Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org and Slack
- 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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Samuel Wood (Otto)’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor Documentation Contributor
- Documentation Team Documentation Team
- Marketing Contributor Marketing Contributor
- Meta Contributor Meta Contributor
- Meta Team Meta Team
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
- Plugin Review Team Plugin Review Team
- Security Team Security Team
- Support Contributor Support Contributor
- Support Team Support Team
- Theme Review Team Theme Review Team
- Translation Contributor Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to is it for hacking?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, that was a sample of malicious code. Please don't post those to the forums,…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Link Not allowed on FB / Insta, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try their debugger. If it's blocked, it will have a link to report back to…4 days ago
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Wrote a new post, X-post: Slack channel for communicating across language variant teams, on the site Make WordPress.org:
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/polyglots: Comment on Slack channel for communicating across language variant teams4 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Slack channel for communicating across language variant teams, on the site Translate WordPress:
+make.wordpress.org/meta4 days ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Slack channel for communicating across language variant teams, on the site Translate WordPress:
+meta4 days ago
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Closed ticket #48515, in Core Trac:
[Theme compatibility] Changes to WP_Theme to add correct header data5 days ago
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Posted a reply to New Install, 1 theme, 0 plugins – Site health Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
a) Make sure that your VM can make outgoing http requests b) Make sure that…5 days ago
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Posted a reply to “access to edit the widgets on your site”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Anybody with Admin credentials for your site will have the ability to edit widgets by…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to “Create a new plugin” option is not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/pluginception/faq/ <- See the first FAQ entry.1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Disabling your plugin loses all settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The widget settings and content are all stored by the widgets system in the database,…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Gutenberg: Tags disappear on entry, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This doesn't really give any information. Yes, adding a tag is going to cause hits…2 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #76118, in Themes Trac:
THEME: LIQUID – 1.1.42 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #76143, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Xtron – 2.82 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #75966, in Themes Trac:
THEME: NGO Charity Fundraising – 0.43 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #76005, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Bstone – 1.2.13 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #75978, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Didi Lite – 1.1.63 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #75973, in Themes Trac:
THEME: Veganos – 1.0.93 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Using the wordpress.org API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The API is set to respond to queries from the WordPress software. It's not meant…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Gutenberg: Tags disappear on entry, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@harrinsonmb No, I've never heard of this problem.3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Using the wordpress.org API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The version is in that default response, right after the slug. If you want to…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Using the wordpress.org API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A somewhat simpler means is to use the older 1.0 endpoints. https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/ninja-forms.json For example.4 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #75704, in Themes Trac:
THEME: atlas concern – 3.74 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #48292, in Core Trac:
Upload images to w.org CDN for use in the Block Editor block previews4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Gutenberg Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope. I'm right, your hosting company is wrong or otherwise lied to you. Simple. Fix…4 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #75464, in Themes Trac:
THEME: 99fy – 3.0.11 month ago
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Posted a reply to WordPress.org > About > Statistics – PHP patch versions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, we do not make this information available at this time.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Problem with Email Newsletter block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We won't delete your account or information from your post unless it directly represents a…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Listing Plugin in WP.ORG, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, we don't have any "exact match" cases anymore. And you chose a pretty poor…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Trying to add featured images by mysql, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you inserting the relevant meta data into post_meta as well? Images are complicated. Trying…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Gutenberg Custom HTML, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no length limitation on this in WordPress, so the error must be coming…1 month ago
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Committed [118571] to Themes Trac:
removing invalid placeholder theme2 months ago
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Closed ticket #75000, in Themes Trac:
THEME: minimalblog – 1.1.92 months ago
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Posted a reply to Registration broken on WordPress.org, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Various pieces of the login pages changed in 5.3, and we need to update the…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds like a problem on your end, search results appear fine for me. Make sure…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The ID is just a number. It could be a random number between 1 and…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You might be pre-maturely optimizing there. :) Auto-drafts clean themselves up. You don't need to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Theme problem after updating to wordpress 5.2.3 – please can someone help?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Find the correct line. That one ain't it. The error message says "Function name must…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not sure why you would want to remove all the widgets. Seems like a blank…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@euguk007 Calling unset there would be incorrect, the remove_meta_box function is what you need to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to SOLVED: no more Auto-Drafts with every visit to Dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
// Create the function to use in the action hook function wporg_remove_dashboard_widget() { remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press',…2 months ago
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