Matt Cromwell (@webdevmattcrom) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: May 18th, 2013
Location: Braunfels, Germany
Website: mattcromwell.com
GitHub: mathetos
Job Title: Senior Director of Customer Experience
Employer: StellarWP
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Bio

Matt has served nonprofit organizations since early 2000’s as a web developer, educator, fundraising consultant, marketing consultant, board member and more. Currently, he is Senior Director of Customer Experience at StellarWP. He is co-Founder of GiveWP, creator and co-host of Glam that Plugin and WP Product Talk and writes regularly at mattcromwell.com

Matt is a fundraising and operations consultant for San Diego Refugee Tutoring, a volunteer driven organization dedicated to serving the rising refugee population of children in San Diego.

Matt is a husband, father to four, and lover of all things musical and/or homebrewed. He also loves to talk about the most taboo of topics: Politics and Religion.

WordPress Origin Story

Someone asked me to build a WordPress site in 2011. I said: “Sure”. The rest is history.

Contributions Sponsored

Matt Cromwell contributes 2 hours per week to the following teams: Documentation, Meta, Support, and Training.

Contribution History

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Documentation Contributor
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Support Contributor
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Posted a reply to Solid Security launch date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! Thanks for a great question. It's encouraging to know you've been seeing our…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to NGINX Rules break server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The way their rules are set, you don't edit their files directly, you add new…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to NGINX Rules break server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The support team at SpinupWP helped me out. The rules needed to be in the…
2 months ago
Created a topic, NGINX Rules break server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The podcast player isn't playing, so I searched your d…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Deregister Podcast Tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perfect, thank you!
2 months ago
Created a topic, Deregister Podcast Tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'd like to use a custom taxonomy for my podcasts call…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Rollback not sticking?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there! There's two ways that can happen: The version numbers in the plugin don't…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to no responsibility for the outcomes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your follow-up and your understanding. With your feedback in mind, I'll take another…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to no responsibility for the outcomes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I appreciate you taking the time to reach out with your concerns. I'd…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Bypass everywhere with query param, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I attempted the following, and I see the cookie present, but it's not bypassing the…
3 months ago
Created a topic, Bypass everywhere with query param, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I really love the simplicity and usefulness …
3 months ago
Created a topic, There is none better in WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've used the Events Calendar for many sites over the …
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Blocks not saving, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I work with GiveWP and I was just experimenting with this block plugin…
4 months ago
Posted a reply to How to disable your CSS for my FAQ text?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'd also really prefer not to have to wrestle your styles to make this look…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s talk: WordPress Core & Artificial Intelligence, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@desrosj -- Thanks for the clarification of the motivations of the post. That makes a…
5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s talk: WordPress Core & Artificial Intelligence, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Conversations like this in the past often revolved around how we define "Core" versus "plugin…
5 months ago
Posted a reply to So Easy! Luv WP Rollback!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So glad to hear it! Thanks for the great review!
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Rollback : Will this plugin revert the DB changes also ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, WP Rollback only allows you to switch the physical files of the plugin/theme to…
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Advance Notice of Retirement, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Thank you for your years of excellent service for the WP community, Mika! Thank you…
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Introduction to WordPress Development: A proposed learning path, on the site Make WordPress Training:
I love the initiative! My first thought was to go back to when I was…
7 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Switzerland 2023
7 months ago
Created a topic, Hover on Mastodon Disappears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When hovering over the Mastodon icon, the icon disappe…
7 months ago
Posted a reply to Set rewrite with_front to false, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Love it! I'm a total hack when it comes to snippets, so I really appreciate…
8 months ago
Created a topic, Set rewrite with_front to false, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a custom structure in my permalinks that looks …
8 months ago
Created ticket #6712 on Meta Trac:
Remove the Image block from Reviews Block Editor
8 months ago
Created a topic, Exactly what I needed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Featured images are so important for social sharing, b…
8 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning when Force Login used, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @someguy9 -- that update did the trick. I'm building out a new site, so…
8 months ago
Created a topic, PHP Warning when Force Login used, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just upgraded to the Blogger level! Still really likin…
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Big Picture Goals 2023, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Excellent summary! So thankful for proactive and clear leadership of the project!
8 months ago
Posted a reply to Don’t throw warnings on taxonomies when not enabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh I should add that the warning goes away if I enable MightyShare on Categories.
8 months ago
Created a topic, Don’t throw warnings on taxonomies when not enabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Really enjoying MightyShare overall, and looking forwa…
8 months ago
Committed [2849840] to Plugins SVN:
Update WP compatibility
9 months ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work for OceanWP theme?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I just tried to replicate that problem and couldn't. I see the Rollback…
9 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2023
9 months ago
Posted a reply to Bug: Not all versions of “Ocean Extra” plugin are shown, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, That's not a bug on our end, there are no "tags" of "Ocean…
1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Giving FSE a More User Friendly Name, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think using Gutenberg as a codename for the project within the code is not…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Stay far far away. This plugin is horrific, especially at the price., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @kingdingbat I'm one of the co-authors and co-founders of GiveWP. I oversee our marketing…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Bugs (better use shortcodes), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We did have some trouble with this integration for a bit, but all…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Donor wall date field disappeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You're right! That was an oversight on our part. We'll be pushing that…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Rollback button in plugins tab missing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, What plugins are they specifically that are missing the rollback button? Can you…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to SIte Expericeing Technical Issue After Installing GiveWP Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, That means that something is preventing Give from being activated. That doesn't necessarily…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Max Number of donations on donor wall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, There's no limit, but it's possible that your settings are filtering them out.…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to form not opening only spinning whelel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I can see that happening on that page as well. In inspecting the…
2 years ago
Committed [2691972] to Plugins SVN:
Update WP compatibility
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Has the rollback Plugin been HACKED, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, just chiming in. We made that change ourselves. Impress.org was our company name.…
2 years ago
Committed [2658954] to Plugins SVN:
Finalize readme with emoji 🐱‍💻 :-)
2 years ago
Committed [2658952] to Plugins SVN:
Update readme.txt with new links, new content, new tags. (Also testing ...
2 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Europe 2022
2 years ago
Mentioned in [11334] on Meta SVN:
Plugin Directory: Render screenshot gallery directly into page.
2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request: New Social Learning Slack channel, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Ah... I missed the secondary goal of the text-based learning, and that this doesn't replace…
2 years ago

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