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 Not working after user alias changed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you clarify what you mean by a user alias? This isn't a standard field…

4 hours ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor Queries tab says: No database queries were logged., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting me know

21 hours ago
Posted a reply to ?doing_wp_cron URL parameter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you remove ALTERNATE_WP_CRON and visit the Tools -> Cron Events screen does WP Crontrol…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to ?doing_wp_cron URL parameter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If I'm honest I'm not sure where this is documented. Are you using the ALTERNATE_WP_CRON…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to ?doing_wp_cron URL parameter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is part of the WordPress native WP-Cron system, it's not specific to the WP…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Trying to access array offset on value of type int, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let's combine this with your other thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-to-get-property-url-of-non-object/

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Trying to get property ‘url’ of non-object, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try to isolate the cause of the problem please? * Does the error…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor Queries tab says: No database queries were logged., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is strange, I've not had any reports of this before. * Is there a…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to User Switching plugin not working, displays login form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try deactivating all your other plugins one by one to see if one…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to User Switching between a Parent/Child Account, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the info but I don't have any capacity to do work outside my…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Switch Off, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This PHP returns the URL needed to switch off. Where you use it depends entirely…

3 days ago
Committed [51851] to Core Trac:
Docs: Miscellaneous docblock corrections and improvements. See ...

1 week ago
Committed [51850] to Core Trac:
General: Fix code quality issues which were identified by static ...

1 week ago
Posted a reply to User Switching between a Parent/Child Account, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes if you grant the ability for the parent to edit the child account then…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #11831, in Core Trac:
Warning when wp-cron fails

1 week ago
Closed ticket #9785, in Core Trac:
Search Enhancements -- consolidated ticket

1 week ago
Closed ticket #7845, in Core Trac:
suggested wp-mail.php improvements

1 week ago
Closed ticket #9232, in Core Trac:
introduce include_tree parameter to wp_list_pages

1 week ago
Closed ticket #9175, in Core Trac:
Admin Option Page lacks Infos about serialized Option Values

1 week ago
Closed ticket #8368, in Core Trac:
Scheduling post time behavior and language refinements

1 week ago
Closed ticket #7756, in Core Trac:
AJAX saving method instead of reloading the page

1 week ago
Closed ticket #7740, in Core Trac:
Merge Tags

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Alternate customer user role not switchable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If the role has the edit_users and list_users capabilities then that should be enough for…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to User Switching just stopped working on Chrome, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I did some cursory Googling and there doesn't appear to be any cookie related changes…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to User Switching just stopped working on Chrome, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also are you using any extensions in Chrome or security settings that your sales agents…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to User Switching just stopped working on Chrome, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which version of Chrome are you using please? Is there anything unusual about the domain…

2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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.

1 month 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.…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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/.

2 months ago
Committed [2576771] to Plugins Trac:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub

2 months ago