Samuel Wood (Otto) (@otto42) – WordPress user profile

Samuel Wood (Otto)

Tech Ninja at Audrey HC, LLC

@otto42 Memphis, TN joined Apr 2006

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Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

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.

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Tech Ninja

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Audrey HC, LLC

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May 2026

May 22 Fri · 19:41

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Posted a reply to api.wordpress.org/stats, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It varies a bit, but roughly midnight UTC.

April 2026

Apr 21 Tue · 22:43

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Wrote a comment on the post Sandbox request for WordPress.org edits, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
Well then, that makes sense. If you're creating a new site and setting up a…

Apr 21 Tue · 19:24

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Wrote a comment on the post Sandbox request for WordPress.org edits, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
These sandboxes we usually use are generally only used for code editing. They don't use…

Apr 19 Sun · 05:00

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Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Community.

Apr 06 Mon · 09:59

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Wrote a comment on the post Request for additional cli utils on .org sandbox, on the site Make WordPress Systems:
WP-CLI is already on there, at /home/wporg/public_html/bin/wp. Be careful with it.

March 2026

Mar 24 Tue · 19:47

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Posted a reply to Locked out of my account – Two Factor provider no longer exists, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, generally speaking, that message means you enabled two factor, only set up some backup…

Mar 21 Sat · 00:48

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Posted a reply to Add Menu Location and Instructions Link to Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Some are self-explanatory enough, others leave very basic questions up to a search for instructions…

January 2026

Jan 27 Tue · 07:39

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Wrote a comment on the post Review of Blocked Community Members, on the site WordPress.org Project:
It is in effect for, I think, more than a year which is probably long…

Jan 09 Fri · 23:32

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Wrote a comment on the post Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No, you did not present a reason for it, you just eliminated the reasons against…

December 2025

Dec 22 Mon · 20:32

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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…

Dec 05 Fri · 11:40

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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…

Dec 03 Wed · 18:02

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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…

October 2025

Oct 29 Wed · 18:41

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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. :)

September 2025

Sep 14 Sun · 06:47

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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,…

August 2025

Aug 28 Thu · 20:52

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Posted a reply to https://comamigosanunciarjesus.eu/, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What instructions are you talking about?