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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
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    Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

    Recent impact

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

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    Contributions

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    October 2026
    Oct 01 Thu · 17:00
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to BBQ Firewall Block Count – where are the results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. The first thing to check is the site's error log. Do you…
    September 2026
    Sep 27 Sun · 06:58
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Bug report: early translation loading warning in WordPress 6.7+, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. This issue was resolved some time ago. May I ask which version…
    Sep 24 Thu · 17:26
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Where is the submitter’s name stored for unregistered submissions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. Yes all of the information is saved when the form is submitted.…
    Sep 24 Thu · 15:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Where is the submitter’s name stored for unregistered submissions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help: Assuming the Name field is enabled on the form, the submitted user…
    Sep 23 Wed · 16:16
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to ?blackhole – still showing in the logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. This post explains it all and provides a way to resolve the…
    Sep 16 Wed · 16:26
    Plugins high
    Committed [3698986] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260916
    Sep 10 Thu · 17:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi saracup, I hope you got this sorted. It’s been a while with no reply…
    Sep 07 Mon · 16:03
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to GA Pro does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You are welcome. Any chance you will update your review to 5 stars? Or whatever…
    Sep 06 Sun · 16:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to GA Pro does not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. Normally license activation works great, but there are things can interfere depending…
    Sep 04 Fri · 16:16
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Caching, Why Not?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the catch @michaelmartin73, I have updated the home page to show the current/correct…

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