Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
@ipstenu on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: April 10th, 2006
- Location: California
- GitHub: Ipstenu
- Job Title: Half-Elf
- Employer: DreamHost
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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)’s badges:- BuddyPress Contributor
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- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 5 July 2022, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 135Plugins rejected : 106Plugins closed : 46Plugins approved… -
Posted a reply to I’ve lost 3 clients because of this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@moriort666 Your posts have been been archived. Your behavior is unwelcome here, and if you… -
Posted a reply to Backend looks fine but website view is showing everything on the left, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using the bleeding edge WordPress (6.1) or are you using the stable release… -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 27 June 2022, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 128Plugins rejected : 11Plugins closed : 54Plugins approved… -
Wrote a comment on the post Rollback Feature: Testing Call to Action, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+make.wordpress.org/plugins/ -
Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
That would be something to hit up #core about :) -
Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
In their defense, I can see why it makes sense. As the majority usage of… -
Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Probably, but now that's just a real pain in the tush for everyone and you… -
Wrote a comment on the post Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Yeah, Google's smarter. Someone tried to email plugins a zip with JS renamed as TXT… -
Wrote a new post, Google Drive is Flagging Plugins as ‘Viruses’, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
tl;dr Google, who already blocked anyone from emailing a zip with a JS file inside,… -
Wrote a comment on the post What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
That is a decision above my paygrade. Stars are a common method of 'grading' happiness… -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 20 June 2022, on the site Team Updates:
The slightly higher number of closed plugins was due to some directory maintenance, closing plugins… -
Wrote a comment on the post What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
We know, and again, we factor it in, but it's like... we also factor in… -
Wrote a comment on the post What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
We do. We absolutely do. That's why I said it was a piece of the… -
Wrote a comment on the post What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
If you offer any incentive at all for reviews, you're actually bribing people. So no.… -
Posted a reply to Cache is not cleared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@osvaldo0123 You put in Localhost in the settings of the plugin. You don't edit any… -
Wrote a new post, What’s The Deal with Invalid Reviews?, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
tl;dr: Don't make reviews for your own plugin(s) using other people's accounts. We will remove… -
Gave props in Slack:
Props to @priethor and @angelasjin and @chanthaboune for helping me find the heroes who stepped… -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 13 June 2022, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 139Plugins rejected : 10Plugins closed : 33Plugins approved… -
Committed [2740153] to Plugins SVN:
Catching a rare bug -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 6 June 2022, on the site Team Updates:
I was out yesterday. Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 143Plugins rejected : 9Plugins… -
Posted a reply to Update To Current WP Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't use the plugin, so the best I can say is you would want… -
Committed [2738771] to Plugins SVN:
Correct release -
Posted a reply to Update To Current WP Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It still works, no code tweaks needed :) I just haven't (yet) bumped all the… -
Posted a reply to Free Version with Watermark, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
FYI this plugin is the rare exception to our 'no watermarks' 'rule (technically a no-credits),… -
Pull request #1726 merged into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Prefix Your Globals -
Posted a reply to Users with Unconfirmed Email Address, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just checking... you're on Multisite? -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 31 May 2022, on the site Team Updates:
Due to yesterday being a US holiday, we're a day off Plugin Status Change Stats… -
Posted a reply to Users with Unconfirmed Email Address, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What "Unconfirmed Email Address" list do you mean? Are you asking about the one on… -
Posted a reply to Purge All Pages Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's not a setting you missed, but it may be that your server is not… -
Wrote a new post, Rejoice to sanitize_url(), on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
At least once a day, someone has to explain that the only esc_ function you… -
Posted a reply to Obfuscated / Remote Code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wpissuesreports You are not shadow-banned, you are being flagged for moderation following your behavior. If… -
Posted a reply to Sloppy Bugs, Missing Features, Sluggish Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@stevejburge What you just asked the OP to do is actually extortion. Telling someone you… -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 23 May 2022, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 139Plugins rejected : 19Plugins closed : 228Plugins approved… -
Committed [2725585] to Plugins SVN:
Banner images -
Committed [2725582] to Plugins SVN:
Version release -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Update: 16 May 2022, on the site Team Updates:
A number of plugins were closed for email-bouncing. Remember to keep your account email up… -
Posted a reply to Warning of code injection during update WP 6.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress doesn't alert like that. This sounds like your Acronis security app doesn't know how… -
Posted a reply to Feature request: Contact Form 7 integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have not considered expanding this to handle contact forms, since each one is incredibly… -
Pull request #1724 merged into WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards:
Document YodaConditionals you must -
Committed [2722272] to Plugins SVN:
REL 3.5 - Admin only, and fix weird dates -
Posted a reply to Suggestion: Run on backend only?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure! That's a great idea! Probably should also change add_action( 'init', array( &$this, 'init' )… -
Posted a reply to Cache is not cleared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm afraid there's not a whole lot I can do but guess, as it would… -
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 9 May ’22, on the site Team Updates:
The higher than usual number of closures is due to email bounces. We've got about… -
Committed [2719636] to Plugins SVN:
Still works
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