John Blackbourn – @johnbillion

Member Since: December 7th, 2005
Location: Tonbridge, UK; and Torino, Italy
Website: johnblackbourn.com
GitHub: johnbillion
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 and 4.9.1. 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
bbPress Contributor
BuddyPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: align the WordPress release cycle with the industry standard, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don't think looking at historical data for this is particularly relevant. A bug can…

3 hours ago
Closed ticket #51605, in Core Trac:
Cron hook does not receive $args array

23 hours ago
Committed [49357] to Core Trac:
Cron API: Improve the inline documentation for the args passed to the ...

23 hours ago
Posted a reply to Locked out from the dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This sounds unrelated to User Switching. All this plugin essentially does is switch the cookies…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to converting wget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but WP Crontrol doesn't manage the way that your WordPress cron events run, it…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to QM 3.6.4 fatals on PHP 7.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. This sounds like it's caused by an incomplete update from a…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Cron created disapeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The only thing like this I've seen in the past is when the event recurrence…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to exec(): Unable to fork [whoami] message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is something you'll need to ask your web host about. They might have some…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #50695, in Core Trac:
Make media_sideload_image extension list filterable

2 weeks ago
Committed [49198] to Core Trac:
Media: Add an `image_sideload_extensions` filter to the list of ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [49197] to Core Trac:
Docs: Further corrections and promotions for docblocks relating to ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [49196] to Core Trac:
Docs: Improve the docs for the globals that are used in the actions ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #43640, in Core Trac:
Add an audio and video player to the media manager modal

2 weeks ago
Committed [49195] to Core Trac:
Media: Add an audio and video player to the media manager modal. This ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #19278, in Core Trac:
Allow WP_List_Table ::get_bulk_items() to receive a nested array and ...

2 weeks ago
Committed [49190] to Core Trac:
Administration: Allow `WP_List_Table::get_bulk_items()` to receive a ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How to Check if Switch to is “active”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep this is possible. Take a look at the FAQ for several bits of info…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor crashes my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear this. * Does the "Query Monitor" item in the admin toolbar show…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to QM displaying on Login page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've seen this occasionally in the past but I haven't been able to track down…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to database delete hierarchy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No you don't need to do anything, Query Monitor is showing you the queries that…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Table is present in Database but Seeing error does’t exist, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Query Monitor just displays the errors that it gets from MySQL, sorry!

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 404 on Pages/Posts and Add Pages/Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting me know!

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to pay for woo orders once switched to user, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a difficult one. If you create a customer account and manually log in…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 404 on Pages/Posts and Add Pages/Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have a large number of PHP errors being logged, or a large number…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Export?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately not, although it's something I'm working on. You can copy and paste from a…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to error in customizer while query monitor is active, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check in your server error log to find the cause of those 502…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to WP 5.5.1 cannot show PHP Error, Script & Style, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
* Are there any errors in your PHP error log? * Are there any JavaScript…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cron running dated 50 years ago, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In that case you'll need to contact your web host about this because the cron…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cron running dated 50 years ago, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That error message is your problem. You'll need to contact your web host for help…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cron running dated 50 years ago, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there a warning at the top of this screen about the cron spawner not…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to user control their other shop acounts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure what you mean but there's a bunch of info about customising the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. Does this happen with all your other plugins deactivated? Do these…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Slow Queries on wp_options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately I don't have time to help debug individual problems with sites. It would be…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to False positive duplicate queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Query Monitor fetches the queries directly from WordPress, so they must be running some how.…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to whoami, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is something you need to speak to your web host about.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can i update wordpress stocks by taking a csv file from drive with Wp Cron?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've no idea, this is well outside the scope of support for this plugin.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Use of undefined constant QM_HIDE_SELF, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks @ciromattia , that's very useful. I've seen many problems in the past with WPML…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Not switching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What's the problem? Do you get an error message? Can you try clearing all your…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to User Switching is redirecting but only for some users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have a plugin installed which changes the redirect location when a user logs…

1 month ago
Committed [2385938] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2385738] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2384581] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 1.5.6 from GitHub

1 month ago
Posted a reply to User switching not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no requirements, no. I would ask the DAP author to take a look.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Can I delete this?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No idea, sorry. You'll need to find out which plugin added those events.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Query monitor + Litespeed ESI problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are there any JavaScript errors in your browser console?

1 month ago
Posted a reply to User switching not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try deactivating all your other plugins one by one please to see if…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to no new cron tab, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like my screenshots are out of date. The tabs in the screenshots are…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to no new cron tab, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. Do you see no tabs across the top of the Cron…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Cannot remove cron event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. If you click the Delete link next to the event and…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to No switch_user capability (possible post 5.5 update issue), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not sure what's happened here but there's no hierarchy or weighting involved. It sounds like…

2 months ago