Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

Member Since: April 10th, 2006
Location: California
Website: halfelf.org
Job Title: Half-Elf
Employer: DreamHost
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Bio

WordPress Plugin Review Team Rep, Half-Elf Rogue, TV lover, LGBTQ+ Activist

WordPress Origin Story

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute
Just sit real tight
I’ll tell you how I became a guru of WordPress Multisite

In WordPress bloggin’ born and raised
In support forums is where I spent most of my days.
Hanging, helping, debugging all cool
And all .htaccessing like a fool.
Till a couple Canadians, up to no good,
Starting pushin’ MU in my neighborhood.
I coded one little plugin, my wife got scared,
She said “You’re writing all this code on your Macbook air!

I spoke at a WordCamp and then it came clear,
The job offer was fresh, and it came with good beer!
If anything I could say that WordPress was fair,
And I thought, “Hey, just fork it! Yo, homes dye my hair!”

I logged in to Slack ’bout 7 or 8
And I said to the meetup “Here”, it was great
I looked at the make blogs
It was finally true!
I’m a guru of WordPress and Multisite too.

Contributions Sponsored

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) contributes 15 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Support.

Contribution History

BuddyPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Hosting Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Review Team
Plugin Review Team
Support Contributor
Support Contributor
Support Team
Support Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 24 Feb 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 166Plugins rejected : 9Plugins closed : 16Plugins approved…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to 1 STAR MEANS ZERO! Data lost!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Except ... this is 100% correct. You turned off tracking. It says nothing about the…

5 days ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Washington, DC 2020

6 days ago
Posted a reply to 1 STAR MEANS ZERO! Data lost!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So there's some good news here! It's actually impossible for any plugin to DELETE your…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Invalid serialized data stored by maybe_serialize() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for the context! Without it, we're kind of grasping at straws and have…

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 17 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 172Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 14Plugins approved…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Invalid serialized data stored by maybe_serialize() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing your code, we cannot really help you out here, however it's important to…

1 week ago
Replied to an idea, Configure where downloaded upgrades are unzipped to

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Support Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@carazo I've removed the last three posts. Do not solicit for payment, be that a…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 10 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 165Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 20Plugins approved…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Instagram is accelerating the end…, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
TBF, the slug is my favorite auto-generated permalink ever.

3 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 03 February 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 152Plugins rejected : 69Plugins closed : 39Plugins approved…

3 weeks ago
Replied to an idea, Better plugin evaluation

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WP-Bitly discontinued, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@temeritystudios We have no emails from you at all at plugins@wordpress.org (not even in spam)…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 27 January 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 164Plugins rejected : 7Plugins closed : 13Plugins approved…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We do not delete reviews for lacking information. We allow you to have established your…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to I really need help removing images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without seeing your site (you can put a private link in your first post) or…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Instagram is accelerating the end…, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Instagram is accelerating the end of their current API. Per a notice on https://www.instagram.com/developer/ no…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Agenda for January 23rd Support Meeting, on the site Make WordPress Support:
I may miss the meeting but I wanted to throw my 100% support behind this:…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Not Updating After Commit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/turnstile/ shows 1.2.1 now. It can take up to 6 hours to cache correct (which…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to This plugin is a trap!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's incorrect. Here's what you could have done, but still have not. You can explain…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to This plugin is a trap!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ceye This plugin is a service, which means they need an account to process the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to warning on structured data tool, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've removed pretty much all the 'me too' posts here. Folks, if you want to…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Active Install Growth, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well now that's a different issue. I'll go make sure it's caught by the Meta…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Redirect Blocked Users?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's on the settings page. There's a check box. Check it, save settings, now you…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, yes you are, but that doesn't magically give you the right to treat someone…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I did. It's called being a respectful human and asking OP to please elaborate :)…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Active Install Growth, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You mean since yesterday? And today isn't over yet so we can't tell you how…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Updates: 20 Jan 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 141Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 12Plugins approved…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Uh-oh! Avoid plugin and MONEY feature, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sslzen It's not a very informative review, but this is not a troll review. Someone…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cache is cleared for all posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It shouldn't be unless you have an odd server config. How are you determining the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to It looks nice…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ceylonthemes Can you please look into that and fix it? Alerts should honour the dismiss…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #4963, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Show flag or marker to indicate the plugin has been ...

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Updates: 13 Jan 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 163Plugins rejected : 7Plugins closed : 14Plugins approved…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to DO NOT USE. Plugin sending PERSONAL data to author., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@codevolts In the future, please report these directly to the plugins team - plugins@wordpress.org The…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not GDPR compliant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wproyal You don't need to sign your posts (and the forum guidelines ask you not)…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Account deletion request is being ignored, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@leonixyz The DPO queue is incredibly large. You're not being ignored, it's just that someone…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugin dev – do WP restrict varying versions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's generally prohibited. You can email plugins@wordpress.org for more information, but 'clone' plugins like that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to User Permission, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's restricted to Administrator only due to the potential for resource heavy abuse. That should…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 06 January 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Last week we posted our 2019 insights. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 141Plugins…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Don’t trust this developer with any work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@remymedranda This review is removed and your account flagged for moderation. If you didn’t use…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS Font Size for category text and date of the post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@technosysf It's great that you're trying to help people here, we appreciate it a lot!…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Not GDPR compliant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to clarify one thing for you, GDPR compliance can include fonts. That is, if…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Redirect blocked user could not be uncheck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry, I don't offer that kind of support for free plugins. Also it's against…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2019 Insights, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
As always. Keep in mind, we don't add everyone's trademark. If they're not being constantly…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, 2019 Insights, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
There's been a lot of quiet change going on for Plugins, so now is as…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 30 December 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 154Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 20Plugins approved…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Block all SUB domains registrations, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm assuming they're all different domains? If not you can block .domain.com which will block…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Redirect blocked user could not be uncheck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That isn't checked by default on install, so that's odd. I also can't reproduce this…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 23 December 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 166Plugins rejected : 81Plugins closed : 34Plugins approved…

2 months ago