Dennis Ploetner (@realloc) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Dennis is an experienced PHP web developer who is passionate about WordPress and open source. He is curious when it comes to new trends in computer science and spends much of his free time updating and maintaining his WordPress plugins and supporting users. He is a native German speaker and speaks fluent Italian as he lives in Italy. He is also an active member of the Milan WordPress community, where he contributes as co-organiser of the WordPress Meetup.

Interests

WordPress, software engineering, blogging, travel, fitness, and jamming on the guitar

Contributions Sponsored

Dennis Ploetner contributes 4 hours per week to the Core team.

Member Since: April 19th, 2010
Location: Milan, Italy
Website: ploetner.io
GitHub: lloc
Job Title: WordPress Engineer
Employer: Syde GmbH
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Contribution History

Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Suggested 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Translated 20 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Suggested 39 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Suggested 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Suggested 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
2 weeks ago
Committed [3307192] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.0 from GitHub
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #8916 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Patch 48323 applied
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught TypeError: lloc\\Msls\\MslsOutput::get(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great to read that! Cheers
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught TypeError: lloc\\Msls\\MslsOutput::get(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you able to save the plugin's settings?
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal Error: Uncaught TypeError: lloc\\Msls\\MslsOutput::get(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you use any filter of the MSLS plugin?
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for 6.8.x Release Managers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I’d be happy to help with the 6.8.x releases! My focus is on WordPress Multisite…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Problem with multiple sites having an identical locale, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, thanks for pointing it out.
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Problem with multiple sites having an identical locale, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a similar setup using multi networks: https://ploetner.io/de/von-multisites-zu-multi-networks/ On the other hand,.you could use…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Plugin add # symbol in url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reaching out and for the detailed example. The Multisite Language Switcher plugin itself…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad it works! :-)
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @belomat, please, test version 2.9.6 which was build to solve your issue. Cheers!
2 months ago
Committed [3287198] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.9.6 from GitHub
2 months ago
Committed [3287196] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure if you follow the development of the plugin but I wouldn't state…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, for pointing that out. I will check and come back with further info! Cheers!
2 months ago
Is the 50th person to arrive at WordCamp Vienna 2025
2 months ago
Committed [3276122] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
2 months ago
Submitted pull request #8633 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Proposal to use a short circuit filter
3 months ago
Submitted pull request #8632 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add check for BLOGUPLOADDIR and return 500 error on misconfiguration
3 months ago
Started mentoring WordCamp Gdynia 2025
3 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Vienna 2025
3 months ago
Mentioned in [59878] on Core SVN:
Comments: Remove bulk action dropdown depending on user caps.
4 months ago
Translated 14 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 months ago
Suggested 46 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 months ago
Posted a reply to SKU in dropdown – again, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What can the Multisite Language Switcher do in your use-case? It is not clear to…
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you! Guten Rutsch! :-)
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for pointing this out. Looks like I introduced a bug in the last minor…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add to subheader menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would suggest a slight change, because it would give you more flexibility and it…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Manually create association, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great! We can maybe give the importer some of the love it deserves. I will…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add to subheader menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Where did you add the code? To a functions.php file in your theme or a…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Manually create association, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I wrote something in the past that can illustrate a bit what you want to…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to msls with custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I guess that your code has a small flaw. The expected input for that function…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to How to add to subheader menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The MslsMenu add-on is doing this for classical NavMenus. Here an example (taken from the…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to msls with custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should be able to see an icon whenever you write a post (or other…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you also see a Japanese flag (or label) on the English website and vice…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The most important things are that you have at least 2 websites with different languages,…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Content import not working., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I will try to reproduce it. Is there anything I should know: What theme is…
6 months ago
Committed [3199861] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 2.9.5 from GitHub
7 months ago
Committed [3199859] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub
7 months ago
Posted a reply to Call to undefined method lloc\\Msls\\MslsPlugin::get_output(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
With version 2.9.2, I did start to provide more API functions and less access to…
7 months ago
Posted a reply to Hreflang tag issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I guess I answered that here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-wanted-to-add-x-default-tag-to-every-page-of-my-website/But I don't know what you want to do…
7 months ago
Posted a reply to peebam.com home page can’t switch to English language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like some JS is not working as expected. At least I see some…
7 months ago
Posted a reply to International SEO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please, remain in the thread that you started already: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-wanted-to-add-x-default-tag-to-every-page-of-my-website/
7 months ago