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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Submitted pull request #85 to WordPress/hosting-handbook:
Clarify PHP extension requirements

4 hours ago
Created issue #84 in the WordPress/hosting-handbook repository:
Clarify required and optional extensions

17 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
REST API: Correct the order of the parameters documented for...

4 days ago
Committed [51915] to Core SVN:
REST API: Correct the order of the parameters documented for ...

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Not working on the frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try switching your theme to one of the default themes such as Twenty…

1 week ago
Closed pull request #1750 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
wp_check_filetype allows filename to not end in extension

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Missing dependencies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry but I'm not able to help with website issues that Query Monitor identifies as…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Missing Dependencies, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's weird. Can you report it to the author of the Shortpixel plugin and see…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Any plugin to disable API calls?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know of a plugin that lets you selectively disable individual calls but the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Conflict with Woocommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there a JavaScript error in your browser console?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to monitor or block access to WP settings=>general, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's not something that you can do with this plugin unfortunately, unless the query happens…

2 weeks ago
Committed [51886] to Core SVN:
Docs: Improve various inline documentation for admin bar functions and ...

3 weeks ago
Committed [51885] to Core SVN:
Docs: Miscellaneous inline documentation improvements, including: * ...

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Call to undefined function login_header(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The fatal has been fixed in version 1.5.8. I think the workflow you're using will…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2608299] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.5.8 from GitHub

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Fatal error: Call to undefined function login_header(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like somehow this workflow caused the interim-login parameter to be passed to a…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Not working after user alias changed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. I can't see any reason why the nickname/alias would affect switching users, and I…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Cron Job not working on AWS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It will be better to post this in the main WordPress support forum as this…

3 weeks ago
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…

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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/

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks ago
Committed [51851] to Core SVN:
Docs: Miscellaneous docblock corrections and improvements. See ...

4 weeks ago
Committed [51850] to Core SVN:
General: Fix code quality issues which were identified by static ...

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks ago
Closed ticket #11831 on Core Trac:
Warning when wp-cron fails

1 month ago
Closed ticket #9785 on Core Trac:
Search Enhancements -- consolidated ticket

1 month ago
Closed ticket #7845 on Core Trac:
suggested wp-mail.php improvements

1 month ago
Closed ticket #9232 on Core Trac:
introduce include_tree parameter to wp_list_pages

1 month ago
Closed ticket #9175 on Core Trac:
Admin Option Page lacks Infos about serialized Option Values

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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 months 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 months 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.

2 months ago