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Jeff Starr

Boss at Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

@specialk Here and now. joined Dec 2005

perishablepress.com Slack: @Jeff Starr

    Bio

    Professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience. Enjoys all aspects of web design and development, with focus on WordPress and security. Projects include shapeSpace starter theme and 8G Firewall. Books include Digging Into WordPress, The Tao of WordPress, and WordPress Themes In Depth. Writes dev tutorials at Perishable Press and DigWP.com. Sells premium WordPress plugins at Plugin-Planet.com. Always learning new things. Loves helping others succeed with WordPress.

    Interests

    Offline, Jeff enjoys hanging out with family and friends. His favorite pastimes include drawing, photography, listening to music, watching movies, and contemplating the deeper things of life.

    WordPress Origin Story

    Started working with WordPress back in 2005 and haven’t looked back 🙂

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    Current Job

    Boss
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    Monzilla Media and Perishable Press Books

    Recent impact

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

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    Contributions

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    October 2026
    Oct 06 Tue · 17:33
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    Posted a reply to How to allow line breaks in chat messages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for your patience. Turns out that currently it's not possible/feasible to allow line…
    Oct 05 Mon · 01:47
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    Posted a reply to How to allow line breaks in chat messages?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. I will look into this when I get back to the office.…
    Oct 04 Sun · 21:13
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    Posted a reply to Where is the submitter’s name stored for unregistered submissions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help! That level of styling content/layout is not something really covered by the…
    Oct 02 Fri · 20:51
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    Posted a reply to BBQ Firewall Block Count – where are the results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes use the Find feature of your editor or whatever app, and search for "bbq"…
    Oct 02 Fri · 19:43
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    Posted a reply to BBQ Firewall Block Count – where are the results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It sounds like something is preventing access to the file, which is helpful but vague.…
    Oct 02 Fri · 16:36
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    Posted a reply to BBQ Firewall Block Count – where are the results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ok when you get a blank white page that means there is some error that…
    Oct 01 Thu · 17:00
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    Posted a reply to BBQ Firewall Block Count – where are the results?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. The first thing to check is the site's error log. Do you…
    September 2026
    Sep 27 Sun · 06:58
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    Posted a reply to Bug report: early translation loading warning in WordPress 6.7+, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. This issue was resolved some time ago. May I ask which version…
    Sep 24 Thu · 17:26
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    Posted a reply to Where is the submitter’s name stored for unregistered submissions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. Yes all of the information is saved when the form is submitted.…
    Sep 24 Thu · 15:55
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    Posted a reply to Where is the submitter’s name stored for unregistered submissions?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help: Assuming the Name field is enabled on the form, the submitted user…

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