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Bio

Kiwi WordPress developer. I blog about WordPress at geek.hellyer.kiwi and post my life online at ryan.hellyer.kiwi.

My favourite plugin creations are Unique Headers, Simple Colorbox, Spam Destroyer and Simple CMS.

You can also find me online at Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

Current Job

WordPress nerd

Present

Me, myself and I

Interests

hiking, cycling, skating, running, WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, plugin development, theme development, blogging, vlogging

Member Since: November 9th, 2007
Location: Berlin, Deutschland
Website: geek.hellyer.kiwi
Job Title: WordPress nerd
Employer: Me, myself and I
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Translations

Committed [3527865] to Plugins SVN:
Documentation update
3 hours ago
Committed [3527856] to Plugins SVN:
Stripping PSR-4 loading system out - it was unnecessary and bloating ...
3 hours ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Version 2.1.3 is now published. Hopefully that fixes the problem for you, if not, let…
4 hours ago
Committed [3527845] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing video uploads and custom taxonomy header images
4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I figured out the problem. The taxonomies are collected all in one go on loading…
4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the extra context. It was impossible for me to fix this, as I…
4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@gnukleo Thank you! I'm able to replicate the problem. I'm working on a solution right…
4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you try this version of the plugin to see if it fixes your problem?https://stuff.hellyer.kiwi/temp/unique-headers-2.1.2.zipIt…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm having some trouble replicating this bug. Do you have any extra info. that may…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I misunderstood originally. You are trying to add videos via the customizer, not this plugin,…
2 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error in Customizer: theme_mod_header_image filter receives array, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I didn't even realise videos even worked in the plugin! It's for header images. Video…
2 days ago
Committed [3525755] to Plugins SVN:
Correcting readme description length to meet WordPress.org requirements
3 days ago
Committed [3525747] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing version number and correcting readme description length to meet ...
3 days ago
Committed [3525725] to Plugins SVN:
Fix for PSR container clash with plugins containing old versions the ...
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Error after update to v1.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry about this!@siliconforks pointed this out on GitHub. The problem was caused by a clash…
4 days ago
Committed [3524780] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump
4 days ago
Committed [3524776] to Plugins SVN:
Bug fix for when used in association with outdated PSR containers
4 days ago
Committed [3520593] to Plugins SVN:
Total refactor of the plugins internals
1 week ago
Committed [3518997] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing version number support
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518981] to Plugins SVN:
Upgrade to use modern PHP standards
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518172] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump to appease the WordPress plugin repo
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518169] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump to appease the WordPress plugin repo
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518168] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump to appease the WordPress plugin repo
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518166] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump to appease the WordPress plugin repo
2 weeks ago
Committed [3518156] to Plugins SVN:
Version number bump to appease the WordPress repo
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Definitely not abandoned. Just not in need of development. I'll bump the version number, probably…
5 months ago
Posted a reply to GD library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
GD is a PHP library which needs to be installed on the server itself. Most…
12 months ago
Committed [3285873] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing notice triggered by translations
1 year ago
Committed [3285868] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing notice triggered by translations
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Translation loading notice since WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Now it should be fixed.The fix I did earlier, was literally just implementing the translations.…
1 year ago
Committed [3285865] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing notice triggered by translations
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Translation loading notice since WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This update was wrong. I'm fixing it now.
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Translation loading notice since WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hopefully this problem is gone with the latest update. I included a credit to you…
1 year ago
Committed [3285816] to Plugins SVN:
Including translation support
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Translation loading notice since WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ahhh, so it's now throwing a notice even though the textdomain is not used. That…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Translation loading notice since WP 6.8, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you sure it's coming from this plugin? It doesn't have the load_plugin_textdomain function normally…
1 year ago
Mentioned in [59828] on WordPress SVN:
Security: Switch to using bcrypt for hashing user passwords and BLAKE2b for hashing application passwords and security keys.
1 year ago
Committed [3241530] to Plugins SVN:
Version support bump
1 year ago
Created a topic, Excellent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does only what it says it does on the lid. Perfect.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Are you still maintaining this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've bumped the version number for you :)
2 years ago
Committed [3073226] to Plugins SVN:
Version bump for dot org
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Are you still maintaining this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it hasn't needed any updates in that time though.
2 years ago
Posted a reply to Text on old header is appearing on top of text in new header, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure what exactly you mean. Is the problem still present on the page…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to get_custom_header() doesn’t return the header anymore?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
get_custom_header() still exists:https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_custom_header/Perhaps you are doing something with a filter which is causing it stop…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to works perfectly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the review.But what do you mean by shortcodes? This plugin doesn't use any.
3 years ago
Committed [2984405] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing the plugin review functionality
3 years ago
Posted a reply to No longer works with custom taxonomies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A fix for this is uploading right now. It's very 1.9.2 and will hopefully solve…
3 years ago
Committed [2984369] to Plugins SVN:
Fixing a nonce error which prevented taxonomy header images from updating
3 years ago
Posted a reply to No longer works with custom taxonomies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for finding this issue. I've managed to replicate it myself too. It wasn't…
3 years ago
Posted a reply to “Leave a Review”-message on WP-Plugins-page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The review class is now deactivated. I won't make it return until I've fixed the…
3 years ago

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