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Bio

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

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, 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,…

  • Created a topic, Is this plugin abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    WordPress.org and WordFence are reporting it as abando…

  • Posted a reply to Activation required…why?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I rolled back to 2.5.44 by going to the Developers page for the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/#developers…

  • Created a topic, Question about permissions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    What specific permissions are needed for map creation …

  • Created a topic, Conflict with Divi Builder Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    When the Divi Builder is activated, several map featur…

  • Created a topic, Worse than useless with Divi theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It grinds my back-end to a total halt, and loses resou…

  • Created a topic, Easy to use, nice results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Generating shortcodes is very straightforward, and the…

  • Posted a reply to How to draw a polygon with a shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It works -- thank you!

  • Posted a reply to How to draw a polygon with a shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks! I'll watch for it, and let you know how it goes.

  • Posted a reply to How to draw a polygon with a shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm running 2.15.0. You can see the maps I'm working on at this test page:…

  • Created a topic, How to draw a polygon with a shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The docs say that leaflet-polygon is done in a virtual…

  • Posted a reply to Free updates?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I had installed it from the regular Plugins>Add New panel. But to be sure, I…

  • Posted a reply to Free updates?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I see a similar problem on this thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-forminator-plugin/. Removing the WPMU DEV Dashboard, as…

  • Created a topic, Free updates?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    My dashboard is showing I have version 1.6.2, and that…