Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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- Translation Contributor
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- WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to Why i Can’t submit theme on wordpress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you get an error, then ask for help, it always helps to say what…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Forum title too long – bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That title is 81 characters long. Not a bug.3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Custom breakpoints in Admin panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's what themes are for. Themes define the CSS of the front pages of the…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Most important features, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the feature was implemented in core, then it would be the same code as…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to change website in my profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet was flagging the profile as spam. I've corrected it, and it should be okay…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to Apple pay not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, links do not get removed by request here. See this for more information: https://wordpress.org/support/forum-user-guide/faq/#will-you-delete-my-post-or-my-link-within-my-post2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Blank pages in XAMPP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL settings are not necessary in wp-config.php, but that would explain your…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to How to fix “Only variables should be assigned by reference in…”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should also look into disabling "display_errors" on your site in general. Live sites should…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t find importer in menus, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is not in the menus, it will be on the Tools->Import screen.1 month ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Automatically Catching Bugs in Plugins, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Short open tags are gone as of PHP 8.0. So, yeah, avoid those.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Changing Title Color in Blog, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I doubt that they are actually using that old theme. Looks to be a custom…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Testing emails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's nothing wrong with our end on the subscription emails. Feel free to talk to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Code auto-generating in code editor after 5.7 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try using a different computer entirely then. Malware on your machine can do all sorts…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Code auto-generating in code editor after 5.7 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, try using a different browser entirely. I'd say that you have some kind of…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Code auto-generating in code editor after 5.7 Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try using the browser on incognito mode. See if it happens there. If not, then…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty iframes created in Text editor when switching from Visual mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is almost certainly some browser extension. Try using the site in "incognito mode". You…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can I reverse to wordpress hosted website?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress is free software. We don't host any websites except our own.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Transient Data Taking Over, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Search your plugin and theme files for the words "menu-cache". That's a good place to…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Critical Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The wp_unregister_GLOBALS function was deprecated (removed) in WordPress 5.5. So, yeah, basically Steve was correct.…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Why does wordpress still have AIM/ yahoo IM in user profiles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Actually, those fields were removed in WordPress 3.6. They don't show up in new installs,…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Why does customizer add this extra string at the end? ?customize_changeset…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The customizer can save drafts of changes and also schedule them for later publishing. The…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to No Follow Link not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@tastefulventure He means that your page looks broken there and has the header missing. In…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I can. You do have extra empty P tags right in your code. <h2>MagVigen™…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@qiuliu You do have extra P tags somehow, but without seeing your site, there's no…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Loosing all my Reusable Blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any javascript errors in your browser console? Additionally, try using the browser…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to “Whishlist” or favourites for plugins on WordPress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@smallwebdev If you like that, then here's something else you didn't know. On your WordPress…3 months ago
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Closed ticket #52852, in Core Trac:
Update Twemoji for 5.83 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can any WP site low-role help to hack the admin access?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@johnynla WordPress is publishing software. The Editor has the power to publish any HTML on…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This has already been reported and it looks like the change will likely be reverted…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is jquery disabled for new pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That line of code you posted in what is including jQuery: wp_enqueue_script( 'example-ajax-script', plugins_url( 'js/simple-ajax-example.js',…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can any WP site low-role help to hack the admin access?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also note that the highest role in a WordPress site is "Editor". It is equal…3 months ago
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Committed [2494745] to Plugins Trac:
Fix unreadable characters in readme.txt, save using UTF-8 encoding.3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is jquery disabled for new pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress does not include jQuery on the front end of the site by default. Many…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to 5.7 Pads lines under tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's impossible to give HTML advice without seeing an example of the page in question.…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to A PhD Needed To Find PlugIn Support Forums, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We do not have any forums for "people trying to find good plugins". A plugin…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress has a space for putting in custom CSS if you don't want to edit…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best solution is to remove the extraneous P tags. However, if you want to…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@lukdvr No, those empty P's were indeed already there. What actually changed in 5.7 was…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Empty spaces after WordPress 5.7 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress 5.7 isn't adding extra P tags, but it will make the empty ones you…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to 5.7 Pads lines under tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you need to update a bunch of posts, then there are a number of…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Self-hosted WordPress vs Hosted wordpress.com usage statistics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would need to ask them directly for that information, we don't run WordPress.com from…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to blog content listed as comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you post links back to your other posts on the site? These could be…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to noindex” detected in the “robots” meta tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the wp-admin, go to Settings->Reading. Next to the Search engine visibility setting, make sure…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Self-hosted WordPress vs Hosted wordpress.com usage statistics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would be shocked at how difficult is it to come up with a simple…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to 5.7 Pads lines under tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Instead of using the deprecated <center> tag, try something like this instead: <p style="text-align: center;">This…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Signatur missing for WordPress Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The signature checking code is there for the future, it is not yet complete on…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Stray Paragraph Blocks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The before part was added intentionally, so that they would take up space. There is…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Issue with space added near shortcodes in WordPress 5.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible that the shortcode is adding them somehow, or something about your content…3 months ago
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