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Vote! The Great Chat Room Rename Project
It's been quite a while since our chat room started ( WordPress Answers Chat ) and it seems it was named near randomly
Because it's what Mark called it when he imported it I believe
Thomas ...
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0answers
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Allow acces to wp-admin in wordpress [migrated]
I am trying to restrict access to wp-admin: only administrators and editors should be able to access it. At the moment I am using this function:
function restrict_admin(){
//if not administrator, ...
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4answers
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Completeness of Answers
I had a general question that's come from comments on my answers from experienced users on the site, see User defined password at registration - registration email sends auto generated pass and Using ...
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0answers
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Settings API vs Theme Customizer [migrated]
When would it be appropriate to use the settings API, and when would it be better to use the theme customizer?
Having Googled around all morning, I haven't been able to find any well considered and ...
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1answer
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Bug in the Tag Wiki edit form
There is a minor bug in the tag wiki edit form. In FireFox on Debian, the "excerpt" box is partially covered by the right hand sidebar.
It makes editing the excerpt a bit annoying as you can't see ...
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1answer
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Mark unwanted tags (such as plugin-recommendation)
In a comment to a plugin-recommendation tagged question @toscho advised a user of reading the tag's description when/before using it.
This is, of course, a good advise.
However, let's be honest, who ...
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0answers
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Add Requested Debug Information to FAQ
Reference this question:
Where do I get "Bug Information" to add to a question?
We do often ask people to indicate the debugging steps they have taken. This is a reasonable request, as it ...
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5answers
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Using comments to vet answers
Please refer to the comments thread in this question:
Custom post type single-{custom}.php not working
Visit the permalinks page (which will flush it) and check again. –
vancoder 17 hours ago
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0answers
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Disable migration targets for blocked users
We got the list of common migration targets recently. Nice. Thank you.
But some users are question banned on at least one of these sites, and we cannot see that early enough. Not so nice.
Please ...
6
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1answer
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What does the “customization” tag represent?
I thought I'd spend some time filling in missing tag wiki information and came across the "customization" tag. Based on usage, I can't work out what is is supposed to represent.
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6
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2answers
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Link resized images to their full-size version
The Facts
Images inside questions/answers are resized to fit within the container width.
Yet they are stored as is, meaning with their original resolution, for instance.
The Question
Why not ...
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0answers
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Inconsistency regarding questions
On WPSE, I noticed several times on several days some inconsistencies regarding the questions. Sometimes I don't see any question (no matter what tab I'm on). Now I discovered a somewhat more buggy ...
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3answers
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Where did my silver gone
:)) Actually title is all I can say
I've got some liver for coming here everyday for 30 days.
I was happy that day I remember and now it's gone with my happiness
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2answers
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Suggestion for a new flag
As it stands, questions can only be flagged as duplicates if that same question has already been asked and answered. However, all too frequently an impatient user will ask the same question twice (or ...
6
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1answer
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Spammers, Unregistered Users, User Names
Within the last half hour, there was some spamming on WPSE.
The post were created by different unregistered users sharing the same name AirMaxUK. So far, all posts have been removed, one of the ...
5
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1answer
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How to get more than 30 badges in less than 10 minutes?
I just noticed our t31os was flooded with badges:
I think he deserved these badges, but I want to understand why he got all in one rush.
For example this organizer badge for an edit from 2011 ...
8
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2answers
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StackOverflow migration option
On StackOverflow, there are multiple migration options when you want to flag a post as off topic:
On WP.SE, we only have the option for our meta.
We get a lot questions that are not specific to ...
2
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1answer
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Why were a lot questions removed today?
Today, a lot questions have been removed, decreasing my reputation.
What was the reason for this?
6
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2answers
64 views
Related Box Padding
There's broken padding/margin on the bottom of the related box, Chrome 26 on OS X Mountain Lion
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2answers
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Why is WordPress Answers so unfriendly as compared to StackOverflow etc.?
I've only asked three questions here on WordPress Answers. I won't be asking any more. In fairness to the WordPress Answers Community, I'm stating why. In Area 51, StackOverflow, etc., I've gotten ...
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0answers
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Helping low rep users, and chat
A few times now (it is about to happen again), I have been trying to help a low rep user-- usually rep 1 or so-- with a problem and am getting nowhere in the comments. The comment form starts to ...
0
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1answer
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Find not-accepted answer
I had answers on a question that got unaccepted, but I can't find the parent question url from statistics shown on my profile page (not listed). How can I find them so?
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7answers
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Make WooCommerce questions off topic
Let's move on
We already had one meta question by Tom J. Nowell asking how we should deal with the woocommerce questions. It had quite some traction and support.
Now I'm polling if we should update ...
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2answers
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What about answers consisting (almost) only of a link to an external website? - or - 'How do I answer' section for the faq
I was wondering about (how to deal with) answers like
Had the same problem. Here (random [external] link) is the solution.
Firstly, I do not question the answerer's intention of helping others.
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2answers
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Is it possible to black-list/ban the [plugin-recommendation] tag?
I know removing it's not possible. But can it be blocked from being used?
Case in question (check the edit history): How to add style to a string of text throughout WordPress website?
Relevant meta: ...
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2answers
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Difference between <blockquote> and markdown’s >
I always thought the markdown > was a shortcut for HTML’s <blockquote>. However, there appears to be differences. Compare this …
> This is `monospace` markdown
This is monospace ...
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1answer
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Magic Links specific for WordPress Answers
In comments, I'm constantly using the Magic Links: [faq], [ask], [answer] and [about], this last one being quite nice given the About Page 2.0.
Would it be possible to have a couple of WordPress ...
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3answers
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I have a new plugin I'd like to share, what's the best way to do so?
I published a new plugin to the plugins repo that I'm rather proud of and think it will be extremely helpful to developers, and I want to share it with the WPSE community. Is there an appropriate way ...
3
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1answer
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Did the community delete a bunch of old questions?
I was just curious about my stats and realized that some 25% of my accepted answers are not there anymore, while my reputation did not change.
So my (simple) question is:
Has there been a major ...
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3answers
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What to do when you don't want to award your bounty?
I started a bounty on Infinite Scroll not working in own theme and found out the answer myself. I do not consider the answer of Otto worth the bounty. What should I do? What happens when I do not ...
5
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1answer
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Expiration of Close Votes
As gleaned from a comment to a different meta question, I learned that close votes "expire" after a certain time period. It appears, though, that those who have voted to close a question are then ...
3
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1answer
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Users Answering Already Asked-Answered Questions Rather Than Community Moderating Them
For example:
Resize uploaded images
This was yet another variation on the "how do I regenerate my thumbnails?" question. It's been asked and answered ad nauseum, and I'm sure it will end up getting ...
5
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1answer
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Wrong link for “Why was your post deleted?”
This question (visible for mods and 10k users only) was deleted by its owner. The message under my answer looks like this:
The link goes to to our FAQ. All the explanations there suggest the ...
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1answer
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Please stop designing SE on Mac 720 inch displays
Most of the time, when I code, I work on a non-HD, non-retina, non-glitter, non-shiny, non-Mac Laptop. And honestly, how would I read the content when there's no space left for content?
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0answers
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Alternative Format Options
At first: the possibilities to format a question or answer is fine. I like the markdown style, also the buttons to use it via click.
But we use not only clients, there have all keys for format a ...
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4answers
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Why so trigger happy on the Close button?
I've been involved with several other stack exchange communities but this one seems to close more questions, and quicker than others do. I'm not trying to spark any wars here but I am genuinely ...
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5answers
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Are Commercial Themes/Plugins Too Localized?
For example:
How to restore post titles on archive pages after moving titles above content/sidebar?
Looking at the code posted in the question, I really don't think it is answerable without seeing ...
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0answers
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Is there an alternative to <tt> for inline fixed-width formatting in Questions/Answers/comments?
Many times when asking or answering, or even just commenting, it's desired to have a <tt> or similar functionality. For example, when referencing a function or a variable, you would use something ...
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1answer
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Yet Another Improperly Migrated Question
To wit:
Images appear broken due to timthumb resizing
I know that WPSE mods discuss migrations with other sites' mods before migrating questions to them. Do we not get the same courtesy?
It seems ...
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0answers
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Please add quick tag edit to question list
When reading through a list of questions, I often see tags that really don't belong to the question. In fact, nearly every second question has tags attached that don't belong there. I really like the ...
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2answers
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How to migrate post from wordpress.stackexchange.com to stackoverflow
I believe my question is not getting much attention here. Is it possible to migrate post from here to stackoverflow ?
I searched the flag option but cant find anything thr
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4answers
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closed as not a real question? [closed]
On all the stack exchange sites I've seen "closed as not a real question" being way overused.... I found this question just a little while ago... I not only clearly understood what was being asked, ...
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2answers
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Asking questions re: plugin development critiquing
Is it considered off-topic in WP.se to post plugins we've created (or are creating) and ask for critiques, feature recommendations, likelihood of demand, etc.? I'm talking about plugins that haven't ...
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1answer
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Why Can't I Comment? Recently Awarded The “Comment Everywhere” Privilege
For some reason I cannot see the "Comment" links on questions or comments.
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4answers
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What is a “Beginner” question and what is “Too Trivial”?
The WP community as a whole is fairly quick to abandon or close down questions it views as too-basic to address. Our site has been criticized as being somewhat hostile to "noobs" asking incredibly ...
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0answers
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Should we retag basted on answer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Retagging Questions Based on Answers
If a question has an accepted answer that introduces a new topic to the question, should the question be retagged to accommodate ...
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4answers
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My question was closed on wordpress.se
I am curious if anyone can explain how my question can be considered off-topic? Please also read the comments below it. Also, please don't just copy/paste from the faq, tell me how a specific part of ...
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2answers
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why not use a domain for wordpress.stackexchange.com?
Why wordpress.stackexchange doesn't has a domain for itself? like wpoverflow.com or something else?
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1answer
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How can celebrate the release Wordpress 3.5
3.5 includes a new default theme, Twenty Twelve, which has a very clean and
New change is a completely re-imagined flow for uploading photos and creating galleries.
What can we do to show our ...
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2answers
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Prefixing function names
I have noticed that many people around the site, when writing PHP functions as part of an answer, prefix it with something like wpse_101042. I assume that this is to prevent duplicate function name ...
