Samuel Wood (Otto) (@otto42) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Tech nerd what works on WordPress.org. Beer connoisseur. Man about town.

Interests

WordPress, Beer, Hacking, Homebrewing

WordPress Origin Story

Fundamentally, I started using WordPress because I was bored at work. So I started messing around on the forums, reading questions, finding the answers by reading the code, and then by answering the questions for others. Do that for a year and you will know everything there is to know about the code.

After a few years, I started working on it full time, and now I work on the WordPress.org website directly, and help all the different teams building the WordPress software. It’s fun. Love doing it.

Contributions Sponsored

Samuel Wood (Otto) contributes 50 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Documentation, Meta, Photos, Plugins, Support, and Themes.

Member Since: April 12th, 2006
Location: Memphis, TN
Website: ottopress.com
GitHub: Otto42
Job Title: Tech Ninja
Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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Contribution History

bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Performance Contributor
Core Performance Team
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Team
Marketing Contributor
Meta Contributor
Meta Team
Photo Contributor
Photos Team
Plugin Developer
Plugin Review Team
Security Contributor
Security Team
Support Contributor
Support Team
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Speaker

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Plugins
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Closed ticket #7353 on Meta Trac:
News Detail page Like this widget functionality not working
1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.4.1 Rapid Maintenance Release: Technical Details and Timeline, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Agreed. If any major house were expensing this problem, and they didn't test with the…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Upgraded to 6.4. Now can’t do updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Note, we have changed WordPress.org responses to work with the problem. So, for the updates…
4 weeks ago
Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props for helping with 6.4.1 RC1 @jorbin @hellofromTonya @afragen @Clorith @desrosj @pbiron @schlessera @azaozz @tomsommer…
4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #155650 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Twenty Twenty-Four – 1.0
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@doffine Generally, security releases like this are rare. However, actually explaining this to the user…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7332 on Meta Trac:
Plugins updates to SVN are not reflecting changes to the plugin page.
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Plugin updates to SVN issues, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
We watched it from last night, and it appears to be working normally again.
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7331 on Meta Trac:
UI issue Under gutenberg screen
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7325 on Meta Trac:
The Forum Editor is not loading
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7323 on Meta Trac:
BUG / Issue with this WordPress support forum
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7322 on Meta Trac:
The WordPress.org site footer breaks when navigating the development log.
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
An explanation would be nice when a piece of software is obviously force pushed into…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unexpected automatic update from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The version does exist. And yes, it was a security release. When security releases happen,…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #7306 on Meta Trac:
Ofiicial Mastodon account
2 months ago
Closed ticket #7290 on Meta Trac:
Issue in Global Footer Logos Container in user profile
2 months ago
Closed ticket #7286 on Meta Trac:
Icon are not aligned properly
2 months ago
Posted a reply to WordPress & _nonce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
More to the point, nonces should only be used for logged in users. For anonymous…
2 months ago
Closed ticket #7283 on Meta Trac:
Patch version support in the stats endpoint
3 months ago
Committed [12891] to Meta SVN:
Hosting: swap out sg with wpcom
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7278 on Meta Trac:
More Space in Download page
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7274 on Meta Trac:
Broken image on the page Media and Publishing
3 months ago
Committed [12883] to Meta SVN:
Enterprise: Rename newyorkpost logo correctly. Fixes #7274
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Why does the url of a sub-level page have the number 2 after it?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because you already had one with that name, so it added the -2 to differentiate.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Site Health Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I thought that was what I was doing here, commenting but maybe this is just…
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7264 on Meta Trac:
Getting JS error on Preview button click
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7263 on Meta Trac:
Next button text is missing
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Site Health Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
that one of my concerns is that if WP are going to allow this (using…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Site Health Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, you could consider voting with your feet and uninstalling that plugin. Possibly even leaving…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Site Health Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What plugin do you use from monster insights already?
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7247 on Meta Trac:
Images have lost proportions
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7244 on Meta Trac:
Missing Stack Overflow Icons in Profile
3 months ago
Committed [12864] to Meta SVN:
Photos: It is CC0 with a zero), not CCO (with the letter O).
3 months ago
Closed ticket #7222 on Meta Trac:
WordPress Text and Logo Cropped in Desktop View
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7215 on Meta Trac:
same page redirect on profile
4 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to update plugins after upgrade to v6.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/changing-file-permissions/
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7210 on Meta Trac:
Widget page not working in TwentyThirteen theme once WP 6.3 is installed
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7208 on Meta Trac:
ShortLink Popup Text is not aligned at center, there is more space at ...
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7206 on Meta Trac:
Plugin search FAQ - Design is messing up
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7204 on Meta Trac:
Capital B in Blocks for the new URL breaks theme output
4 months ago
Committed [12837] to Meta SVN:
Temp fix for blocks, rm as soon as possible. Fixes #7204
4 months ago
Reopened ticket #7204 on Meta Trac:
Capital B in Blocks for the new URL breaks theme output
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7191 on Meta Trac:
Content Creator Onboarding - page table-of-contents box looks wearied.
4 months ago
Posted a reply to A problem I used to be able to fix – Duplicate featured image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is an active support form, because the theme is only like three days old.…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to A problem I used to be able to fix – Duplicate featured image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
However with this new theme, Trekking Sports, (which has no active support forum) https://wordpress.org/support/theme/trekking-sports/
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7166 on Meta Trac:
Current Position in the Queue of Submitted Plugin
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7157 on Meta Trac:
Coming twice error message on profile
4 months ago
Posted a reply to 503 error when I edit a published post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What's interesting is that this line is in your log files: BWT_IndexNow_Admin A Google search…
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7156 on Meta Trac:
Placeholder is not showing proper
4 months ago
Closed ticket #7154 on Meta Trac:
WordCamp Speaker Confirmation notification is not coming on WP Profile.
5 months ago