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

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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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, Support, and Themes.

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

Activity
Plugins
Photos
Favorites
Translations

Closed ticket #7029 on Meta Trac:
Trouble signing into admin wordpress page
20 hours ago
Closed ticket #7028 on Meta Trac:
Error while submitting photo
22 hours ago
Closed ticket #7026 on Meta Trac:
Code block in forum message does not preserve indentation
2 days ago
Closed ticket #7009 on Meta Trac:
Video cannot be played
1 week ago
Committed [12603] to Meta SVN:
Update text for BH and link for SG.
1 week ago
Closed ticket #58369 on Core Trac:
GitHub gist embeds not working
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55832] on Core SVN:
Editor: Restore shortcode support for block templates.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55831] on Core SVN:
Editor: Restore shortcode support for block templates.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55830] on Core SVN:
Editor: Restore shortcode support for block templates.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55829] on Core SVN:
Editor: Restore shortcode support for block templates.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55828] on Core SVN:
Editor: Restore shortcode support for block templates.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #58331 on Core Trac:
6.2.1 wordpress.org Release Note Date Typo
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #6986 on Meta Trac:
In Responsive the Latest Video and Popular Video Section not looks Proper
3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #6956 on Meta Trac:
Support Forums: Profiles require nickname on edit, which causes issues
1 month ago
Committed [12562] to Meta SVN:
Auto populate nickname for blank cases. Fixes #6956
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Error PHP 8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problem is the code you put into the widget is not valid. It is…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #6949 on Meta Trac:
How to block the user if login from the cookies
1 month ago
Closed ticket #6941 on Meta Trac:
Outdated plugin needs to be deleted
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Why am I not able to update my WP Profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try it again now.
1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Status update on the SQLite project, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Are there any plans for performance testing around the differences between SQLite and mySQL? I'm…
1 month ago
Closed ticket #6934 on Meta Trac:
Search not returning obvious matches
2 months ago
Committed [12543] to Meta SVN:
Photo directory: Switch limit matching to use a regular expression for ...
2 months ago
Mentioned in [12539] on Meta SVN:
Photo Directory, Uploads: Reinforce intent of text input as being for alternative text.
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6923 on Meta Trac:
Profile badge not showing
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6917 on Meta Trac:
Add a comment field under published photos
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6913 on Meta Trac:
website not working
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Making me lose business. Whatever security issue was detected removed my pics, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello Dolly does not have vulnerabilities. It's a simple plugin that doesn't take any inputs.…
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6895 on Meta Trac:
intreccio.eu
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6892 on Meta Trac:
logo overlapping issue on codex.wordpress.org inner page
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6887 on Meta Trac:
Need to space between text area and submit button on the ...
2 months ago
Closed ticket #6866 on Meta Trac:
superfly menu Skewed style submenu not working
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6863 on Meta Trac:
Hosting Team Weekly Chat and Photo Directory Team Meeting link showing 404
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6861 on Meta Trac:
Search label is misplaced for the single page of donate.
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6856 on Meta Trac:
Disabling Responsive Columns on Mobile
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6855 on Meta Trac:
WordPress Org Mobile responsive menu design not proper.
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6840 on Meta Trac:
Click to link counter
3 months ago
Closed ticket #57880 on Core Trac:
Removing Emojis as GDPR trap
3 months ago
Closed ticket #57871 on Core Trac:
IS AN UPDATE POST ISSUE - CRITICAL ERROR FOR POST
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6835 on Meta Trac:
Corrupt code in official documentation
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6834 on Meta Trac:
Support Forums: Require a reason when flagging a user
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error caused by this plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, create_function got deprecated in 7.2 and straight up removed in 8.0.
3 months ago
Received props from @JavierCasares in Slack:
Thank you @Otto42 for helping with the IP address at WordCamp Chiclana 2023.
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6828 on Meta Trac:
Its not bug but there is no consistent spacing at bottom which look odd.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to make wordpress use only latin characters in URL?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Changing the slug is fairly trivial. But the question is, how does you know what…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to make wordpress use only latin characters in URL?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Right, but where do the Latin characters come from? Does your database contain those characters,…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to make wordpress use only latin characters in URL?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, they all have to be set manually anyway, because they have to be set…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to make wordpress use only latin characters in URL?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can set the slug manually for any post, and only use Latin characters there.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Error when trying to update wordpress.org profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet was rejecting your changes. I've marked it as approved, but it could happen again.…
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Plugin updates and new installations fail “-1” in error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also disable all plugins and see and see if you can update them then.
3 months ago
Closed ticket #6806 on Meta Trac:
Input checkboxes are not displaying properly on mobile devices, They ...
3 months ago