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Bio

I own and run Just Publishing Advice, which keeps me very busy. I love blogging and, from time to time, enjoying how technology goes wrong and then learning how to fix it.

Interests

Things that go wrong and how to fix them.

WordPress Origin Story

It’s so long ago, I can’t recall when.

Current Job

General Factotum
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Just Publishing Advice

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
4contributions
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medium4
score4
Last 90 days
4contributions
high0
medium4
score4
Last 12 months
33contributions
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medium33
score33

Contributions

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May 2026
May 24 Sun · 15:57
Forums med
Posted a reply to Update 3.9.2: fatal error our of memory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. All fine now after the update.
May 23 Sat · 18:16
Forums med
Posted a reply to Update 3.9.2: fatal error our of memory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've fixed the problem with rolling back all my sites, but why do plugin developers…
May 15 Fri · 07:16
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Posted a reply to WWW and Non WWW Caching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, thanks for your advice. I have a redirect in place on my server.
May 11 Mon · 13:49
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Created a topic, WWW and Non WWW Caching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Caching is working 100% for my site, but only for the …
December 2025
Dec 08 Mon · 07:16
Forums med
Posted a reply to Plugin update wiped dashboard data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I have Auto-purge on Updates set to NO. Is that the right setting?
Dec 07 Sun · 20:44
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Posted a reply to Plugin update wiped dashboard data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for getting back on this. Yes, it still happens when the plugin updates. The…
November 2025
Nov 07 Fri · 20:39
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Created a topic, Plugin update wiped dashboard data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I've noticed that whenever the plugin updates, …
October 2025
Oct 30 Thu · 07:58
Forums med
Posted a reply to Very high wp-cron.php activity, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, thanks!
Oct 29 Wed · 15:52
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Created a topic, Very high wp-cron.php activity, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’ve been trying to solve a problem of very frequent s…
Oct 07 Tue · 11:45
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Posted a reply to Ad Labels Incorrect In Post Editor View, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's okay now. I found that the setting for "Use exceptions for individual posts or…

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