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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.

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    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.

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.3
    • 5.9

    Contributions

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    September 2026
    Sep 02 Wed · 04:53
    Forums med
    Created a topic, site kit authentication proxy error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Attempt to install the plugin generated an authenticat…
    Sep 02 Wed · 04:44
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    Created a topic, Installation fails, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Installation failed. Contact support link leads to web…
    Sep 02 Wed · 04:42
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    Created a topic, Terrible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Installation failed. Contact support link leads to we…
    August 2026
    Aug 14 Fri · 09:40
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Rendering/style formatting issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I did run a purge all when the issue first presented itself. That didn't seem…
    Aug 14 Fri · 02:17
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    Posted a reply to Rendering/style formatting issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just reactivated the plugin & opened my homepage on all the browsers where the…
    Aug 14 Fri · 00:17
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    Posted a reply to Rendering/style formatting issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    where would I find the source code?
    Aug 13 Thu · 21:06
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    Created a topic, Incorrect rendering, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The plugin has a conflict. It is not rendering the hom…
    Aug 13 Thu · 20:25
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    Posted a reply to Incorrect rendering of homepage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @threadi: OMG. YOu figured it out! I've been tearing my hair out for days on…
    Aug 13 Thu · 19:40
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Incorrect rendering of homepage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm having a rendering problem on my homepage. Individ…
    June 2026
    Jun 29 Mon · 19:20
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    Created a topic, Feedback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The Google badge image is blurry. Is there any way I …