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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Created a new ticket, #54112, in Core Trac:
Remove the phpunit container from the local environment

21 hours ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor conflicts with WP Rocket, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are there any JavaScript errors in your browser console? You might be better off asking…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Dealing w/ Terms & Conditions Acceptance with User Switching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but this is outside of the scope of User Switching and the support I…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Change the URL of switch to destiny, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't really understand what you're trying to do but I suspect what you want…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to User Switching – Employee Manager, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry but this is well outside of what I can support you with. If…

5 days ago
Closed ticket #41950, in Core Trac:
wp_insert_user() should accept a meta_input argument

6 days ago
Committed [51738] to Core Trac:
Users: Introduce a `meta_input` argument for `wp_insert_user()`. This ...

6 days ago
Committed [51736] to Core Trac:
Build/Test Tools: Fix CI for running tests on PHP 8.1. This fixes the ...

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Logging Slow Queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The short answer is this isn't possible. Various logging is however something I've been working…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Help showing QM Output to Authors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm I'm not sure what the problem might be. Does it work if you set…

7 days ago
Closed ticket #53945, in Core Trac:
Local test workflow changes for installing Composer dependencies

2 weeks ago
Committed [51685] to Core Trac:
Build/Test Tools: Install the Composer package dependencies within the ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #51551, in Core Trac:
Unclickable area within admin menu

2 weeks ago
Committed [51684] to Core Trac:
Administration: Remove a misleading pointer cursor from list items in ...

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Setup time schedules on API connection for importing post feeds, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have a server-level cron job running which does the import then you don't…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to User roles not working when switched, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but you'll need to ask the author of the Wholesale plugin to take a…

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53595, in Core Trac:
Correct the description for the `last_updated` property in the ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [51676] to Core Trac:
REST API: Correct the description for the `last_updated` property in ...

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to disable plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please contact the authors of the plugins or themes that are causing the errors.

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Switching does not work with Simple Membership plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's nothing in User Switching which would cause it to behave differently between different browsers.…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Mapped Domains in multi-site w/ user switching, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. I've tested this out on a few sites with domain mapping…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to add cron event with custom cron schedule, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've done some testing but I can't reproduce this problem. I tried both with and…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Lots of Slow Queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but I can't help with issues that Query Monitor identifies on your site, it…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Can we please turn off the reminder?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not coming from User Switching. It must be coming from another plugin or…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cron for Syncing Calendars for Rental Units, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry but it's not clear from those instructions. It looks like you need to…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Unable to add cron event with custom cron schedule, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. * What happens when you try to save the event? Do…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Non-blocking (anything important), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh and to answer your question, no WP Crontrol doesn't change the way the cron…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Non-blocking (anything important), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This isn't anything to be worried about, this is how WordPress triggers the cron events…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Strange insert query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is standard WordPress functionality. An auto-draft gets inserted when you access the New Post…

1 month ago
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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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 month 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/.

1 month ago
Committed [2576771] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

1 month ago
Committed [2576758] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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 months 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 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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/

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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,…

3 months 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…

3 months ago