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Steven Stern (sterndata)

@sterndata joined Apr 2011

bertha.sterndata.com github.com/sterndata Slack: @sterndata
    Maintains Support Forums

    Bio

    Atoning for a long career as a know it all… and now on Mastodon

    WordPress Origin Story

    Way back when, I built a small CMS for the magazine published by my employer. Just a lot of PHP and some CSS. About a year later, it was time for version 2 and, while looking up something about PHP, I stumbled on WordPress. And the rest is history.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Meta Contributor '17
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '16 Support Team '15

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    18contributions
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    score18
    Last 90 days
    69contributions
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    score71
    Last 12 months
    339contributions
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    September 2026
    Sep 09 Wed · 18:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Plugin update didn’t include some files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, and yes.
    Sep 09 Wed · 14:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to set up is horrible, how to i find my existing message?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @diane60169 If you need support, open a topic at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woo-advanced-shipment-tracking/ Please do not use reviews…
    Sep 08 Tue · 14:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Stuck on: Are you human?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you need someone to fix this for you, we suggesting hiring someone from jobs.wordpress.net.…
    Sep 08 Tue · 14:46
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Stuck on: Are you human?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The "Are you human" prompt is coming from Cloudflare. Do you have any plugins related…
    Sep 05 Sat · 19:06
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Probela despues de la última versión 3.10.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @vvalladolid If you need support, please open a support topic at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/code-snippets/. Please do not…
    Sep 05 Sat · 15:37
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Errors like this are logged. Check the error log on your server. If you can’t…
    Sep 04 Fri · 18:14
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Спасибо за установку, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @milyutinkv This is not a review; it's a promotion of your own product. It has…
    Sep 04 Fri · 16:37
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Transfer domain to cloudflare, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Did you read the explanation? To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two…
    Sep 04 Fri · 16:37
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Host transfer is giving error untermindated at line 670, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The error is "Parse error: Unterminated comment starting line 670 in /home/creammsb/public_html/wp-content/themes/Juliette_Theme/functions.php on line 670".…
    Sep 01 Tue · 20:19
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Issue Updating Widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    "Could this issue be related to a plugin?" Disable all plugins and try. If it…