John Blackbourn – @johnbillion

Member Since: December 7th, 2005
Location: Tonbridge, UK; and Torino, Italy
Website: johnblackbourn.com
Job Title: Senior WordPress Engineer
Employer: Human Made Ltd
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Bio

I’m one of the team of WordPress core developers. I was the release lead for WordPress 4.1. I work as an engineer at Human Made.

Previously I’ve worked at Code For The People and WordPress.com VIP.

Contributions Sponsored

John Blackbourn contributes 8 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Documentation.

Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Contributor
bbPress Contributor
bbPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Meta Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer

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Posted a reply to Checking queries for POST http method (wp-admin/post.php), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately this isn't currently possible. The results you're seeing are fromthe subsequent GET request after…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Allow Switching for other Roles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep. Check out the FAQ.

3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post All-women Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Great initiative. I think you've got this, but if you do need assistance I'm happy…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Help With Missing Dependencies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend contacting the author of the whatsapp-for-wordpress plugin as it sounds like there's a…

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #49587, in Core Trac:
Add error handling for the media manager Ajax response

1 week ago
Posted a reply to ERR_INCOMPLETE_CHUNKED_ENCODING, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means there is a problem with your network, your proxy, your web browser, your…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #49571, in Core Trac:
Fake contetnt

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to use this Plug-in Effectively, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does your website perform well under heavy read-only load? For example, with a high number…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Getting fatal error when trying to switch, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to get in touch with WooCommerce or Woocom Wholesale System.

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49476, in Core Trac:
Incorrect links to export/delete personal data in emails

2 weeks ago
Committed [47412] to Core Trac:
Privacy: Fix the URLs and legacy redirects for the personal data ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49282, in Core Trac:
Cleanup Privacy .wp-policy-help CSS remnants (Broken back-compat)

2 weeks ago
Committed [47411] to Core Trac:
Privacy: Reintroduce consistency to the styling of suggested privacy ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [47410] to Core Trac:
Editor: Revert a fix for incorrect usage of ID attributes on custom ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #49400, in Core Trac:
Enable maintenance mode when a plugin auto-updates

2 weeks ago
Committed [47409] to Core Trac:
Upgrade/Install: Improved inline docs for the plugin and theme updater ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Wonderful too, but failing on DEV/TEST/LIVE Pantheon environment, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jcastaneda Hey Jose, thanks for jumping in. What does this bizarre paragraph on the "WordPress…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #48427, in Core Trac:
feed_links_extra() has 2 "elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) {}" clauses

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Summary for Docs Team Meeting: March 2, 2020, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
Attendance Milana CapJon AngYui ゆいDenis ŽoljomPrashant BaldhaChris Van PattentheMikeDJb AudrasAkira TachibanaEstela RuedaBirgit Pauli-HaackJono AldersonJohn Blackbourn…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can this plugin be expanded to allow viewing variables?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah there's a third party add-on plugin that allows for this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor-extension-checking-variables/ Coincidentally I'm asking…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not switching at all, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah yes this plugin has been mentioned in years gone past. The issue is that…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not switching at all, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This may happen if you have particularly aggressive caching in place on your site, or…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to External object cache not in use, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means that you don't have an object cache in use. You may wish to…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to No further cron jobs in one of my sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means there's a problem on your site that is preventing your WP-Cron events from…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Externe object-cache niet in gebruik The APCu extension for PHP is installed bu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Correct, it checks for several extensions: https://github.com/johnbillion/query-monitor/blob/develop/collectors/cache.php#L80-L83

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to cron-job stopped working: error 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like wp-cron.php got deleted. You'll need to reinstall WordPress. This isn't anything to…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Externe object-cache niet in gebruik The APCu extension for PHP is installed bu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In order for your WordPress site to use APCu for its object cache, you need…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to hooks names with no associated actions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah the majority of the time these are events left over by old plugins. The…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WP-Cron spawning is disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to contact your host about this.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Custom Cron Schedule Stops Running, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry you're having a problem! WP Crontrol doesn't handle running cron events, so your best…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Error 502, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/502-gateway/

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Get cart should not be called before the wp_loaded action, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. Do you have the complete error message to show me, including…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Redirects to WordPress login Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm glad you find it useful! It sounds like there might be another plugin on…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Switch back link isn’t displaying when Jetpack plugin activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed. Thanks for the reports.

1 month ago
Committed [2240208] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.5.4

1 month ago
Committed [2240207] to Plugins Trac:
Committing 1.5.4 to trunk

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Switch back link isn’t displaying when Jetpack plugin activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes I'm working on a fix here: https://github.com/johnbillion/user-switching/pull/49 I should be able to release a…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Attribution, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi. The majority of this plugin's core functionality …

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Log info is not shown inside add_action function callback, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you sure your code is being called before the graphql_register_types action fires? The qm/*…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Add User Switch Back to Custom Menu, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can construct a Switch Back URL in PHP and display it on the page…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to PHP error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks from the error that the sg-cachepress plugin might be at fault. I would…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to WP Control plugin issues Next Run continues with Now, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means your WP-Cron events aren't firing for some reason. You should contact your host…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Switch back link isn’t displaying when Jetpack plugin activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Jetpack could either be sending output before headers are sent, or it could be triggering…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Switch back link isn’t displaying when Jetpack plugin activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's strange. I just tried this out locally but couldn't see a problem with Jetpack…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to User switch back not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the switch back link show up if you manually navigate to wp-login.php after switching?…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Lazy-Loading Images in WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
A question was raised in #44427 about enabling lazy loading by default for all images,…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Memory Limit message unclear to me, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the message. This does indeed mean that some code somewhere during runtime has…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Changed contributor to supercleanse, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I honestly thought that this plugin had been taken over by a spammer now that…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Accidentally deleted a cron, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear that. No there isn't an undo function. You might be able to…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Ajax Warning in the admin bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to check out your browser developer console to see the errors (there should…

2 months ago