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 Excess Cron’s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry then I don't know what the problem is. If the cron event can't be…

20 hours ago
Posted a reply to Excess Cron’s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I meant deactivate the booking plugin you're using. If it leaves cron events behind then…

22 hours ago
Posted a reply to Excess Cron’s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like the plugin might be re-adding the event after it's deleted. You might…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Cron not work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry this isn't something I can help you with here. Please see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-read-before-posting-a-support-thread-2/.

4 days ago
Committed [2576771] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

4 days ago
Committed [2576758] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

4 days ago
Created a new ticket, #53861, in Core Trac:
Promote a database error during test bootstrap to a failure

4 days ago
Reopened ticket #53845, in Core Trac:
Add some more MySQL information to the Debug section in Site Health

4 days ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors/Notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll be better off asking on the Astra forum or the general theme forum, as…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to 2 HTTP API Calls, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to contact either BoldGrid or your web host about this problem. Sounds like…

6 days ago
Closed ticket #53594, in Core Trac:
Standardise punctuation in site health test messages

7 days ago
Committed [51519] to Core Trac:
Site Health: Standardise site health check status message punctuation. ...

7 days ago
Closed ticket #53457, in Core Trac:
Rename `$this` when used in `@param` tags for 5.9

7 days ago
Committed [51518] to Core Trac:
Docs: Replace `$this` in hook param docs with more appropriate names. ...

7 days ago
Closed ticket #38237, in Core Trac:
Increase the slow test threshold for tests that perform external HTTP ...

7 days ago
Committed [51514] to Core Trac:
Docs: Add missing documentation for the `minute` parameter of ...

1 week ago
Committed [51513] to Core Trac:
Docs: Correct the documented allowed range for the `minute` and ...

1 week ago
Created a new ticket, #53837, in Core Trac:
Move the basepath config out of phpcs.xml.dist

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Change Destination to Where We Started From, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, this is possible. Take a look at this FAQ for info about the actions…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Unable to find Query Monitor on frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the WordPress admin toolbar appear on the front end? If not then you won't…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Getting 404 when clicking on “Switch to”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's good to hear, thanks for letting me know.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to PHP Errors/Notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. Do you know which plugin or theme is causing the PHP error that causes…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to No Queries by component, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes that's correct. Did you click the "more information" link after the message? All the…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to No switch_users capability picked up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's a meta capability so it won't show up in these sorts of lists. There…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to all my cron have alerte icon, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means DISABLE_WP_CRON must be set to true somewhere else, and your false definition in…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unable to disable Query Monitor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This means you've got errors on your site that you'll need to fix. You should…

1 month ago
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/

1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months ago
Committed [2544434] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

2 months 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…

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

2 months 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…

2 months 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?

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months ago