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Jeff Starr

Boss at Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

@specialk Here and now. joined Dec 2005

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    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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    September 2026
    Sep 04 Fri · 16:16
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    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…
    Sep 02 Wed · 17:21
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    Posted a reply to Difficulty with the Firefox browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ok understood. Feel free to post again with any further questions, glad to help anytime.
    Sep 02 Wed · 17:01
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    Posted a reply to Difficulty with the Firefox browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    No sorry I don't use Firefox too much. I can tell you though that there…
    Sep 02 Wed · 16:52
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    Posted a reply to Difficulty with the Firefox browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks. I clicked on each of the two links in the upper left corner and…
    Sep 02 Wed · 16:24
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    Posted a reply to Difficulty with the Firefox browser, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. Not too familiar with Firefox, but if you can walk me thru…
    Sep 01 Tue · 16:50
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    Posted a reply to Version number format, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yep been like that for over 15 years.
    August 2026
    Aug 30 Sun · 15:46
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    Posted a reply to Menu link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I think so, you would just add a link like usual. Then for the href…
    Aug 27 Thu · 18:28
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    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @saracup, just wanted to follow up with this. It’s been a while with no…
    Aug 27 Thu · 18:25
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    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You are welcome, glad to help anytime. Also thank you very much for the great…
    Aug 27 Thu · 17:10
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    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    No I meant that you may want to include not just your server IP address…

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