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Bio

I’m a freelance IT consultant specialising in Linux system administration, open source software deployment, web development, and security research.

Interests

Photography, philately, origami, and more.

  • Member Since: March 1st, 2010
  • Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Website: russelljohn.net
  • GitHub: russelljohn
  • Job Title: IT Consultant
  • Employer: Trance Informatics
  • Find me on:
  • Created a topic, Excellent theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Excellent retro style theme, I liked it very much. Con…

  • Created a topic, Scam plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Shows false positive on clean sites, it's their trick …

  • Posted a reply to Can’t access my site from my location. Only with VPN, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is not a WordPress related issue. Your computer is most likely malware infected, which…

  • Created a topic, [SiteGround Migrator] Broken plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Doesn’t work at all, shows “cURL error 60:…

  • Posted a reply to VideoPress custom thumbnail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you @a11n, I checked that link before but I thought it’s only targeted for…

  • Created a topic, [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] VideoPress custom thumbnail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Just got started with VideoPress. Posted a video on a …

  • Posted a reply to [Site Kit by Google - Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed] How to get Idea Hub activated in my account?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Idea Hub is only available in the US for now.

  • Created a topic, [WP Mail SMTP by WPForms] Must-have plugin for me!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Since PHP mail is unreliable everywhere, I always need…

  • Posted a reply to [Wordfence Security - Firewall & Malware Scan] Formatting of alerts (text only, no HTML), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Admin login alerts are sent in plain text, unlike weekly/monthly reports which are sent in…

  • Created a topic, [Wordfence Security - Firewall & Malware Scan] Must-have plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is my must-have plugin for all the sites that I b…

  • Created a topic, [WP-Strava] Excellent plugin with superb support!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you need to integrate Strava activity data using sh…

  • Posted a reply to Moving time instead of elapsed time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Working perfectly, thank you for considering the idea!

  • Posted a reply to Moving time instead of elapsed time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks, I change my line 77 of ActivitiesListRenderer.php from $activity->elapsed_time to $activity->moving_time and that worked…

  • Created a topic, Moving time instead of elapsed time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The plugin displays the total elapsed time of an activ…

  • Posted a reply to Calorie, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That would be great, thanks @jrfoell :)

  • Created a topic, Calorie, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is it possible to display calories burned using a shor…

  • Posted a reply to How to block some countries from reviewing my website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    They are most likely NOT from Bangladesh, just trying to hide their identity. If I…

  • Posted a reply to ReCATCHA Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @iqcomputing Sorry, wasn't trying to hijack the thread, just mentioned my problem here as it…

  • Posted a reply to ReCATCHA Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    On web console I'm seeing the message "reCAPTCHA couldn't find user-provided function: recaptchaCallback", that's exactly…

  • Posted a reply to How to implement Data Residency in WordPress site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Isn't this a hosting related issue rather than WordPress? If you AWS, you can store…

  • Posted a reply to Plugin not compatible with latest WordPress?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you, upgrading WooCommerce resolved the issue!

  • Posted a reply to Plugin not compatible with latest WordPress?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks, looking forward to a new release!

  • Created a topic, Plugin not compatible with latest WordPress?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Kunaki option is gone, apparently after upgrading to l…

  • Posted a reply to Disable placeholder date?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Never mind Carlos, I sorted it out by enabling "Keep Placeholder" option on the plugin,…

  • Created a topic, Disable placeholder date?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm using Contact Form 7 (text field) with your plugin…

  • Posted a reply to Direct bank transfer, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is not a WooCommerce issue, contact your local bank to get clarification. Direct Bank…

  • Posted a reply to Scame in pro version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That is a shame, why don't you do a chargeback?

  • Posted a reply to Error Code: 21003 Amount: Required paramter missing. Don’t worry… It happ, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry, @tobifjellner.

  • Posted a reply to Error Code: 21003 Amount: Required paramter missing. Don’t worry… It happ, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @agast Are you stupid or what? Never seen anyone pasting code like this.

  • Posted a reply to “Enable automated taxes” option not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I disabled Jetpack and enabled/connected it again, now it's working! Thanks for the pointer!

  • Created a topic, “Enable automated taxes” option not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm not seeing the "Enable automated taxes" option whe…

  • Posted a reply to Why only have trouble visiting my site from Bangladesh?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If your site is blocked by government firewall then nobody can help, moreover this it…

  • Posted a reply to Why only have trouble visiting my site from Bangladesh?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @fileour I've already explained you, read what I wrote again.

  • Posted a reply to Why only have trouble visiting my site from Bangladesh?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If that's not the case, then I hope you didn't get blocked by government firewall?…

  • Posted a reply to Why only have trouble visiting my site from Bangladesh?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This doesn't seem like a WordPress problem at all, but related to your hosting account.…

  • Posted a reply to Site Title and Tagline line remain unchanged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    "Home base" is probably the name of the page you've set as homepage, check it…

  • Posted a reply to Amazing Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    LOL, this is a fake review!!!

  • Posted a reply to Instagram images not showing up on Firefox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Wow ravfo, thank you so much! I've spent so much time trying to figure out…

  • Created a topic, Instagram images now showing up on Firefox, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Sayontan, First of all, thanks for this wonderful …

  • Created a topic, Must-have plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is my must-have plugin on all the WordPress sites…

  • Created a topic, Malware-like behaviour, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Never came across a plugin that adds a file on root an…

  • Created a topic, Must-have plugin!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Helped to fix defer parsing of JavaScript problem with…

  • Posted a reply to Number of posts in category page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Richie, this code worked to change the number of posts shown on category pages,…

  • Posted a reply to Images showing on Customizer, but not on site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My problem is solved, I had to disable the "Enable First Image Grab for Featured…