Joe Dolson
@joedolson on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: October 28th, 2008
- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Website: joedolson.com
- GitHub: joedolson
- Job Title: Owner
- Employer: Accessible Web Design
Contribution History
Joe Dolson’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor
- Accessibility Team
- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- Themes Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
- WordPress.tv Contributor
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Posted a reply to Month view completely broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@szsemla The changes between 3.6.15 and 3.6.16 were very minor, so it seems unlikely that… -
Posted a reply to Grid for Month/Week Do Not Display in Edge and Chrome, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This may relate to the page being protected; it looks like only Firefox is treating… -
Committed [3406298] to Plugins SVN:
Add 3.6.17, remove 3.6.15. Change stable. No release tagged. -
Committed [3406292] to Plugins SVN:
Add 2.1.1, change stable. ... -
Closed ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Committed [61318] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. The structure change ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. -
Reopened ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Closed ticket #64269 on Core Trac:
Media Library Gallery "Remove" button styling -
Committed [61316] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix 'remove' icon in Edit Gallery mode. The structure change ... -
Closed ticket #64307 on Core Trac:
Comments: Website input field causes accessibility warning -
Closed ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Committed [61293] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` Safari only introduced ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` -
Reopened ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Closed ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Committed [61290] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove alt syntax from `dashicons.css` Safari only introduced ... -
Submitted pull request #10543 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Remove generated CSS alts in dashicons.css -
Posted a reply to Upcoming Events Shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed a bug where the base time for upcoming events used UTC time instead of… -
Posted a reply to Can I Change Event Title Color on Grid?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The event titles are automatically parsed to have appropriate color contrast against whatever their background… -
Posted a reply to Different view in widget?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Each view can be customized as you need. The default view can be set in… -
Posted a reply to Link from event page not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it was a logic change that broke this. Fixed; will release as soon as… -
Posted a reply to Link from event page not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This seems like an unexpected consequence of a change; but I'm still exploring to see… -
Posted a reply to Custom fields showing as hidden on Purchase page instead of visible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If what you want is to have the fields in checkout, you may want to… -
Posted a reply to Unable to load other dates on website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This sounds like something to do with caching; but as you appear to have switched… -
Posted a reply to Delete Date…does not, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The "Delete Date" link goes to the event listings and shows an admin notice at… -
Posted a reply to Filter links in below calendar navigation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These buttons are working as expected, it's just that you have different expectations than how… -
Posted a reply to Activating the plugin breaks WP embeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I haven't been able to reproduce this, although I can see a problem potential here,… -
Created ticket #64278 on Core Trac:
Remove remaining Internet Explorer code -
Closed ticket #46110 on Core Trac:
IE11: JS "Syntax error" related to wp-polyfill-formdata -
Wrote a new post, Accessibility Improvements in WordPress 6.9, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.9 brings extensive accessibility improvements across WordPress Core and Gutenberg, continuing the goals to… -
Wrote a new post, Admin menu search query changed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When creating and editing menus in the Menus interface, searching for posts and pages has… -
Wrote a new post, Legacy Internet Explorer Code Removed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
With WordPress 6.9, numerous legacy features that were used to support Internet Explorer have been… -
Created issue #73447 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Block: Math - Keyboard trap in editor -
Created issue #73446 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Cannot edit math block contents from the keyboard -
Created issue #73445 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Math block: Syntax error notifications not accessible. -
Reopened ticket #64266 on Core Trac:
Core Menu Icons disappeared in WordPress 6.9 RC1 using Safari Browser ... -
Created ticket #64271 on Core Trac:
Move screen options and help to after the main screen heading -
Closed ticket #63971 on Core Trac:
Multiple select elements associated with tables in the admin (filters, ... -
Mentioned in [61204] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 6.9. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Themes: Improve type checking in `wp_title`. -
Closed ticket #61352 on Core Trac:
PHP deprecation notice in wp_title() -
Committed [61198] to Core SVN:
Themes: Improve type checking in `wp_title`. Follow up to [61108]. ... -
Posted a reply to why is a noindex tag on the my-calendar page?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Calendar archive pages are generally thin content that isn't beneficial in search results. Event pages… -
Committed [3388457] to Plugins SVN:
Add 3.6.16, remove 3.6.14, change stable. ... -
Closed pull request #71824 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Prevent Esc from executing change event in Category Widget -
Merged pull request #72889 into WordPress/gutenberg:
Prevent Esc from executing changes in category and archive widgets. -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Themes: Prevent PHP notice thrown in `wp_title_parts`. -
Closed ticket #61352 on Core Trac:
PHP deprecation notice in wp_title() -
Committed [61108] to Core SVN:
Themes: Prevent PHP notice thrown in `wp_title_parts`. The value ...
Developer
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Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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WP Accessibility
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XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon
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Child Theme Check
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Contact Form 7
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Exclude Pages
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GNU Terry Pratchett
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Show Hidden Post Meta
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String locator
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Subscribe to Comments
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User Switching
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WordPress Beta Tester
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WP Accessibility
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WP Crontrol
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XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon
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Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI