Olaf Lederer (@finalwebsites) – WordPress user profile

Bio

My name is Olaf Lederer and I’m building PHP powered web applications since 2002. My first blog was built with WordPress in 2006 and today most of my web development jobs are done by using WordPress. Beside building websites, I spend a lot of time on online marketing, blogging and other “geeky” internet stuff.

Interests

WordPress, building websites, online marketing, writing blogs

WordPress Origin Story

I remember me that a friend asked me in 2005 why I didn’t have a blog (of course using WordPress). He mentioned: “That would be a great update for your website about PHP web development”. It took some time to work on that idea and finally in 2006 I published my first article “Parse html with PHP, a preg_match_all tutorial” on my Web Development Blog. The funny thing is that it took ~6 month to get some visitors for this website. While my first website finalwebsites.com had already a ~400 visitors a day, it was sometimes very hard to continue blogging. It took also some time before I tweaked or developed my first own WordPress theme. During the first years I used free and premium themes and finally in 2009 I programmed a custom theme for my dutch website on finalwebsites.nl. That was also the time that I wrote several plugins for the standalone version of bbPress. Today 90% of my personal and customer’s websites are based on WordPress and I write a lot of custom code to tweak these WordPress websites to the next level.

Member Since: October 2nd, 2007
Location: Doetinchem, the Netherlands
Website: finalwebsites.nl
GitHub: finalwebsites
Job Title: Web Developer
Employer: finalwebsites.com
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

Posted a reply to Fatal Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jhammo,thanks for the conformation that this issue wasn't related to EO or the plugin.…
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, please let me know if the problem comes back.
6 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I checked a website with a new account and only one list. There is no…
6 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the addtional information. In that case the changed something in the API, let…
6 days ago
Posted a reply to Fatal Errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reporting. I think this is related to the new policy from EO that…
6 days ago
Created a topic, Still a happy user after more than 3 years!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Today I visited the dashboard from one of my client's …
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Suddenly more form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're right comment form spam is huge problem not only for all the spam submissions…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Suddenly more form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I opened on of my clients site:Hey, WP Armour has blocked 22869 spam submissions till date... I…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Suddenly more form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@homu9 WP Armour is a good working anti spam solution and the best thing is,…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Suddenly more form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi,I checked recent spammer's IP addresses and all of them are from Dubai (different problem).…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bots simply bypassed it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why are you giving the plugin a 2-star review? The problem lies with Turnstile, and…
2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Amazing plugin! Easy to use and smart options!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I normally use a different feature to protect contact …
2 weeks ago
Created a topic, Suddenly more form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi,I get more and more complains form customers about …
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Warnings with php8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, this is not a support question, but a hint to fix a problem in…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Block Checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't get paid, but I wrote the plugin for the sites of my customers…
3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Warnings with php8.x, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, we did a server upgrade for our "older" applica…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Block Checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I checked how others (Mailchimp for WordPress) solved this and now I'm able to…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Woocommerce Block Checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sam,please check this thread with a similar question:https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incompatible-with-block-checkout/
3 weeks ago
Committed [3388365] to Plugins SVN:
V1.1.5
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional information. In the mean time I did also more tests and…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I tried it also with CMB2 plus the class from that website. The mail was…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi,thanks for reporting this.I don't the source you shared, but I did the following test,…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal errors since 1.0.11, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sam,Thanks for the report, I published a fix. Please check it should be solved…
4 weeks ago
Committed [3387075] to Plugins SVN:
Bugfix in woo
4 weeks ago
Suggested 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
4 weeks ago
Committed [3386612] to Plugins SVN:
V 1.5.6
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Maileroo and this pluging – fantastic!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your nice words and the 5 stars!Good to know that the Maileroo plugin…
4 weeks ago
Committed [3386215] to Plugins SVN:
Fix in woo
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Entries in server logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's fixed in the latest version.
4 weeks ago
Committed [3385436] to Plugins SVN:
Versie 1.1.4
4 weeks ago
Committed [3385435] to Plugins SVN:
Versie 1.0.11
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Incompatible With Block Checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I checked some other plugins and found a wroking integration in MC4WP. Now I'm able…
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Incompatible With Block Checkout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's right, the WooCommerce integration doesn't work with the new checkout block. The problem is…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Entries in server logs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sam,I'm sorry it looks like that forgot to remove this part of code error_log($response_body);You…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Simple SMTP plugin that works perfectly with Maileroo!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for your review and your insights why you choose Maileroo above others.Which feature would…
1 month ago
Committed [3379487] to Plugins SVN:
Misspelled reply-to header issue
1 month ago
Translated 9 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Suggested 50 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Committed [3377563] to Plugins SVN:
Cc en bcc fix
1 month ago
Is the 157th person to arrive at WordCamp Verona 2025
1 month ago
Committed [3373253] to Plugins SVN:
Missing files
2 months ago
Committed [3373252] to Plugins SVN:
Mkdir func
2 months ago
Committed [3373250] to Plugins SVN:
Misc new features
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Bug with “Subscribe everyone”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please check the latest plugin version where I fixed the problem.Again, thanks for the report…
2 months ago
Committed [3371971] to Plugins SVN:
Cookie update, fix for submissions
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Bug with “Subscribe everyone”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the additional information, in that case a test for a $_POST variable wouldn't…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Bug with “Subscribe everyone”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sam,thanks for reporting.Strange, I remember that i've tested this many times. But you're right,…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Images not in correct proportions on Safari mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Never tried, for now I disabled the option (my site is fast enough 😀)I will…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to import less products at a time?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I placed my review years ago. I think the first shop I have built with…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Images not in correct proportions on Safari mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
what happens if you disable that specific CSS temporarily as a test? The max-wdith:100% is…
2 months ago