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Ryan Hellyer

WordPress nerd at Me, myself and I

@ryanhellyer Berlin, Deutschland joined Nov 2007

geek.hellyer.kiwi

    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.

    Interests

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

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Theme Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '15

    Current Job

    WordPress nerd
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    Me, myself and I

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

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    Contributions

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    May 2026
    May 10 Sun · 15:04
    Forums med
    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…
    May 10 Sun · 14:51
    Forums med
    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…
    May 10 Sun · 14:41
    Forums med
    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…
    May 10 Sun · 14:38
    Forums med
    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…
    May 08 Fri · 18:19
    Forums med
    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…
    May 08 Fri · 17:36
    Forums med
    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…
    May 08 Fri · 16:47
    Forums med
    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,…
    May 08 Fri · 16:35
    Forums med
    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…
    May 06 Wed · 20:20
    Forums med
    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…
    December 2025
    Dec 11 Thu · 11:34
    Forums med
    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…

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