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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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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    Contributions

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    August 2026
    Aug 27 Thu · 18:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Rich Text Editor Not displaying, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @saracup, just wanted to follow up with this. It’s been a while with no…
    Aug 27 Thu · 18:25
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    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You are welcome, glad to help anytime. Also thank you very much for the great…
    Aug 27 Thu · 17:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    No I meant that you may want to include not just your server IP address…
    Aug 27 Thu · 17:07
    Plugins high
    Committed [3669278] to Plugins SVN:
    Plugin update
    Aug 27 Thu · 16:47
    Plugins high
    Committed [3669250] to Plugins SVN:
    Updates plugin to version 20260827
    Aug 27 Thu · 16:28
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    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hmm.. and you have tried adding all related IP addresses? (e.g., server, proxy, cache, ISP,…
    Aug 27 Thu · 16:09
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Suddenly getting notifications on every login., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Glad to help. I'm not sure what might be happening but it sounds like a…
    Aug 26 Wed · 15:01
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to End of Prismatic?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes correct, Prismatic was closed several weeks ago and no longer is supported. Cheers and…
    Aug 24 Mon · 17:03
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    Posted a reply to Caching, Why Not?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I received your email and replied, but the message was bounced back with error: Unrouteable…
    Aug 22 Sat · 19:24
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    Posted a reply to Caching, Why Not?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I do have a list of recommendations, but you are correct this is not the…

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