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Jeff Starr

Boss at Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

@specialk Here and now. joined Dec 2005

perishablepress.com Slack: @Jeff Starr

    Bio

    Professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience. Enjoys all aspects of web design and development, with focus on WordPress and security. Projects include shapeSpace starter theme and 8G Firewall. Books include Digging Into WordPress, The Tao of WordPress, and WordPress Themes In Depth. Writes dev tutorials at Perishable Press and DigWP.com. Sells premium WordPress plugins at Plugin-Planet.com. Always learning new things. Loves helping others succeed with WordPress.

    Interests

    Offline, Jeff enjoys hanging out with family and friends. His favorite pastimes include drawing, photography, listening to music, watching movies, and contemplating the deeper things of life.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Started working with WordPress back in 2005 and haven’t looked back 🙂

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    Current Job

    Boss
    Present
    Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    45contributions
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    score115
    Last 90 days
    73contributions
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    Last 12 months
    408contributions
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    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 13 Thu · 14:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Custom button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ok great, also just fyi these shortcodes, all of their attributes, and much more all…
    Aug 13 Thu · 04:40
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Custom button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hmm maybe try this: [sdc_download id="123" type="button"]
    Aug 13 Thu · 03:39
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Custom button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you. Still not sure if I understand correctly, but if you are trying to…
    Aug 12 Wed · 15:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Custom button, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help, but not sure if I understand which buttons/URL you are asking about..…
    Aug 10 Mon · 16:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3640838] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260810
    Aug 10 Mon · 15:52
    Plugins high
    Committed [3640814] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260810
    Aug 10 Mon · 15:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for your patience. Looking into this, I am unable to repeat the issue…
    Aug 10 Mon · 15:36
    Plugins high
    Committed [3640800] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260810
    Aug 10 Mon · 15:28
    Plugins high
    Committed [3640788] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 2.6.9
    Aug 10 Mon · 15:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3640781] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260810

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