John Blackbourn (@johnbillion) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 7th, 2005
Location: Tonbridge, UK; and Torino, Italy
Website: johnblackbourn.com
GitHub: johnbillion
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 a Principal Web Engineer at Human Made.

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

Contributions Sponsored

John Blackbourn contributes 4 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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Posted a reply to Conflict with All In One WP Security, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-all-in-one-wp-security-firewall/

8 hours ago
Created a new ticket, #53503, in Core Trac:
Use correct capitalisation in application password terminology

6 days ago
Closed ticket #53496, in Core Trac:
Configuration switch to enable (bring back) direct external preview ...

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Getting 404 when clicking on “Switch to”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the 404 shown for the wp-login.php page or for the page you get redirected…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to How to interpret the pagesize, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By the way, this is peak memory usage not page size. More info the Overview…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to How to interpret the pagesize, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no decimal precision for this value so it's a thousands separator in this case,…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to cron can not be deleted, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you take a look through the FAQs there's a couple of answers about cron…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to How query monitor identifies queries made by plugins?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's the patented, top-secret, generations-old recipe from my great-grandmother inside Query Monitor which is used…

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #53467, in Core Trac:
Correct and standardise the meta query documentation

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #53461, in Core Trac:
Final docblock fixes for 5.8

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #53458, in Core Trac:
Incorrect variable name used in `get_block_editor_settings()`

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #53457, in Core Trac:
Rename `$this` when used in `@param` tags for 5.9

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53402, in Core Trac:
Uniform Hashed User Naming Schema for Cross-Domain Interoperability ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Switch Off, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There isn't a specific URL because it differs for each user, but you can use…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to No php Event Type option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Take a look through the FAQ, I've answered a couple of questions about this there.…

2 weeks ago
Created a new ticket, #53417, in Core Trac:
The revisions endpoints provide an incorrect JSON schema

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Run Automatically Without a server request to run Cron on the WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nope, sorry, WP Crontrol doesn't change how your cron events are run. This page might…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Authentication cookie not working on Home page and Shop page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have caching in place on your site? Are there PHP errors in your…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Query monitor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Query Monitor is just a regular plugin, if you delete it but it's still showing…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ADDING PHP CODE WPAMELIA AND WPCONTROL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means the permissions on your site doesn't allow PHP code to be added. Please…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Caching issues when switching back, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would say it's best to get in touch with the author of the shortcode…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2544434] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to What does the warning icon on next run mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means the event has missed its schedule. Do you also see a warning message…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to create users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Was it a jQuery issue?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to create users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you report this to the authors of the mainwp plugin please? Query Monitor doesn't…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to create users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there a JavaScript error in your browser developer tools console?

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Duplicate & Slow Queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If those slow queries are always slow on every page load, then that suggests your…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Missing Dependencies upon heartbeat deactivatton, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like WP Rocket is deregistering the script, which means other scripts that depend…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53342, in Core Trac:
Number of comments should be an integer

3 weeks ago
Committed [51065] to Core Trac:
Editor: Correct some docblocks added in [50836]. See #50328, #52620.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning Non Numeric Value, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're right it does return a string, but for that particular directive it should return…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning Non Numeric Value, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Documentation link for reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.max-execution-time

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Warning Non Numeric Value, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. "300s" is not a valid value for the max_execution_time directive as…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Line 140 Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, this has been reported a few times but so far I've been unable to…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is it supposed to run crons if DISABLE_WP_CORON is true ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin doesn't bypass anything but it does directly call spawn_cron() if you manually run…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can’t load a page when QM is activated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It could be that PHP is running out of memory when QM tries to log…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to current user id, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but I'm unable to assist with writing cron events, it would be a full…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Change the location of the switch back link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep, the Switch Back link has a user_switching_switch_on ID that you can use in your…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to make shortcode with user_id variable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The short answer is no, sorry, this isn't something that I'll be adding. I know…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Email addresses are automatically inserted in the user meta, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please try deactivating your other plugins one by one too. It's unlikely that QM is…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to add switch link as meta data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is PHP code. You need to put it inside the relevant PHP template for…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Ajax warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you click the menu item you'll see instructions for viewing the errors in the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Buddypress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To be honest I haven't used BuddyPress for many years. Can you test this using…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Woocommcerce know who placed order, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes this should be possible but you will need to write some code to store…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to MultiSite Switch to Without Admin Permissions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep. Please see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-other-roles-to-switch-user/.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Allow other roles to Switch User, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep this is possible, take a look in the FAQ.

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Safe to run or remove cron jobs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As a general rule it's ok yes, but the real answer is it depends on…

1 month ago
Committed [2531196] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 3.7.1 from GitHub

2 months ago
Committed [2531140] to Plugins Trac:
Update to version 3.7.0 from GitHub

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor + PHP 8 breaks WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pbalazs89 This is unrelated to Query Monitor, which is just reporting this fatal error for…

2 months ago