Jon Brown
@jb510 on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: March 19th, 2010
- Location: Ever changing
- Website: wanderingjon.com
- Job Title: Developer
- Employer: 9seeds
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Jon Brown’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Catalyst for creativity and control, on the site Make WordPress Core:
These added controls are great and welcome (some might say long over due ;) ).… -
Wrote a comment on the post Client-side WebAssembly WordPress with no server, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Mind blown +1... This could revolutionize IDEs and debuging as well. -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Another example I bring up often. The plugin "Enable Media Replace". I a simple feature… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Plugin Hurdles: A big reason I haven't submitted plugins to the .org repo in years… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
SMTP is the other painful example of plugins failing users. The most popular plugin WP… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am sure what _I_ want is optional features, but understand there is a history… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ugh that’s gross and makes it a hard no from me. I don’t have issue… -
Posted a reply to [Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget)] List Layout Broken after upgrade from V1 to v2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Louis - Sorry if the original post wasn't clear. This is using Beaver Builder… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I love the idea. The outlined benefits sound great, but what are the draw backs?… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WP just needs to get over it's aversion to optional features. Features that can be… -
Created a topic, List Layout Broken after upgrade from V1 to v2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
V1.8.4 worked... Updated to V2 and the list layout is… -
Created a topic, Does 2.1.7 fix the security issue in 2.1.6?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could we maybe get better change log entries? - FIX -… -
Created a topic, MemberPress Ad showing in the editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why on earth are you putting a confusing metabox in th… -
Mentioned in [53933] on Core SVN:
Themes: Add support for `Update URI` header. -
Wrote a comment on the post A new system for simply and reliably updating HTML attributes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
💯 yes! Core needs more improvements like these. I can’t speak to the specific implementation… -
Wrote a comment on the post Navigation, on the site Make WordPress.org:
That’s interesting. I’d be inclined to do almost the opposite. Create a “resources” top level… -
Wrote a comment on the post Giving FSE a More User Friendly Name, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don’t see a strong reason to change it this late in the game. But… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree. All __experimental APIs are bloat that never should have made it into core… -
Created a topic, Subscribe to Forum Button not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When I enabled the option (Buttons>Activate Subscri… -
Created a topic, Does nothing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Installed this months ago and it does nothing on its o… -
Mentioned in [53751] on Core SVN:
Media: enable generating multiple mime types for image uploads; specifically WebP versions for JPEG images by default. -
Posted a reply to spl_autoload_register() error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@buddydev I came to report the same thing. I'm seeing it in Query Monitor, not… -
Created a topic, Can this be used on a non-Kadence site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer rely on the Ka… -
Wrote a comment on the post Plan for adding WebP & multiple MIME support for images, on the site Make WordPress Core:
TY @adamsilverstein This however seems confused…. To be clear “automatically generate WebP for all existing… -
Wrote a comment on the post Plan for adding WebP & multiple MIME support for images, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I feel this is still missing the point about the impact to storage on large… -
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up on WebP by default proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thank you @adamsilverstein. Well summarized. I want to reiterate I think most want to see… -
Mentioned in [53105] on Core SVN:
Users: Prevent author changes in bulk editor on large sites. -
Posted a reply to [Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft] Vulnerability- Admin+ Arbitrary File Clearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The vulnerability report says this exists in versions <= 1.1.2. The latest version available on… -
Created a topic, [Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft] Vulnerability- Admin+ Arbitrary File Clearing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I know this is a pretty trivial vulnerability limited … -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think core should support WebP (and AVIF), just not like this. Not by making… -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Not the same cache. You're thinking page or object cache. Never purge it, just overwrite… -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Regarding "originals". I imagine the wise thing to do is never touch the original regardless… -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note, it also seems like someone ought to first look into alternatives to pre-rendering thumbnails… -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The "(unless you “regenerate thumbnails”)" notion seems fatally flawed. WooCommerce is regenerating thumbnails right now… -
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great, so you will be building an off switch into it that lay people can… -
Mentioned in [53036] on Core SVN:
Comments: Improve performance of the `wp_count_comments` function. -
Created a topic, Protect/Restrict Custom Post Type to role by default, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a CPT named "minutes". The individual minutes … -
Mentioned in [53011] on Core SVN:
Users: Introduce the concept of a large site to single site installations. -
Created a topic, [Fraud Prevention Plugin for WooCommerce] Unauthorised AJAX Calls via Freemius, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Freemius has updated their code for this. It’d be grea… -
Posted a reply to The RB Plugins admin menu item is too prominent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, from the reviews I'd say the new top-level menu is despised by more people… -
Created a topic, How to buy pro?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I went to your website to buy the pro version, but the… -
Created a topic, Hide competitors on the map, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Has this been implemented? https://wordpress.org/suppo… -
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Project: Plugin Dependencies, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Dependencies outside of the dot org repository are not supported. Out of scope at this… -
Posted a reply to Constant Contact API V3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, thank you. P.S. It'd be helpful if you showed more of your changelog on… -
Created a topic, Constant Contact API V3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is anything necessary to update to the Constant Contac… -
Created a topic, How to Test Fallback?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use google for my primary SMTP. This is preferred b… -
Posted a reply to The plugin does not have a valid header., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Interesting I got this trying to install from the .org repo as well. I didn't…
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