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Samuel Wood (Otto)
@otto42 on WordPress.org, @Otto on Slack
Bio
Tech nerd what works on WordPress.org. Beer connoisseur. Man about town.
Interests
WordPress, Beer, Hacking, Homebrewing
WordPress Origin Story
Fundamentally, I started using WordPress because I was bored at work. So I started messing around on the forums, reading questions, finding the answers by reading the code, and then by answering the questions for others. Do that for a year and you will know everything there is to know about the code.
After a few years, I started working on it full time, and now I work on the WordPress.org website directly, and help all the different teams building the WordPress software. It’s fun. Love doing it.
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: April 12th, 2006
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Website: ottopress.com
- GitHub: Otto42
- Job Title: Tech Ninja
- Employer: Audrey HC, LLC
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Contribution History
Samuel Wood (Otto)’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Documentation Team
- Marketing Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Meta Team
- Photo Contributor
- Photos Team
- Plugin Developer
- Plugins Team
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Speaker
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Posted a reply to The plugin was updated automatically. Why?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a ban on automatic updates of all plugins. If you simply have automatic… -
Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
-1 There is no reason for doing this. There is no actual advantage to doing… -
Posted a reply to Issue after upgrade to WP 6.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you by chance using the Woodmart theme? Somebody mentioned it on Reddit earlier. Other… -
Committed [3405114] to Plugins SVN:
Change authorship to me -
Closed ticket #8131 on Meta Trac:
Post content excerpt has damaged the post list view in P2 backend -
Wrote a comment on the post The Plugin Check Plugin now creates automatic security reports after each plugin update, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
Fixed. :) -
Closed ticket #8105 on Meta Trac:
author-template.php generates PHP Warning with PHP 8.3 -
Closed ticket #8093 on Meta Trac:
Contributor Badge broken? -
Posted a reply to Position of background image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nobody here can access your private data.;.. However, you posted a link to your site,… -
Mentioned in [60717] on WordPress SVN:
Database: Add `type_status_author` index for the posts table. -
Posted a reply to https://comamigosanunciarjesus.eu/, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What instructions are you talking about? -
Closed ticket #8063 on Meta Trac:
Remove redirect on enterprise/education page -
Mentioned in [60623] on WordPress SVN:
External Libraries: Upgrade PHPMailer to version 6.10.0. -
Posted a reply to Controls like Update moved wrongly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Depending on your viewpoint, the various widgets can be dragged and dropped. Simply select the… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Clarifying Core’s Database Support Policy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Other than potentially full text search, what features are we using in MySQL/MariaDB that are… -
Posted a reply to Plugins to optimize site for all browsers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I do not have Chrome, won’t use it, so no cannot show a screen shot… -
Closed ticket #5805 on Meta Trac:
Need to introduce Staged Rollouts for the Plugin and Theme Repository -
Suggested 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Closed ticket #7999 on Meta Trac:
api.wordpress.org: not all plugins with a certain active install count ... -
Closed ticket #7989 on Meta Trac:
Extra space in SVN and Git command lines in PHPUnit setup documentation -
Closed ticket #7983 on Meta Trac:
Support Author: Field in Plugin readme.txt for Contributor Attribution -
Closed ticket #7982 on Meta Trac:
Timezone string doesn't return in REST API /wp-json/wp/v2/settings -
Posted a reply to Photos copied from WP.org to WP.com, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Such a change would be on your dankennedy site. Check for recent changes made there,… -
Closed ticket #7980 on Meta Trac:
Add accessibility ready plugin business model -
Posted a reply to Stock image sources?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/photos/ It may not be a large resource, but it is absolutely free to use. -
Posted a reply to Weird code issues in old posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What exactly was weird about it? The em, means emphasis. Basically, the word was in… -
Closed ticket #7976 on Meta Trac:
Forum website link needs to open in new window instead of same window. -
Committed [3289318] to Plugins SVN:
Update tested up to value. -
Wrote a comment on the post Review of Blocked Community Members, on the site WordPress.org Project:
No, it most definitely will not. If you were removed for cause, then you will… -
Posted a reply to [NSFW] Request to delete image from i0.wp.com, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, that is a WordPress icon problem and we cannot help you with that here.… -
Wrote a comment on the post Dotorg Core Committers Check In, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This comment was deleted. -
Posted a reply to Feature Suggestions for WordPress Stories: View Count & Link Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress does not have a "stories" feature, and if you want a view count, you… -
Mentioned in [14426] on Meta SVN:
Photo Directory, Admin: Reimplement appending author column submission stats as a custom 'Author' column. -
Closed ticket #7954 on Meta Trac:
Pagination is not align center -
Committed [3272023] to Plugins SVN:
delete file by request -
Committed [3267119] to Plugins SVN:
Correct Stable tag -
Committed [3267117] to Plugins SVN:
Rearrange SVN to be correct, to allow for this plugin to occur. -
Wrote a comment on the post Dotorg Core Committers Check In, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We will do that when it's necessary to do that. Don't bring it up before… -
Closed ticket #7945 on Meta Trac:
Translation Form Throws Error Despite Valid Input in Singular Field -
Posted a reply to QUERO CANCELAMENTO DA MINHA INSCRIÇÃO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress is free software. You cannot purchase anything on this site. -
Posted a reply to Error when trying to update wordpress.org profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Having a linkedin URL is the problem. Those are almost exclusively used by spammers on… -
Closed ticket #7655 on Meta Trac:
In Responsive view, drop down menu collapse on cart icon -
Committed [3256409] to Plugins SVN:
Creating new plugin entry. -
Committed [3255325] to Plugins SVN:
Create plugin entry for speedx-maintenance-mode -
Posted a reply to How to remove “non follow” attribute from my website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't. All outbound links here in the forums are nofollowed. -
Mentioned in [59888] on WordPress SVN:
Embeds: Revert [59883]. -
Wrote a comment on the post Plugin author now linked to WordPress.org profiles, on the site Make WordPress Plugins:
The implementation will not be reverted. A plugin has only one owner on wordpress.org, and… -
Posted a reply to Just after the blog posts lists but on another page!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It seems fairly clear that that is not a block theme. It's a classic theme.… -
Mentioned in [59828] on WordPress SVN:
Security: Switch to using bcrypt for hashing user passwords and BLAKE2b for hashing application passwords and security keys. -
Posted a reply to Privileges for wp-config.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Basically, the lowest number that works is probably better. 😀
Developer
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Classic Smilies
Active Installs: 200+
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Dropbox Photo Sideloader
Active Installs: 200+
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Dynamic Image Resizer
Active Installs: 200+
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ImageFX
Active Installs: 40+
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Notifly
Active Installs: 30+
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PHP Code Widget
Active Installs: 90,000+
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Pluginception
Active Installs: 3,000+
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Rainbowify
Active Installs: Less than 10
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Restore Link Title Field
Active Installs: 3,000+
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Theme Check
Active Installs: 20,000+
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Unicornify
Active Installs: Less than 10
Contributor
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Blogger Importer
Active Installs: 60,000+
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Debug Bar
Active Installs: 20,000+
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Tumblr Importer
Active Installs: 10,000+
Support Rep
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Substack Importer
Active Installs: 800+
Total photo contributions: 2
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