Knut Sparhell (@knutsp) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 5th, 2006
Location: Torp, Fredrikstad, Norway
Website: nettvendt.no
GitHub: knutsp
Job Title: IT engineer
Employer: IT-ing Sparhell, Nettvendt
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Bio

Software developer, database and WordPress expert.

Interests

Transportation, IT

WordPress Origin Story

2005 – first download
2006 – first use – blog
2007 – editing my theme
2008 – developing templates
2009 – translating themes/plugins to Norwegian
2010 – first client
2011 – participated at WordCamp San Francisco
2012 – established business with co-founder
2013 – first major project
2015 – WP related projects major source of income
2016 – more than 50 clients on support and service plan
2017 – 100 web sites created or refurbished
2018 – General Translation Editor for Norwegian (bokmål)
2019 – WooCommerce has major focus
2020 – GiveWP has also much focus
2021 – Course and learning plugins have some focus

Contributions Sponsored

Knut Sparhell contributes 5 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor

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Plugins
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Translations

Created a topic, [Table of Contents Block] Well made, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is excellent, works very well, easy to configure …

5 days ago
Created a topic, [Shutterstock] Broke my editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP 8.1 WP 5.8.3 (not supported yet?) Fatal error on s…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to [Shutterstock] WP 5.8 explode() Warning in class.wp-dependencies.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
With newer PHP this triggers a fatal error affecting all saves using the block editor.…

1 week ago
Committed [2656837] to Plugins SVN:
Code cleanup

1 week ago
Committed [2653010] to Plugins SVN:
Plugin.php PHP 8 fix (missing property)

2 weeks ago
Committed [2653003] to Plugins SVN:
Plugin.php services property fix

2 weeks ago
Committed [2652989] to Plugins SVN:
Plugin.php cast services to array

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [LiteSpeed Cache] Fatal error with PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Don’t know what triggers it in terms of user actions. But since it’s a type…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Fatal error with PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
when saving from /wp-admin/options.php `[07-Dec-2021 1…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #54591 on Core Trac:
I need help in in choosing classified theme for my websites

2 months ago
Committed [2640538] to Plugins SVN:
Some Site Health.php constants changes.

2 months ago
Closed ticket #54545 on Core Trac:
Website "Not Secure"

2 months ago
Closed ticket #54545 on Core Trac:
Website "Not Secure"

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Forked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, please don't discuss the forked plugin here, see you at https://github.com/Webfacing/goodbye-captcha/discussions

2 months ago
Closed ticket #54497 on Core Trac:
images and photos disapeared of the media library and website

2 months ago
Committed [2633964] to Plugins SVN:
Health.php - exclude more debug by cPanel

2 months ago
Committed [2633953] to Plugins SVN:
Glance.php - restrict promotion to cPanel

2 months ago
Committed [2632431] to Plugins SVN:
trunk/includes/Health.php WP_LOCAL_DEV for WP < 4.9 trunk/index.php 2.8.1

2 months ago
Committed [2631398] to Plugins SVN:
Translation fix

2 months ago
Committed [2631380] to Plugins SVN:
= 2.8 = - Add PHP Errors count to gauges widget and in Site Health Info

2 months ago
Closed ticket #54450 on Core Trac:
In some browsers price is shown as with VAT but VAT is missing

2 months ago
Mentioned in [52039] on Core SVN:
General: Introduce polyfill for `str_contains()` added in PHP 8.0.

2 months ago
Mentioned in [52014] on Core SVN:
Administration: Make dashboard widget control submit button text more clear.

3 months ago
Mentioned in [51985] on Core SVN:
Help/About: add WordPress version to contextual "Help" sidebar area.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Time field refuses to take 24h clock input, after v2.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
2.8.2 seems to have fixed it.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Time field refuses to take 24h clock input, after v2.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Possibly, but I actively changed the format back and forth a few times, after the…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to File block Replace on Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Plugin interference.

3 months ago
Created a topic, Time field refuses to take 24h clock input, after v2.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After update to Pods 2.8 (or later minors): When edit…

3 months ago
Created a topic, File block Replace on Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On my multisites, WP 5.8.1, PHP 8.0, I have some users…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to WPBruiser appears to be an unsupported plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, sad. Have started to see fatals in combination with Jetpack Contact Form. No point…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Great enhancement and well made, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This seems to work very well, at least no issues - imm…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error after Jetpack update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Seems so. The latest Jetpack update (10.2) went smoothly everywhere.

3 months ago
Created a topic, Great, well made, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Exactly what I needed, getting rid of other a bad plug…

4 months ago
Mentioned in [51880] on Core SVN:
Administration: Enable first and last page buttons in `WP_List_Table::pagination()`.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Genesis Custom Blocks gets hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let you know? This is what this thread is all about. Tell us when fixed…

4 months ago
Created a topic, Working like a charm, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Working like a charm for over two years now. Decent su…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Genesis Custom Blocks gets hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Issue then still not solved, unless you disable a whole feature? Remember, this is about…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Genesis Custom Blocks gets hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@htmgarcia @stevejburge It happens on my site. Have no idea where else it happens. Question…

4 months ago
Mentioned in [51855] on Core SVN:
Posts, Post Types: Don't add a trailing number when there is a unique post parent.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error after Jetpack update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for chiming in and investigate, @jeherve

4 months ago
Created a topic, Featured image on blog posts page disappeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This suddenly happened after update to version 1.8.5.8…

4 months ago
Mentioned in [51814] on Core SVN:
I18N: Add a translator comment to clarify the "Block HTML" string in the Block widget settings form.

4 months ago
Closed ticket #54124 on Core Trac:
Suddenly Some plugin, Customize, Elementor are not working

4 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error with PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Unparenthesizeda ? b : c ? d : eis n…

4 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP: 8.0 Action: Enable exclusions option and add two …

4 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error after Jetpack update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I manage a lot of sites for clients. including two mul…

5 months ago
Created ticket #5890 on Meta Trac:
Advanced view - Add support reps - non-ascii character display fails

5 months ago
Closed ticket #54066 on Core Trac:
How can i score 90 out of 100 in site speed?

5 months ago
Closed ticket #54049 on Core Trac:
Facebook SALE prices appear without VAT

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Delete WC Admin tables from settings page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Obviously, so not relevant and not my point. The plugin author suggests it, not recommends…

5 months ago