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Jim Roberts

Chief Bottle-Washer at Retired

@mijstrebor Salt Lake City, Utah, USA joined Sep 2020

jimrweb.com github.com/Mij-Strebor

    Bio

    After 50+ years building software in assembly, C, C++, C#, Object Pascal, and Delphi for the medical industry, I wrapped up my career as a System Architect for one of the largest laboratory companies in the USA.
    These days, I’ve traded compilers for browsers—building WordPress sites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I work primarily with Elementor and Bricks, creating websites for twelve-step groups and community service organizations.
    My motto: “If it’s not fun, what the hell are you doing in the business?”
    I believe great software should solve real problems and be a joy to create. That’s what I bring to every project.

    Interests

    Programming, more programming, foundations of math, logic, Roses, Woodworking, Peace.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Picture this: decades as a systems programmer, building operating systems and compilers for medical companies. Low-level code, zero visual design.
    Then a friend calls: “You can code anything, right? We need a webmaster. HTML? CSS?”
    “How hard can it be?” (Famous last words.)
    Several books then, finally, one 30-page HTML monstrosity later, I realized I’d built web spaghetti.
    Then, on LinkedIn, I ran into an Elementor course. Game changer. Fast. Fun. Visual. Everything I loved about programming, but with immediate results people could see and use.
    Now I’m all-in: WordPress sites, code snippets, plugins. Same obsessive problem-solver, completely different playground.
    Bonus: Building sites for twelve-step groups and community organizations? Way more meaningful than debugging compiler edge cases at 2 AM.

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    Chief Bottle-Washer
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    May 2026
    May 10 Sun · 19:27
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Info Needs adding to Comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Implemented in 5.4.0. Thanks for the suggestion!
    May 08 Fri · 14:38
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    Posted a reply to Info Needs adding to Comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Excellent suggestion. On the roadmap. Will have it on the next release.
    December 2024
    Dec 21 Sat · 17:39
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Duplicate Snippets in Cloud, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There's nothing I can report except to say that I have everything duplicated in my…
    Dec 06 Fri · 16:37
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    Created a topic, Duplicate Snippets in Cloud, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have a lot of code snippets in the cloud that are du…
    February 2024
    Feb 27 Tue · 21:47
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    Created a topic, They DO support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Not only was this a useful and time-saving product, bu…
    September 2023
    Sep 03 Sun · 00:39
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    Created a topic, Menu Orginizer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Two issues: The Menu Orginizer sorts ACF post type…
    April 2023
    Apr 10 Mon · 15:08
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    Created a topic, Max Character Description on Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I can get rather verbose on describing a snippet. I'd …
    December 2022
    Dec 21 Wed · 01:06
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    Created a topic, Adminify User Activities, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The Adminify User Activities on the WP Dashboard show …
    Dec 20 Tue · 16:00
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    Posted a reply to Admin Columns Add New, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hey Sajib, your initial reply indicated you'd understood. Thought you were going to fix it.…
    Dec 20 Tue · 02:13
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    Created a topic, Folders and Clone for Elementor Templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Feature Request: Please add folders to Elementor Templ…

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