Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on 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:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Documentation Team
- Marketing Contributor
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- Security Team
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to Update plugin to current WP version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What plugin? Your account was created here today, so you do not support any plugins…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Please continue to support the Classic Editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Paragraph block has super and subscript options right in its dropdown: https://imgur.com/6StCnzd For typing…3 days ago
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Committed [2633767] to Plugins SVN:
Testing svn access to the modula-foo-migrator plugin.1 week ago
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Committed [2633762] to Plugins SVN:
Fix bad slug1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Active installs when plugin is not installed from the official repo, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
... Actually, yes, it will, if the plugin exists in the directory. We don't care…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to wporg.ibadboy.net, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, please stop linking to it here. I'm removing this thread now and adding the…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Hastag end of URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Probably some of that JS in your theme is adding it. Try removing the unneeded…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Staging, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to clarify this one more time for anybody who doesn't understand. "WordPress" is not…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to wporg.ibadboy.net, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's not out site. That is a reverse proxy and there's little to nothing that…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Automatic Updates Plugins UI suggestion, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Some people are color blind. Some don't know what green or red mean. Accessibility is…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Escape A Nonce Key – Good/Bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Something like this: 'nonce': '<?php echo esc_js( wp_create_nonce( 'sf-clone-slider' ) ); ?>', Note that the…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to html code, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would put that in your theme. Probably in footer.php.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Escape A Nonce Key – Good/Bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Depends on what you're doing with it. Escaping outputs is about context. Where is this…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to User Profile on WordPress.org is invisible to others, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Profiles remain hidden until accounts do something of note. Like, make some forum posts, for…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to EVERYTHING gets a post ID. Isn’t there a better way?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Post ID is an unsigned bigint, meaning it is a 64-bit value. That's 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 as…2 months ago
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Committed [2613154] to Plugins SVN:
rm plugin files2 months ago
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Posted a reply to nothing with this free version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the only purpose of the free version is promotion, then it is not welcome…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can I ask for a review on the plugin support after fulfulling support request?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can always ask for a review, certainly. You just can't give them anything in…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t update profile information, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try it now. Akismet was throwing complaints, and I have corrected it for the time…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t remove GitHub Account from WordPress.org Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try to revoke the access to the guthub account, like it suggests below…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Can’t remove GitHub Account from WordPress.org Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet was rejecting your changes. Try it again now.3 months ago
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Committed [2585615] to Plugins SVN:
Re-create directory entry3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Title: WordPress ‘Add New Plugin’ not showing., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Search your files, and find what is turning on DISALLOW_FILE_MODS. There's really not any other…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry that I was not able to explain this clearly the first time, but…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to I have version 5.4.6, but WordPress ask me to updade to 5.4.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress is up to version 5.7.2 and you should update to that latest version.5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Version Upgrade different version numbers on changelog and List, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a known issue with WordPress that is specific to security updates and backporting…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@markwordpress1 As stated, capitalization matters. That particular phrase you mentioned to disable updates is in…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
define( ‘automatic_updater_disabled’, true ); That is incorrect. There is no define check for that phrase,…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce auto-updated from 5.4.1 to 5.4.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Auto-updates are neither enabled nor disabled by default. For security updates, WordPress.org can enable them…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Woocommerce Automatically Updated, while auto-updates were disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Auto-updates are neither enabled nor disabled by default. For security updates, WordPress.org can enable them…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to REST API bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The PHP handler in Apache generally accepts path info by default. If you don't want…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not compatible with PHP 8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Technically, I could fix this. Realistically, please stop using this plugin already. More here: http://ottopress.com/2017/on-the-topic-of-that-pesky-widget/5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Because none of the themes or plugins in the repo should have this header at…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Migrating slugs is not happening. So, find another solution to your presumed problems.5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Serialized data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't need to know, or care, what the metadata is to delete it. Obviously…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to User registration time is a day ahead of site time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Time is one of those things that confuse people a lot. Most servers run on…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Themes are updated by uploading a ZIP of the theme. Plugins are updated directly in…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Themes are different, and would need a somewhat different approach. We haven't discussed it yet…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The idea of "migrating" plugins to another slug doesn't work for other reasons, none of…5 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing “Update URI” plugin header in WordPress 5.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No, the Update URI will not be allowed to be set to be incorrect in…5 months ago
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