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Ross Wintle

Member Since: May 11th, 2011
Swindon, UK
https://oikos.digital
Creator, Engineer, Advisor at Oikos Digital Ltd
@magicroundabout on WordPress.org and Slack

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Software developer who turned his hand to websites. Technology agnostic but specialises in WordPress. Works mostly in the UK charity/non-profit sector.

Posted a reply to Not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for having a go at using my plugin. There aren't any setting…

4 days ago
Created a topic, Checkout displaying details for a different user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Plugin version: 3.11.3 Hi there, This might come to …

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Would love to see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36934 sorted out. On-demand excerpts for a given post ID would…

1 month ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton 2016 coming up on July 23rd

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #1858, in Meta Trac:
Tickets page should have a big "New ticket" button.

2 months ago
Created a new ticket, #37449, in Core Trac:
The [X] on the link modal in the editor is confusing

2 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton 2016 coming up on July 23rd

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Forgive me for testing some edge cases. I had some issues with the original shiny…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry - one more thing. This screen isn't a whole lot of fun: https://cloudup.com/co20RuhJPNG The…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh gosh yes, what Anthony just said. Can I +1 that? I do also see…

4 months ago
Created a new ticket, #36934, in Core Trac:
Use of get_the_excerpt($post) is broken if post has no excerpt and you are ...

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Directory Prototypes, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Regarding the author, active installs, and last updated data, the question "What information is conveyed…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API: Introducing the Authentication Broker, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Who OWNS this? Automattic? WordPress Foundation? Human Made? Who are we trusting for availability, confidentiality,…

4 months ago
Committed [1415792] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

5 months ago
Committed [1415774] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

5 months ago
Committed [1415772] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

5 months ago
Committed [1415769] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Reset Passsword Issue // May 2016, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I actually fixed this to use HTML code. I'm not sure if it was @jfarthing84's…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Reset Passsword Issue // May 2016, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
This looks like an issue with the email template code. Fix is on line 1163…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.6: What’s on your wish list?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As well as a media widget, I'd like a standard rich-text widget. I'm sure there…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.6: What’s on your wish list?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh my goodness, anything on this topic is good. Ideally remove it, or make it…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to I honestly thought my site had been hacked - some sort of warning please?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I appreciate the overall change and re-brand. This will be good for the plugin in…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Will this plugin work with MailChimp transactional?, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Think I answered my own question. This from the transition FAQ's at https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117-Mandrill-MailChimp-Transition-FAQs: Will my…

6 months ago
Created a topic, Will this plugin work with MailChimp transactional?, on the site WordPress Support Forums

6 months ago
Posted a reply to Problems with get_avatar(), on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi @pajohns The get_avatar() function is both filterable (you can hook a filter function to…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to WP as a document distribution and display system, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi Andrew, WordPress Download Manager is a good, free plugin that sounds like it will…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Upgraded to the latest CF 7 and got an error email address does not belong..., on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Conversely, if your site runs on a sub-domain, such as blog.mywebsite.com then you should be…

7 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp London 2016 coming up on April 8th

8 months ago
Ross Wintle's profile was updated

8 months ago
Posted a reply to register_http_request_failed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Good to know you've got it working! Mine is definitely a networking issue. Really odd.…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Any movement towards an efficient API for post-to-post relationships Now that the REST API…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to register_http_request_failed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm getting the same IP(s) on my DO droplet as I'm getting in other places.…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to register_http_request_failed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Correct. It's ICMP. Which could be specifically blocked. But I wouldn't be trying to ping…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to register_http_request_failed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks @jeronemo. That's a good tip. If I can't make any sort of connection to…

9 months ago
Posted a reply to register_http_request_failed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm having this same issue on a DO Droplet. See: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/wordpress-jetpack-connection-issues-can-t-connect-to-anything-on-wordpress-com Can you connect to…

9 months ago
Committed [1303334] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging version 0.3

10 months ago
Committed [1303332] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.3 - bug fixes and compatibility

10 months ago
Created a topic, Custom page for profile, on the site WordPress Support Forums

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Document title in 4.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh bother - that was a reply to @drewapicture above. Why is the reply button…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Document title in 4.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
So the simple answer is actually: "add `add_theme_support('title-tag');` to your `after_setup_theme` callback! ;)

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Document title in 4.4, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Confession: I've not been keeping up with developments in wp_title() in the last few releases.…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Added files cannot be marked as fixed, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I'm seeing this too. Files are greyed out. I can't tick them individually. I can…

12 months ago
Created a new ticket, #33601, in Core Trac:
Pasting a password on an iOS device doesn't work properly

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.4: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As a developer I support the following (bizarrely most of what Florian said directly above):…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to WordPress 4.3 compatibility warning, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Weird. They've actually fixed this in v4.1.1, but, for some reason it's not offering that…

1 year ago
Created a topic, Incompatible with Jetpack Comments?, on the site WordPress Support Forums

1 year ago
Committed [1192923] to Plugins Trac:
Version 0.2 - with settings

1 year ago
Committed [1192891] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging v0.1

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Trying to understand more about "minor" auto-updates, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey @guimos, glad this helped! Yeah, other solutions are to set alternate cron, use a…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Trying to understand more about "minor" auto-updates, on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@NTD: If you think it should be, go and update it! :)

1 year ago

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