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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
    33contributions
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    score33
    Last 90 days
    100contributions
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    score102
    Last 12 months
    391contributions
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    score397

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 10 Fri · 16:19
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to The “New Hyperlink” Keeps Disappearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Again, @nitiarts, please do not use reviews for support.
    Jul 10 Fri · 16:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to It’s not accepting American Express, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @nitiarts Please do not use reviews for support. As this is not a valid review,…
    Jul 05 Sun · 14:48
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Подключить плагин не получается., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @mytrich2017 If you need support, open a topic at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/login-via-yandex/
    Jul 04 Sat · 22:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Unattached Images Deletion Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There are plugins for that: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/media+cleaner
    Jul 03 Fri · 19:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to SVN commit fails with Access to ‘/!svn/me’ forbidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It should be back now. See https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C1LBM36LC/p1783099035585369
    Jul 02 Thu · 14:36
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Theme Search Result Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you're reported this twice already, you don't need to report it here.
    Jul 01 Wed · 16:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to I cannot install WordPress v.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The link you list, above, has this on the page source: <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 7.0"…
    Jul 01 Wed · 02:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Exporting ALL Media, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you want hands-on help, we recommend hiring someone from jobs.wordpress.net
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 21:18
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to WP7 Messages adminpage view is corrupt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    On the top right, click "display options" and uncheck some boxes. This should reduce the…
    Jun 30 Tue · 14:34
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    Posted a reply to office is moved and ip address is changed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Please contact Cloudflare support to continue to use your new site via Cloudflare or remove…