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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

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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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    June 2026
    Jun 17 Wed · 03:23
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    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Shortcodes are a standard feature of WordPress core. Many thousands of plugins use them, and…
    Jun 02 Tue · 19:20
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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…
    Jun 02 Tue · 19:18
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    Posted a reply to Setting up user submitted posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. Actually installing USP is the same as installing any other WP plugin.…
    Jun 01 Mon · 16:41
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    Posted a reply to Free BBQ blocks CiviCRM Ajax requests — breaks admin functionality, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Understood. Another thing to check is the site error log. Ask your web host how…
    May 2026
    May 30 Sat · 16:25
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    Posted a reply to Free BBQ blocks CiviCRM Ajax requests — breaks admin functionality, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks, I have tested each of the following strings against the free version of BBQ:…
    May 29 Fri · 15:19
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    Posted a reply to Free BBQ blocks CiviCRM Ajax requests — breaks admin functionality, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. If you let me know the actual URLs that are getting blocked,…
    May 25 Mon · 16:16
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    Posted a reply to Issue with Classic Editor and Prismatic 3.7.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the information, I will see if there is any way to resolve this…
    May 25 Mon · 15:39
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    Posted a reply to Issue with Classic Editor and Prismatic 3.7.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @blacklord049, just wanted to follow up with this. It’s been a while with no…
    May 23 Sat · 16:53
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    Posted a reply to Support for Modern Image Formats plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I did look into supporting removal of the extra images added by every plugin and…
    May 22 Fri · 19:19
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    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @saracup, looking at your page shows the RTE/Visual Editor displaying normally (and I am…

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