Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) – @ipstenu

Member Since: April 10th, 2006
Location: California
Website: halfelf.org
GitHub: Ipstenu
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 Developer
Plugin Developer
Plugin Review Team
Plugin Review Team
Support Contributor
Support Contributor
Support Team
Support Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

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Created a new ticket, #5252, in Meta Trac:
Profiles: Banned users' bios should be hidden

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Why do you collect so many data from our sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm going to be pedantic here. If the data is being sent to your server…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Why do you collect so many data from our sites?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@rankmath What they're saying is that for them to keep using your plugin AND be…

3 days ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 1 June 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 168Plugins rejected : 100Plugins closed : 57Plugins approved :…

5 days ago
Created a topic, Version 7.1 broke sites and the company appears to have abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I opened a support post just under 3 weeks ago - https…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Crashed Website when Updating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It SOUNDS like you had a bad download of the files, which really shouldn't be…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to No buckets visible after resetting plugin due to error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm away from the office at the moment (will be back next week) but it…

6 days ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 25 May 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 213Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 26Plugins approved :…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Performance of query?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nothing expensive. It's using a network option, so that's as fast as loading any other…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Suspicious company, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@henrikthome Be careful there. It's not a false accusation. You have a user saying "This…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Just an advertisement for paid services, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No. Reviews are for humans who have an experience. If the experience is "I choose…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Just an advertisement for paid services, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As painful as this is about to be to hear, that's actually a fair complaint.…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Status: 18 May 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 212Plugins rejected : 13Plugins closed : 16Plugins approved…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Best way to hook into is_email() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because it's very broad. I don't know if other things would break by using that.…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fork or incorporate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would love to see a pull request for that! https://github.com/Ipstenu/impostercide That could be awesome…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Best way to hook into is_email() function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
is_email() just checks if email is valid or not. You would have to find the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Does work with Elementor pro forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry, I don't have the bandwidth to consider doing that kind of work for…

3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Version 7.1 is not fully functional, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After upgrading to 7.1 all the settings were wiped out…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 11 May 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 191Plugins rejected : 15Plugins closed : 40Plugins approved…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Does work with Elementor pro forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll have to write a hook so that form can tie into Ban Hammer. Since…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Edit Topic, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I removed it from both the first paragraph AND your signature. In the future, please…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 04 May 2020, on the site Team Updates:
May the Fourth Be With Code. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 203Plugins rejected…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Merge Announcement: Plugins & Themes Auto-Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just to be clear, it's also exceptionally rare. We don't push updates unless we feel…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Website compromised, can’t log in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@colinspencer I happen to work at DreamHost and I had a look at your site.…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Too many updates could kill WordPress !, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So there's good news. The people working on this absolutely worry about the impact of…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, SimplePie Updated for WordPress 5.5, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
An early commit for WordPress 5.5 (which isn't even in beta, don't get scared) is…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Comment button vanished, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
BuddyPress is going to be the gotcha on that one I'm afraid. I would make…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@iamediaworks What other plugins are you running? Anything security related?

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5179, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory Admin: Show easy download link when open

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5178, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Improve Uploader Fails

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5177, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Improve Advanced / Danger Zone visibility

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5175, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: End Support for 'asset' files outside of the assets ...

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 27 April 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 207Plugins rejected : 108Plugins closed : 35Plugins approved…

1 month ago
Created a new ticket, #5171, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Limit file size for 'asset' images

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Thief plugin – DO Not install, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@georiot Please remember not to post email addresses. It's against the forum guidelines to ask…

1 month ago
Replied to an idea, Notifications e-mail choices for individual users

1 month ago
Posted a reply to What happened to my website?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wordpresser12345 I've archived your logs as they contain IP addresses and that MAY NOT be…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to plugin fatal issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a fix. Sorry it took so long, this never emailed me! 7.4.x compatibility…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Next steps for Dashicons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
How will this impact the myriad plugins and add-ons that use Dashicons to add items…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Team Update: 20 April 2020, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 209Plugins rejected : 13Plugins closed : 84Plugins approved…

2 months ago
Committed [2287746] to Plugins Trac:
Release 4.3.0

2 months ago
Committed [2287707] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging (still not flagged as stable)

2 months ago
Committed [2287703] to Plugins Trac:
REL 4.3.0 to Trunk -- NOT LIVE YET. Having issues with Vendor folder I ...

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Bootstrap is a library, it’s not a WordPress thing at all. I’m not trying to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to The domains I blocked can still register, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It’s possible that the LoginPress plugin is not using the normal WordPress login interface. As…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Again, without seeing the code you're pasting in AND the theme, no one here can…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If there was a standard that everyone used, your code would have worked already. There…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No I am not, but I don't use Beaver Builder. I would check out their…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A child theme is generally safer, and no it won't be overwritten. But if all…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to CSS not working for (main) menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, but CSS is a little weird and sometimes has particular tweaks that require specifications.…

2 months ago