Konstantin Kovshenin (@kovshenin) – WordPress user profile

Bio

WordPress Core Contributor, Speaker, Engineering and DevOps. Building hosting platforms and making things go fast. I break servers. I also break serverless.

Interests

music, piano, servers, python

WordPress Origin Story

Nothing fancy, started a blog in 2008, which looked like crap. Fiddled with it, built some themes, made some plugins, contributed some core patches, did some public speaking, organized some WordCamps. 16 years later blog still looks like crap.

Member Since: October 15th, 2008
Location: UK
Website: konstantin.blog
GitHub: kovshenin
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Employer: Human Made
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
Support Team
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Committed [3146955] to Plugins SVN:
Update tested up to
3 months ago
Committed [3146952] to Plugins SVN:
Update tested up to
3 months ago
Pull request #60962 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Update Node.js requirement in create-block docs.
7 months ago
Submitted pull request #60962 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Update Node.js requirement in create-block docs.
8 months ago
Posted a reply to A tiny caching plugin that works and needs no adjustments!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for the kind words Greg!
10 months ago
Committed [3030901] to Plugins SVN:
Update plugin header
10 months ago
Committed [3030900] to Plugins SVN:
Update plugin header version
10 months ago
Committed [3030899] to Plugins SVN:
Surge 1.1.0
10 months ago
Committed [3030898] to Plugins SVN:
Surge 1.1.0
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Gives error message on Subdomain., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Top-level or subdomain doesn't really matter for Surge. If the message shows up it means…
1 year ago
Mentioned in [56714] on Core SVN:
Revisions: framework for storing post meta revisions.
1 year ago
Posted a reply to fpassthru, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, fpassthru has to be available. Most reputable hosting providers will have this function enabled.
1 year ago
Committed [2968911] to Plugins SVN:
Update 1.0.5 readme.txt
1 year ago
Committed [2968909] to Plugins SVN:
Updated tested up to version
1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Whitley Bay 2023
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Finally a Caching Plugin I can get behind!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Jason, I appreciate the review!
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Couldn’t get beyond the admin notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No problem. Doesn't really look like a very common (or maintained) library to be honest,…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Couldn’t get beyond the admin notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Here's a screenshot. Can't believe none of the 30k users pointed this out before, so…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Couldn’t get beyond the admin notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Maybe it's a good plugin, I don't know, but the gigant…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to /wp-content/cache/surge/ php files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, there is some binary in the file. Here's how it's generated. Hope that helps!
2 years ago
Created ticket #57483 on Core Trac:
Improve optimizations for WP_Site::get_instance and ...
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Brilliant plugin. No bloat. FAST!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the kind words James, glad you like the plugin!
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Feature suggestion: memcached support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the kind words, will certainly consider it for future updates!
2 years ago
Posted a reply to get_option is not working when Surge is active, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The get_option() functionality is not related to Surge or page caching, so the problem is…
2 years ago
Committed [2846381] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.0.5
2 years ago
Committed [2846380] to Plugins SVN:
Sync with GitHub main
2 years ago
Mentioned in [53900] on Core SVN:
Mail: Prevent the last character of names in “From” headers from being trimmed.
2 years ago
Mentioned in [53815] on Core SVN:
Administration: Change default site tagline to an empty string.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Can you set some constants?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the feedback @xintv123, will certainly keep that in mind for future iterations around…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to CDN option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! We do not have plans to integrate a CDN option for Surge at…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Can you set some constants?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can change the plugin configuration using a config file. Here are some examples: https://roytanck.com/2022/01/13/tweaking-surge-by-adding-a-configuration-file/…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to What a gem!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the review @sicknick!
3 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These should be fixed in 1.0.4.
3 years ago
Posted a reply to General question about caching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @patrick_here, thanks for checking out Surge! The way Surge works is it collects some…
3 years ago
Committed [2711435] to Plugins SVN:
Tag 1.0.4
3 years ago
Committed [2711432] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.0.4
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Changing the expiration time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pepejaguar that's something that's on the list of potential future features, but not really a…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Changing the expiration time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@nick6352683 it's just a sane default, which will work well for most sites. You could…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Few questions for clarification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for trying out Surge @iamonlythird! 1. You will see a green "Page caching is…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Adding a dark theme on sites using Surge, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, any cookie with an underscore is skipped by default, treated as a js-only cookie.…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, thanks for reporting the warning! I've documented it in our GitHub repository here:…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Hassle-free option – Works out-of-the-box, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the kind words @softmodeling!
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Exclude X page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're very welcome, let me know if there's anything else I can help with!
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Exclude X page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey there, thanks for trying out Surge! If you're comfortable writing a small plugin, the…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to No cache when using with PHP session, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Woo is actually a great example of how to avoid it, regardless of their session…
3 years ago
Committed [2674874] to Plugins SVN:
Tag 1.0.3
3 years ago
Committed [2674872] to Plugins SVN:
Add 1.0.3 to trunk
3 years ago
Posted a reply to No cache when using with PHP session, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Requests that initiate a session are considered private, hence the no-cache header, as well as…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Great job!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review!
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Multisite?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@stevieboy23 yes, Multisite is supported out of the box with Surge. The plugin should be…
3 years ago