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Member Since: May 11th, 2011
Location: Swindon, UK
Website: https://oikos.digital
Job Title: Creator, Engineer, Advisor
Employer: Oikos Digital Ltd
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Software developer who turned his hand to websites. Technology agnostic but specialises in WordPress. Works mostly in the UK charity/non-profit sector.

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Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Precisely what I have been advocating for. This should have been the way this is…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Content analysis seems to load 5MB of JS. Doesn’t stop when analysis turned off., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm running the latest version. I don't want…

1 week ago
Created a topic, Content analysis seems to load 5MB of JS. Doesn’t stop when analysis turned off., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I have some India-based users using a UK-ho…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post 5.0 / Gutenberg Status Update – Nov 19, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yeah the agency use case was always strong, from the very beginning Well, for bigger…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can see the potential, but it gets in the way of writing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, Tammie. You're doing a great job here post-Gutenprompt! In the classic editor, pretty much…

4 months ago
Created a topic, Can see the potential, but it gets in the way of writing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’ve been hesitant to review Gutenberg as I've said …

4 months ago
Posted a reply to I was really ready to give this a good shot, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been hesitant to review, or comment on reviews of Gutenberg. But this thread very…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Compatibility with Vanilla 2.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Will look forward to this. Have continued conversation on the Vanilla Forums Forums...if that…

7 months ago
Created a topic, Compatibility with Vanilla 2.5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does not seem to work with Vanilla 2.5 and…

8 months ago
Committed [1805999] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility to 4.9

11 months ago
Committed [1805994] to Plugins Trac:
Properly, properly update WP version compatibility to 4.9

11 months ago
Committed [1805991] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility to 4.9

11 months ago
Committed [1805986] to Plugins Trac:
Properly update WP version compatibility to 4.9

11 months ago
Committed [1805979] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility to 4.9

11 months ago
Created a new ticket, #3338, in Meta Trac:
Plugin author search doesn't return relevant results

12 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Announcing a weekly new contributors meeting, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I love this idea. I'm not quite a "new" contributor - I've had a couple…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Page Builder 2.5.0 Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, this is rather embarassing. My issue was a single column when I should have…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Page Builder 2.5.0 Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm having an issue here. I'm on managed hosting which automatially upgraded me to 2.5.0…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Nice software, but its getting quite old, any update soon?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, To be honest, there's not any updating to do. It works as advertised,…

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp London 2017 coming up on March 17th

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Customization in 2017, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A couple of thoughts: There were some things that 4.7/Twenty Seventeen did that were really…

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Showcase Update, on the site English (UK) Team:
It's really hard, because most of the cleverness that I build is behind-the-scenes stuff. And…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Problems under WP4.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting me know. And welcome to WordPress! :) I'll set to resolved. But…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Problems under WP4.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, and thanks for trying out the plugin. Just to rule out a simple…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Causes issues when migrating custom CSS on WP4.7 with child theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just want to point out that updating to WP 4.7 when:…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Gravity Forms 2.1.1 FAIL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just want to thank you guys for fixing this so quickly. I'd probably have been…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Gravity Forms 2.1.1 FAIL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just wanted to report that I'm also having this issue on WordPress 4.7 with Gravity…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Modules won’t activate – issues with roles/capabilities and/or Members plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, we're not using the private function - we've just edited some roles with it.…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Modules won’t activate – issues with roles/capabilities and/or Members plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I have a site that had Jetpack (latest vers…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Logout redirect doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the response. That's kinda what I would expect to happen to be honest.…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Logout redirect doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, I'm using the latest version of both the pl…

2 years ago
Posted a reply to Not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for having a go at using my plugin. There aren't any setting…

2 years ago
Created a topic, Checkout displaying details for a different user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Plugin version: 3.11.3 Hi there, This might come to …

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.7: What’s on your mind?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Would love to see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36934 sorted out. On-demand excerpts for a given post ID would…

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton 2016 coming up on July 23rd

2 years ago
Created a new ticket, #1858, in Meta Trac:
Tickets page should have a big "New ticket" button.

2 years ago
Created a new ticket, #37449, in Core Trac:
The [X] on the link modal in the editor is confusing

2 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Brighton 2016 coming up on July 23rd

2 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Forgive me for testing some edge cases. I had some issues with the original shiny…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry - one more thing. This screen isn't a whole lot of fun: https://cloudup.com/co20RuhJPNG The…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: More Shiny Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh gosh yes, what Anthony just said. Can I +1 that? I do also see…

3 years ago
Created a new ticket, #36934, in Core Trac:
Use of get_the_excerpt($post) is broken if post has no excerpt and you are ...

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Plugin Directory Prototypes, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Regarding the author, active installs, and last updated data, the question "What information is conveyed…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WP REST API: Introducing the Authentication Broker, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Who OWNS this? Automattic? WordPress Foundation? Human Made? Who are we trusting for availability, confidentiality,…

3 years ago
Committed [1415792] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

3 years ago
Committed [1415774] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

3 years ago
Committed [1415772] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

3 years ago
Committed [1415769] to Plugins Trac:
Update WP version compatibility

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.6: What’s on your wish list?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As well as a media widget, I'd like a standard rich-text widget. I'm sure there…

3 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.6: What’s on your wish list?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh my goodness, anything on this topic is good. Ideally remove it, or make it…

3 years ago

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