Knut Sparhell – @knutsp

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

Software developer 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

Contributions

Knut Sparhell contributes 4 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
Translation Editor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

Activity
Plugins
Favorites

Created a topic, Not language pack ready, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please simplify distribution and applying translations…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Ocean Extra Update 1.5.17. Fatal Error Broke Site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A workaround that fixes the problem for now: Comment out lines 48 and 49 (starting…

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post CLPTE Request for GoDaddy, on the site Translate WordPress:
Please remove @godaddyi18n from nb_NO on CoBlocks if possible. Some of the provided translations are…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Translation into German made but not published, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Still waiting for the translations. Any progress?

1 month ago
Closed ticket #48278, in Core Trac:
image is automatically resized even if it is not set

1 month ago
Closed ticket #48287, in Core Trac:
Getting notice when deactivated our plugin.

1 month ago
Reopened ticket #48093, in Core Trac:
get_comment_count() should return an integer for all counts of all statuses

1 month ago
Created a topic, Fails with WordPress 5.3-beta1-46334, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Immediately after activation, when redirected to plugi…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation into German made but not published, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wpshrike How is the progress on this bug?

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As said, and again: The tests are only running on the page (not "background", nor…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Site Health Check in 5.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
You can't de-activate anything in WordPress core, unless you hack it. You can sometimes, un-register,…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As I understand it, this user facing opt-in is on the agenda, and will be…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Website & Admin site will not load, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shunta01, someone has set up a web redirect from your domain (probably) or your site,…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If fatal, WP will be rolled back and site left as "unupgradable". Sad, but nothing…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like the metaphor of "original construction company" that offers an "awesome upgrade program". For…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
All the things you suggest can be part of this effort, is already a part,…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Not doing what you can do to prevent harm can also be unlawful conduct. Since…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What are the alternatives? 0. Keep on as since 3.7, backporting security fixes to every…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation into German made but not published, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Translations are not loaded, neither form plugin dir not from language packs.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to “Permissions denied. Contact your administrator.”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This message is probably triggered by this line in wp-config.php define( 'IVBR_SMTP_ACCESS', 'hidden' ); and…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to When I add site logo, site title and tagline is gone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If this will not be possible (I hope it will) then the selections for show/hide…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Causing other blocks to not load in editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, that worked! If Block Lab gets this fixed, I can turn those back on.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Simple block not loading in editor – interference, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Got this answer from Otter: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/causing-other-blocks-to-not-load-in-editor/#post-11779270

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Some think there are too many updates, some can't get enough. For the remainder of…

4 months ago
Created a topic, Simple block not loading in editor – interference, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When "Gutenberg Blocks and Template Library by Otter" …

4 months ago
Created a topic, Causing other blocks to not load in editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I also have Block Lab plugin. When this (Otter) plugin…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Hi, For the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/super-simple-event-calendar/…, on the site Translate WordPress:
@goldennapoleon added for nb_NO

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Kirki, on the site Translate WordPress:
nb_NO done

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Coding Standards Changes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
How is that relevant? They can't run latest WP and short array syntax should work…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Coding Standards Changes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What about array dereferencing? [code] // Given a signature like this: function my_function() { return…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Coding Standards Changes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Please explain. Short array syntax was introduced in PHP 5.4. Now the minimum version is…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Coding Standards Changes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like [...] over array(...) because [...] is more readable, especially when nesting array(s) and…

4 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error a few times with comments disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member fun…

4 months ago
Closed ticket #47660, in Core Trac:
Displaying user data in the comment form at the site

4 months ago
Created a topic, Suggestion: Filter the registration form fields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If these fields was defined using an array with the na…

5 months ago
Created a new ticket, #47618, in Core Trac:
Email sent to blank address on email change for user with no previous ...

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Since it appears to be translatable on translate.wordpress.org this is a bit confusing. I hope…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Wrong TFA message on a new hostig provider, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, sorry. It seems there was another plugin that may be I didn't deactivate, as…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Wrong TFA message on a new hostig provider, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello and thank you for your quick reply! No, there is no errors or warnings…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Wrong TFA message on a new hostig provider, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello I have this plugin and active with TFA on about…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Very useful and works perfect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Very easy to customize the view, as a widget or shortc…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Can’t be translated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please let it be translation ready. "Not found" on tra…

6 months ago
Closed ticket #47382, in Core Trac:
Embed Twitter and Web sites automatically in Preformatted Blocks

6 months ago
Created a topic, Beautiful and simple, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Excellent responsiveness. Well designed, very lightwei…

6 months ago
Closed ticket #47206, in Core Trac:
SMTP Mail to be built into WP instead of PHP Mail

6 months ago
Created a topic, Translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't get translations to work. Using language Norwe…

6 months ago
Created a topic, Not translation ready, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please make it translation ready.

6 months ago
Created a topic, Please make an update so it won’tbe hidden from searches, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Update "Tested up to", please.

6 months ago
Created a topic, Export/import, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would like to export all the settings/options for us…

6 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error upon login – WSOD, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined fu…

6 months ago

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