a caching on your end? This error happens because the nonce sent…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm. Cann you delete the whole wp-postratings folder, download it again https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-postratings.1.87.zip ? Also, can…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Integration of WP-postrating and WP-tasty, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would suggest disabling the rich text snippets for WP-PostRatings and use WPtasty as I…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Exclude Specific Survey, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry that is not possible. Archive page includes all the polls

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Translating note text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin uses GlotPress, so you need to translate it via translate.wordpress.org https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/tr/default/wp-plugins/wp-postratings/

2 months ago