Ryan Hellyer (@ryanhellyer) – WordPress user profile

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

Present

Me, myself and I

Recent impact

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Last 12 months

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WordPress releases

Contributed to 3 releases

Contributions

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June 2026

Jun 05 Fri · 12:07

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Posted a reply to Easy setup, works great, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome! Glad to hear you are finding it useful :)

May 2026

May 10 Sun · 15:04

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…