Raam Dev (@raamdev) – WordPress user profile

WordPress Origin Story

In 2001, I taught myself PHP and MySQL so that I could build my own web publishing software to more easily share my writing and photos on the web and do away with the inefficiency of writing and uploading plain HTML files via FTP. I wanted to spend more time making the web a better place by sharing with others the things that I loved. Along the way I discovered Apache and Linux and learned of open-source.

In 2005, when I realized that spending time maintaining my own CMS software was taking away too much time from creative writing and publishing, I searched the web for an open-source alternative to my home-built CMS and discovered WordPress, a project that so happened to be built using PHP and MySQL, by a community who also wanted to help make the web a better place. It was love at first sight. I went on to eventually find a way to feed my family building and supporting open-source software. 🙂

In 2013, I designed and helped build the widely used open-source Independent Publisher theme. I’ve also been the lead developer on several popular WordPress plugins that have run on millions of websites and I’ve built and run several businesses using WordPress, including a web hosting business and a WP plugin business.

In 2018, in search of yet another WordPress adventure, I joined the Automattic family.

Member Since: August 11th, 2006
Location: Maine, USA
Website: raamdev.com
Job Title: Code Wrangler
Employer: Automattic / WordPress VIP
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Posted a reply to Replay Email HTML format is not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can confirm that the fix in v1.1 of this plugin is to replace this…
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Styling Jetpack Subscribe button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @absentfriends, It looks like the other buttons in your sidebar are actually <a> elements…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Referrer-Policy header is being omitted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@siravecavec I'm sorry to hear that and I understand your frustration. I've sent an email…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Referrer-Policy header is being omitted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @temereva, I haven't been the maintainer of this plugin for several years now and…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Sticky post: show except instead of full post?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @thejokertm, I believe that's possible by overriding this function in a child theme and…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fatal errors with PHP 8 + HyperDB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @eeide, Unfortunately v6.0.1 did not fix the issue with PHP 8 + HyperDB. I'm…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Fatal errors with PHP 8 + HyperDB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @abzlevelup, The plugin appeared to work normally with that line commented out, however I…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Fatal errors with PHP 8 + HyperDB, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello, The Events Calendar triggers a fatal error whe…
2 years ago
Created a topic, PHP 8 compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The current version of Taboola (v1.0.10) is incompatib…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Recent changes to theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@zeadsdead sorry! I missed your message here. I agree that the menu behavior could be…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Menu : Sub items hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jlou65535 That's strange. I tested it on my WordPress.com site and the Content Options appeared…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Menu : Sub items hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jlou65535 If you're referring to showing Post Excerpts on the home page, you should be…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Menu : Sub items hidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jlou65535, Sub-menus are not currently available in the theme, but there is a feature…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to Recent changes to theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @johanjacobssonfranzen, There haven't been any recent changes to the theme. When I look at…
4 years ago
Created a topic, get_bloginfo() should use ‘url’ instead of ‘wpurl’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the great simple plugin! In Settings → Gen…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Filter for get_local_gravatars_fallback_url functional?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@leanderbraunschweig I'm not the plugin author, but I happened to come across this plugin and…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Help with Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @misstandme, it looks like you're using Independent Publisher 2, which actually has its own…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Use original Gravatar/Avatar image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@t0pforex Apologies for the very delayed reply. I just took a look at the code…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Use original Gravatar/Avatar image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@t0pforex Do you have a link to a page where this is happening?
5 years ago
Created ticket #48658 on Core Trac:
Post, Page, and Attachment permalinks can be silently overwritten when ...
5 years ago
Mentioned in [46706] on Core SVN:
Comments: Check if comment form element exists before adding a key handler to detect the cmd/ctrl-enter key press.
5 years ago
Mentioned in [46700] on Core SVN:
Comments: Check if comment form element exists before adding a key handler to detect the cmd/ctrl-enter key press.
5 years ago
Created ticket #48543 on Core Trac:
Uncaught TypeError in comment-reply.js when 'id_form' is not 'commentform'
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Superb Theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the 5-star review, @smitpatadiya! :-)
5 years ago
Posted a reply to nice theme., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the 5-star review, @kevinkovadia! :-)
5 years ago
Committed [2077423] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077422] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077421] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077418] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077416] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077405] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077404] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Committed [2077400] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt
5 years ago
Posted a reply to URI Exclusion – home page only, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sterndata, We have an article here that covers that: https://cometcache.com/kb-article/how-can-i-exclude-the-home-page-from-being-cached/ You can use ^/$…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to WooCommerce Orders Fail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @ianatkins, The "failed to open dir: Too many open files" message is related to…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Exclude Individual URLs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@the-moose Yes, please see Comet Cache → Plugin Options → URI Exclusion Patterns
6 years ago
Posted a reply to CDN and Domain Sharding breaks images, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bereshka Thank you very much for sharing your solution here. I'm glad to hear you…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to At first I was happy, now my website is completely broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@hb101 I checked your site and it looks like you're still using Comet Cache and…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Does Comet Cache caches OpCode as well?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @lucasbustamante, OPCode caching is part of PHP itself, so you would need to enable…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to No browser caching and settings not clearly arranged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry to hear that you were not satisfied. Browser Caching is actually something that…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Rights management, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@valuewordpress this is not possible at this time, but I think it's a great idea…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Style sheet not downloading, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Many of the visual editor and page builder plugins that I've seen for WordPress have…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to German translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@valuewordpress Thank you for the report. With the Lite (free) version of Comment Mail, you…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Client cache for all pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the Comet Cache Client-side Caching is different from browser caching. The client-side caching controls…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Client cache for all pages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @morespinach, Browser caching is different from page caching, which is what Comet Cache does.…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, I'm not sure I understand your statement. The primary role of Comet Cache is…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The whole point of the HTML Compression feature in Comet Cache Pro is to compress…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would need to set up a test site with Comet Cache running using the…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to 404 Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As explained in this article, we need to rule out a conflict with other plugin/theme…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to GDPR Questions for Comet Cache Pro, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@clocksaysnow @changeagent I will answer all of your questions below. No. The free version of…
6 years ago