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Bio

Programmer and musician. Runs installations at blogs.shu.edu, also freelance projects for arts and nonprofits.

Current Job

Senior Digital Media Specialist
Present
Seton Hall University

Interests

Classical music, cycling

WordPress Origin Story

Using WordPress since 2006.

  • Member Since: August 18th, 2010
  • Location: New Jersey
  • Website: tom-mcgee.com
  • Job Title: Senior Digital Media Specialist
  • Employer: Seton Hall University
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  • Created a topic, WordFence shows this as abandoned, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I just got a WordFence notice this morning about this …

  • Created a topic, Premium License, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is it allowable to use the same license key for both a…

  • Is the 80th person to arrive at WordCamp Montclair, NJ, USA 2025

  • Posted a reply to Images problem after upgrade multisite to 6.8 all over network except root site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the fix. I have two rather large, rather critical multisite installations that have…

  • Posted a reply to Appearance -> Design -> Styles problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't have that plugin installed. Jetpack offers a Stripe donations block, but I haven't…

  • Created a topic, Appearance -> Design -> Styles problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    On updating to 6.8, I tried the "Stylebook" feature. W…

  • Posted a reply to Feature Request?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    That's perfect, exactly what I needed. Thanks.

  • Created a topic, Feature Request?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Or maybe it's already a feature and I just don't know …

  • Created a topic, A Suggestion for a Solution, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I was trying to use this plugin for a classroom assign…

  • Created a topic, This is very, very bad, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    As many have noticed in the support threads, your time…

  • Created a topic, Quick and Easy Replacement, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I was having trouble with another popular lightbox plu…

  • Posted a reply to Error – No Access Token found. Please fix from settings., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Where are the plugin's settings? I can't find a page for it on the dashboard…

  • Created a topic, Notices sent out to obfuscated email addresses, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Every time we make a new post, a notice goes to a none…

  • Created a topic, Find/Replace in Post Excerpt?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The docs don't say anything, and I don't see it anywhe…

  • Posted a reply to Need to be Administrator?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Following up on my own topic, I found that the 'administrator' role is hard-coded in.…

  • Created a topic, Need to be Administrator?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin does something that I haven't found in ano…

  • Posted a reply to Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looks good, thanks!

  • Posted a reply to Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I have two multi-user sites that are running both plugins. I disabled User Role Editor…

  • Posted a reply to Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm using "User Role Editor," https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role-editor/ , to create custom permission sets.

  • Posted a reply to Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry for the delayed response, but in answer to the question: I reset my password…

  • Posted a reply to Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    wpDirAuthFlag is definitely set to one. I wonder if there's another plugin stepping on this.…

  • Created a topic, Password Reset Button Showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This problem seems to have just surfaced, after using …

  • Created a topic, Free business account is required?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Second time this has happened, my instagram account go…

  • Created a topic, Solves a problem with MailPoet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    MailPoet presents a conflict, where if you have it act…

  • Created a topic, It works!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    After several false starts with other migrating tools …

  • Posted a reply to Fatal Error in 0.8.2.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    0.8.27 seems to have fixed the problem.

  • Created a topic, Fatal Error in 0.8.2.6, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few argu…

  • Posted a reply to Without Quotation Marks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If you're inclined to futz with the code, it's in /quotes-and-tips/quotes-and-tips.php, at line 474: Change…

  • Posted a reply to Free business account is required?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I switched over to a different plugin (Smash Balloon's), and it started working again. I…

  • Created a topic, Free business account is required?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My pages with embedded instagram items are blank; logg…

  • Created a topic, Updates failing, require manual intervention, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    On one particular host I use, the dashboard updates fo…

  • Created a topic, OMG Thank You, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for killing off the perpetually annoying "Welco…

  • Created a topic, Case-sensitive?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Is there a way to make these free-text entry fields so…

  • Posted a reply to Upgrade to 5.0 crashes site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I was running 7.3, and upgraded to 7.4.15. Then installed the latest zero spam (5.0.1,…

  • Created a topic, Upgrade to 5.0 crashes site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    [23-Feb-2021 15:27:19 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught …

  • Created a topic, Works well, but…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The functionality is great, easy set up, runs smoothly…

  • Posted a reply to Not stopping spam comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I can vouch for this too. On many of my sites the plugin disabled itself,…

  • Posted a reply to “wpgeo_Admin is not defined” error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    With WP updated to 5.4.1 it seems to be working again.

  • Created a topic, How do I turn this thing off?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The cert has expired and my provider is being realllll…

  • Posted a reply to enable fopen?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This wasn't a problem when I first installed it, but now that I'm trying to…

  • Created a topic, WPGeo Not Defined error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    After upgrading to 3.5.1, the map feature on page/post…

  • Created a topic, Just the thing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Easy to use and well-documented. This saved me a ton o…

  • Created a topic, Nice idea but not useful for me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There seems to be a problem, maybe having to do with s…

  • Created a topic, Works right out of the box!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    After wrestling with various custom fields and co-auth…

  • Created a topic, WP is showing this plugin as abandoned…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    ...though judging from the quick responses on the supp…

  • Posted a reply to Activation required…why?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I tried "The Events Calendar," but you have to get the pro version to do…

  • Posted a reply to Date formatting bug in Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I figured out what had happened; I just don't know how it happened. The time…

  • Created a topic, Date formatting bug in Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Unfortunately, multisite is where I need it most. The …

  • Created a topic, Easy input, output is too confusing; not good for multiple users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    While it's easy enough to set up locations and events,…