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Steven Stern (sterndata)

@sterndata joined Apr 2011

bertha.sterndata.com github.com/sterndata Slack: @sterndata
    Maintains Support Forums

    Bio

    Atoning for a long career as a know it all… and now on Mastodon

    WordPress Origin Story

    Way back when, I built a small CMS for the magazine published by my employer. Just a lot of PHP and some CSS. About a year later, it was time for version 2 and, while looking up something about PHP, I stumbled on WordPress. And the rest is history.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Meta Contributor '17
    CONTENT
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    Photo Contributor '22
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '20 WordCamp Speaker '17
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Support Contributor '16 Support Team '15

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
    364contributions
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 5.6
    • 5.5

    Contributions

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    October 2026
    Oct 01 Thu · 17:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Products not showing up in store catalog but show up with direct link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/#new-post so the plugin's developers and support community can help you…
    Oct 01 Thu · 14:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Google for WooCommerce to version 3.9.4, as the currently installed version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-listings-and-ads/#new-post so the plugin's developers and support community can help you…
    September 2026
    Sep 30 Wed · 19:27
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to What WP affilate program uses these shortcodes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    See https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-basics/best-practices/#prefix-everything
    Sep 30 Wed · 14:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to What WP affilate program uses these shortcodes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Usually, they're similar. It helps keep them unique.
    Sep 30 Wed · 14:37
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to What WP affilate program uses these shortcodes?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Surprise, surprise! It's https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliates See https://docs.itthinx.com/document/affiliates/shortcodes/dashboard/
    Sep 29 Tue · 21:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Looking for Plug in beta testers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @mordecki You may not use teh forums to recruit testers for your software.
    Sep 29 Tue · 19:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to test, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    1. Don't post fake reviews. 2. Don't post test posts that are fake reviews.
    Sep 29 Tue · 15:13
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    Posted a reply to Settings dont save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Don't use reviews for support... .I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordly-smart-faq-schema/#new-post so the plugin's developers and…
    Sep 29 Tue · 15:12
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Added Campaign Assitant, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is not a valid review; it's a promotion, and has been removed.
    Sep 28 Mon · 17:55
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    Posted a reply to here has been a critical error on this website., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    FYI, here's the hosting info sdstern@stevens-Mini ~ % nslookup www.ruthrudin.com Server: fe80::5607:7dff:fe34:b6c5%7 Address: fe80::5607:7dff:fe34:b6c5%7#53 Non-authoritative…