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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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…

23 hours 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…

23 hours 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…

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

5 days 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…

6 days 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 week 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)…

1 week 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Why not mention restriction to 12 Folders?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's not unfair. Nor would it be unfair if someone forked your plugin and removed…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Error updating recent wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Blocking IP Address from accessing website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ouch. Some plugins that MAY help: https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-probation/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-confirmation-email https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-anti-fraud/ Look into their emails? There's usually…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Blocking IP Address from accessing website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So short of blocking everything from India (which you can do) there's not a whole…

1 month ago
Replied to an idea, Notifying the status of post

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team – 16 Dec 2019, on the site Team Updates:
With the help of the amazing @chanthaboune we've reworked a number of our notification emails…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team – 09 Dec 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 184 Plugins rejected : 4Plugins closed : 79Plugins approved…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Poor UX, rude support team, predatory business practices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@templateinvaders I've removed your mod look flag. While this review is not particularly nice, it…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to can’t able to change anchor text color?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 2 December 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 150 Plugins rejected : 5Plugins closed : 90Plugins approved…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to wp-login.php should show admin top bar if I am logged in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to RIPS Coderisk score 100, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any post that MIGHT reveal a security issue to the general public is moderated because…

2 months ago
Replied to an idea, Make Option for WP CRON to be called at specified interval

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Mod security triggered while click on login button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please don't post in the Alpha/Beta forum unless you're actually testing the alpha/beta version of…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team Status: 25 November 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 176 Plugins rejected : 48Plugins closed : 52Plugins approved…

2 months ago
Replied to an idea, Security Check for Plugins

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What I mean is that there was not enough time to adjust for plugin developers.…

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #4866, in Meta Trac:
Plugin Directory: Block more abused names

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There shouldn't be any feature changes as of RC. (I know) but it’s still a…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Can I use PSR4 autoload to plugin developemnt?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For those wondering what that is, read https://jeremycurny.com/2016/06/30/php-psr-4-autoloader/ Answer: Yes. We recommend that you do…

2 months ago
Wrote a new post, Plugin Review Team: 18 Nov 2019, on the site Team Updates:
Plugin Status Change Stats Plugins requested : 168 Plugins rejected : 17Plugins closed : 27Plugins…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Not all dev-notes make it in to the final build, though, which is (I thought)…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback, on the site Make WordPress Core:
FWIW Plugin Developers were emailed about that change (and the others) on October 18th, which…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to BuddyPress and Profile Builder Pro, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It doesn't use Akismet at all, and works fine without it. I don't know if…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Date/Time component improvements in WordPress 5.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Did you check the more recently updated https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/human_time_diff/ ? (We're moving away from the codex)

2 months ago
Committed [2194006] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.4 - CSS fix

2 months ago
Committed [2193992] to Plugins Trac:
Even I forget this...

2 months ago
Committed [2193989] to Plugins Trac:
REL 1.0.3 - support for WP 5.3

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Zooming doesn’t work for new products, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hasinthawk You don't need to flag this unless you need a moderator. Which you don't.…

2 months ago