Tony G (@starbuck) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a small business owner with decades of business experience, and professional developer of communications and business software. WordPress is in my toolkit, I don’t sell WP products (yet).

I maintain my own servers, create plugins as required, and have geared up to do a lot with React and TypeScript for blocks and advanced WP efforts.

I try to give back and pay-forward whenever possible for all of this great freeware.
I can be found in some circles with the pseudonym Starbuck and CaptainStarbuck.

Interests

JavaScript, TypeScript, React, NodeJS, WordPress, communications, many programming languages, human languages, mobile apps, bots, AI. Anything creative and fun. I love to create new businesses. I’m a QA maniac and big on documentation. I love to see things work and help businesses to modernize and get more profitable with the help of technology.

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve been working with WordPress since it was just a blog, about 2006. Now every time I get an idea for a website I slap up a new subdomain for testing and load up a new instance of WP. I’m a client of WPMU DEV and participate in a number of WP communities. I’ve made minor contributions to common plugins, and provide whatever support I can to fellow plugin users. I also do what I can to contribute comments and requests for core, in GitHub or Slack, sometimes actual changes when I can.

Member Since: January 23rd, 2006
Location: USA
GitHub: TonyGravagno
Job Title: Owner, Developer, Consultant, Mr Fixit
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Contribution History

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Favorites

Received props from @akshayar in Slack:
Props to @sumitsingh, @zunaid321, @iamasadpolash, @enwikuna, @wplmillet, @colorful tones, @nahidkhanseo, @boogah, @pratiklondhe, @voboghure, @pooja9712, @beryldlg,…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Why does this plugin use Matomo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry - you are correct. This is the only plugin in our site that…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to fonticons ionicons.woff error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not a plugin issue. It's related to Firefox ... and it's not even…
1 year ago
Created a topic, wpuf_button error affecting site login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please fix this error ASAP. It's causing havoc. Thanks…
1 year ago
Created a topic, fonticons ionicons.woff error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This error is showing in browser Dev Tools: downloa…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Critical error when an user ties to login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because you can't login to disable or update the plugin, another approach may be required.…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Why does this plugin use Matomo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not comfortable with a plugin that injects a phone…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Columns not working?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the latest v3.6.9 freeware do we expect post forms …
1 year ago
Created a topic, wpuf_dashboard_head_col and row_col, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are these hooks premium-only? I'm hooking the actions …
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Site Title with apostrophe and email Subject, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I see the update. Thanks!!!
1 year ago
Created a topic, Using alternate source folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use the Smush plugin by WPMU DEV, which auto-compres…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Field Size allows multiple values, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Deactivate all of my plugins to check your one-off control issue? HA! Before copy/pasting text…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Field Size allows multiple values, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Excerpt > Field Options > Field Size allows mult…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Move existing field into column?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After creating a field in a form, can we move it into …
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with PHP 8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey bud, I flaked out on ya - have been focused on getting a site…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Do we need to keep plugin active?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perfect. Thank you VERY much for your complete response. And thank you VERY VERY much…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Diagnosing BNFW not overriding Comment notification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Got it. I'll look into this within the next 5 days or so. Thanks!
1 year ago
Created a topic, Hooking BNFW for other plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A very typical situation: I've added a plugin to a sit…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Diagnosing BNFW not overriding Comment notification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I understand that our first line of triage is to follo…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to JPEG not showing up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just activated this plugin for the first time. Thanks! I have hundreds of -000x000…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Site Title with apostrophe and email Subject, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a site named, for example: "Johnny's Site". Whe…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Content Restriction / Pre-generation permissions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've opened an inquiry with the UltimateMember plugin …
1 year ago
Created a topic, HowTo? Content Restrict custom block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm using the GenerateBlocks plugin, which provides ad…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Capability simple_tags ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the capability 'simple_tags' ? I'd like to und…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with PHP 8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Will hit this within the next couple days. Thanks!!!
1 year ago
Created a topic, Do we need to keep plugin active?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After creating capabilities or roles and making change…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Synced / Reusable Patterns in a Query Loop?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sajjadakbari - Your responses are awesome. Do we compliment you on your LLM skills? :)…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Post Template deeply nested in Query Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Always good to get confirmation - to offset those who say it's all in your…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to something is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@voltronik - Thank you for your cordial response. I have to agree. For anyone else…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Save equates to Publish!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just changed a post from (I believe) the standard Pe…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with PHP 8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
More info: With $term_meta=get_option(x) and get_option returning false when the option doesn't exist, I'm guessing…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Statuses deleted, error logged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have no clue about this one, just reporting it for n…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Status in Posts list?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The status assigned with this plugin does not appear i…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Error with PHP 8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll make you a deal. If you can commit to publishing a fix within the…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Permissions to see/use extended statuses?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to see you jazzed. :) I think "yes" to everything you've said. To be…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Permissions to see/use extended statuses?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As a site admin I create new status codes, but I don't…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Two Status areas in Quick Edit?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Quick Edit in the Posts list shows a text area for Sta…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Fatal Error with PHP 8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In /extended-post-status/admin/class-extended-post-sta…
1 year ago
Created a topic, Not seeing reCAPTCHA on registration or login pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
reCAPTCHA is not in webpages delivered to the browser.…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Destructive bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@lovor concisely described what I verbosely (and unsuccessfully?) tried to detail in this other thread.
2 years ago
Created a topic, Synced / Reusable Patterns in a Query Loop?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are there known issues with using patterns or template…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Post Template deeply nested in Query Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
With WP 6.3 and 6.4 and TwentyTwentyThree, I have a Qu…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to something is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Adding a Me Too here. If I may ... an issue is not resolved when…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Doesn’t show “Done” message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On update, the page that is returned that shows action…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Forms not using 2-3 columns, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, that fixed it. The form expands to the size of its container/parent, in this…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Forms not using 2-3 columns, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Current version of UM with WP 6.3.2. As seen in this s…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Change template, empty in list, must refresh, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you change a templae with the Quick Edit, the origi…
2 years ago
Created issue #1255 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
WordPress.org_API Errata
2 years ago
Created a topic, Still dead. Don’t bother., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Leave it to large companies to dump a plugin into the …
2 years ago
Created issue #55521 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Navigation sub-blocks offer Create Template Part option
2 years ago