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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
    19contributions
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    score21
    Last 90 days
    66contributions
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    score70
    Last 12 months
    353contributions
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 14 Fri · 20:32
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is require, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is a setup on the hosting side. Please contact your host. If you have…
    Aug 14 Fri · 15:17
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Email was not Blocked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @elaine_simmons Please don't post your email like that -- you don't need the spam.
    Aug 10 Mon · 12:50
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to error database, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Note: Sometimes, you'll see that message if the tables are there but corrupt. Using PHPMYADMIN…
    Aug 09 Sun · 15:15
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to having issues trying install an external plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Support of all commercial themes and plugins is out of scope for these forums. We…
    Aug 09 Sun · 14:59
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Regarding your affiliate program, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @greatdealstoday This is not a proper review. If you need support, open a topic at…
    Aug 07 Fri · 19:25
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Found vulnerabilities, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @lcforall This is really not a review; it's a support topic. If you wish support,…
    Aug 06 Thu · 14:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to All Plugins flagged red (incl WooCommerce), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't see that at all with 7.0.2 or 7.1.rc1. I tried the "ectoplasm" and…
    Aug 04 Tue · 17:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Events Module not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @azamansagor Even though it's two years ago, please never ask for credentials on these forums.…
    Aug 04 Tue · 13:51
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    Posted a reply to Can’t Save Search Engine Visibility Settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/difference-between-wordpress-org-and-wordpress-com/ Because this…
    Aug 03 Mon · 02:55
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    Posted a reply to Erro fatal no checkout na hostinger, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Please do not use reviews for support. Open a support topic at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woo-asaas/.