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Jan Dembowski

Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

@jdembowski Somewhere in New York (usually) joined Dec 2005

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    Bio

    I am a technology enthusiast who is easily amused and mostly harmless.

    Hello! A little explanation about the my forum title.

    The “Brute Squad” part is from the Greatest Movie of All Time™ titled The Princess Bride. There’s a well meaning character named Fezzik who tells people “I’m on the Brute Squad”. I used to reference that movie all the time and another moderator gave me that title.

    Please don’t read into the brute part, it’s in jest and I am really, truly mostly harmless.

    And yes “Please Get Off Your Petty Power Trip” would make a great title for a Cure tribute band.

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    October 2026
    Oct 02 Fri · 15:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Forum image embed issue – invalid data URI, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    In these cases, it seems that the “data:” part of the URI is missing. That's…
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 21:23
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Converting an email to a post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've not tried it but take a look at this option in Jetpack. https://jetpack.com/post-by-email/ https://jetpack.com/support/post-by-email/…
    Sep 28 Mon · 13:35
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to are these some good security steps?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I’d like to know if these suggestions are reasonable.  Yes.
    Sep 17 Thu · 11:38
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to WordPress Security, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This site is never for soliciting help quite that way. These are self-help support forums…
    Sep 15 Tue · 17:22
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Problem with shipping zones, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You can't upload images here as no one wants the forums to host that. You…
    Sep 15 Tue · 09:31
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to How do I reopen a thread on my plugin support forum?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Topics that have not had a comment in 6 months are automatically closed and cannot…
    Sep 14 Mon · 14:31
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to PayPal Standard with WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You may have better results to your topic if you post in that plugin's support…
    Sep 03 Thu · 13:50
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Latest version of Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That's also an ask in that plugin's support forum. The Gutenberg plugin is not the…
    Sep 02 Wed · 16:49
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    Posted a reply to Elementor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    For Elementor support please post in that plugin's support forum. https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elementor/
    August 2026
    Aug 18 Tue · 16:39
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Feature request: Clearer urgency levels for admin notifications, with neurodiv, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    How would you enforce that for theme and plugin developers?