Knut Sparhell – @knutsp

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

Activity
Plugins
Favorites
Translations

Posted a reply to Logged notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Goes to log file or in Query Monitor, unless I want it to display. Jetpack…

9 hours ago
Wrote a comment on the post Translation Review Request: Blossom Travel Norwegian, on the site Translate WordPress:
nb_NO: All approved Please link to your theme on wp.org

15 hours ago
Closed ticket #53052, in Core Trac:
WordPress installed a new installation over my existing wordpress website

3 days ago
Closed ticket #53047, in Core Trac:
My "Posts" page (when a static front is selected) uses the old editor

3 days ago
Closed ticket #53051, in Core Trac:
PHP Warning from callback function 'wc_loop_shop_columns'

3 days ago
Closed ticket #53048, in Core Trac:
PHPMailer uses hardcoded default sender mail address, preventing mail ...

3 days ago
Closed ticket #53045, in Core Trac:
Getting emails that posts have been updated, but no post information ...

4 days ago
Created a topic, Logged notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please remove: Notice: Undefined offset: 3 in wp-conte…

5 days ago
Created a topic, Translation probelm, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problematic string: "This %1$s was mentioned..." I…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Massive PHP warnings in debug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks! Fixed.

1 week ago
Committed [2512884] to Plugins Trac:
Fix compat warning.

1 week ago
Created a topic, PHP Warnings in log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: DOMDocument::loa…

1 week ago
Created a topic, Lots of PHP Warnings on log, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Warning: array_push() expects parameter 1 to be a…

1 week ago
Created a topic, Spits out PHP warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Warning: Attempt to read property "post_stat…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to errors in PHP 8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I get this: Please fix.

1 week ago
Created a topic, Massive PHP warnings in debug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Notice: is_page was called <strong>incorrec…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Breaking Screen Options and Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Found it, after some further investigation: File: admin/css/shutterstock-admin.css: When removed, all works as normal. Please…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Breaking Screen Options and Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When this plugin is active Screen Options and Help but…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Fatal on PHP 7.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'CMB2_hoo…

2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Well coded, structured and lightweight for event management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Very good base for developers. Very extendable and fil…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion summary: Dropping support for IE11, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It seems this primarily about admin from WP 5.8 and onwards, with block editor, upcoming…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Edit username?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please do. Would be very nice to have. Enable/disable via filter, maybe.

3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Misplaced icon when long site name, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When a site is not public and site name is as long as …

3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Fatal error in PHP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Uncaught TypeError: is_file(): Argument #1 ($filename)…

3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Fatal error – cannot redeclare class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Cannot declare class WP_DB_Table, be…

4 weeks ago
Committed [2501876] to Plugins Trac:
Bump PHP version to 7.3 in index.php

4 weeks ago
Committed [2501874] to Plugins Trac:
Bump PHP version to 7.3

4 weeks ago
Created a topic, Nice and useful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Works well and does what it says, without heavy liftin…

1 month ago
Committed [2498464] to Plugins Trac:
Re add icon.svg

1 month ago
Committed [2498372] to Plugins Trac:
Fix detection of 2FA

1 month ago
Committed [2498369] to Plugins Trac:
Fix for 2FA detection

1 month ago
Committed [2498359] to Plugins Trac:
Fixed a bug in 2.0 that alerted about email routing in the case that ...

1 month ago
Committed [2498353] to Plugins Trac:
Use DNS MX lookup, not UAPI

1 month ago
Committed [2498341] to Plugins Trac:
Fixed a bug (oversight) in 2.0 that alerted about email routing in the ...

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Checkout with Vipps for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
Granted for @wphostingdev and @iverok for both plugins. Not seen any translation contributions from @pmbakken…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Timezone not respected – wrong date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When a login here (GMT +1) happens just after midnight…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Still not translation ready, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please make it fully translation ready: __('Text…

1 month ago
Committed [2496299] to Plugins Trac:
Readme description update.

1 month ago
Closed ticket #52807, in Core Trac:
Open the Author and Plugin URI on dashboard installed plugin list on ...

1 month ago
Created a topic, Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please update the compatibility header.

1 month ago
Created a topic, Simple, effective and well made, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does what it says, allow you to add notes …

1 month ago
Posted a reply to PHP warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for the very quick response. New record in quick fixing, you rock!

1 month ago
Created a topic, PHP warnings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be arr…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Fatal error in PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Non-static method TC…

2 months ago
Closed ticket #52079, in Core Trac:
I want to apply application password on my rest-api

2 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error in PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
`PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Attempt to modify p…

2 months ago
Created a topic, cache_data DB table, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If this table is created by this plugin, with a table …

2 months ago
Created a topic, Fatal error in PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
`PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Translating and changing strings (how to maintain), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@dekadinious Thank you for the corrections/suggestions to nb_NO for WordPress Core! Should be distributed in…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Stock Locations for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hello @rulei1974 The link provided is for nn_NO but I found it, so ok. The…

3 months ago