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richards1052

publisher at Tikun Olam

@richards1052 Seattle joined May 2005

richardsilverstein.com Slack: @richards1052

    Bio

    A blogger since 2003. WP blogger since 2006.

    Interests

    blogging, outdoors, photography

    WordPress Origin Story

    Came to WP via Blogger, then Typepad. Had to find my way into this with hundreds of hours of technical learning (though I’m no professional in these matters).

    Finally came to WP and have been here ever since. It’s not perfect, but it’s damn good.

    Badges

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    Core Contributor '22
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    publisher
    Present
    Tikun Olam

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    2contributions
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    medium2
    score2
    Last 90 days
    7contributions
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    Last 12 months
    16contributions
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.3
    • 5.9

    Contributions

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    June 2026
    Jun 29 Mon · 19:20
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Feedback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The Google badge image is blurry. Is there any way I …
    Jun 18 Thu · 21:09
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Metricool plugin updated login failed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This worked. But since I already have the plugin active, I was confused why I…
    May 2026
    May 21 Thu · 18:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Cannot find or create passkey, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I discovered the passkey install is configured via user profile. I've activated it via Windows…
    May 21 Thu · 18:01
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Cannot find or create passkey, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    A Google search turned up instructions to install security key. It is in the user…
    May 21 Thu · 17:50
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Cannot find or create passkey, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    After clicking to passkey login on the login page, my …
    May 04 Mon · 21:23
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Jetpack commercial license, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm posting here about my displeasure at the Wordpress…
    May 03 Sun · 19:34
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Does WF block Rest API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have the AIOSEO plugin installed. It displays a msg …
    March 2026
    Mar 04 Wed · 21:24
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Good plugin, but lackluster support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin is great...when you can figure out how to …
    February 2026
    Feb 26 Thu · 22:07
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Follower count does not display, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've configured follower counts for x, instagram, Face…
    Feb 07 Sat · 22:23
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Social followers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've setup Bluesky to display adding my profile link. …