John Blackbourn (@johnbillion) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 7th, 2005
Location: Norwich, 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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Closed issue #36930 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Event Countdown Block

2 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Correct the order and naming of expected and...

5 days ago
Closed pull request #1943 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Correct the order of expected and actual parameters when used in assertions

5 days ago
Committed [52248] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Correct the order and naming of expected and actual ...

5 days ago
Submitted pull request #36884 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add actions which fire during the loading process of block template parts

5 days ago
Created ticket #54510 on Core Trac:
Add a GitHub Action workflow which alerts contributors if they propose ...

5 days ago
Created issue #36868 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Add an explanatory header comment to files that get copied into WordPress...

5 days ago
Submitted pull request #1943 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Correct the order of expected and actual parameters when used in assertions

6 days ago
Posted a reply to PHP code no longer an option with 1.11, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ihofstaetter216 Do you see the "PHP cron event" option and it does nothing when you…

6 days ago
Pull request #36793 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Various inline docblock corrections

6 days ago
Submitted pull request #36793 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Various inline docblock corrections

7 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Various docblock corrections and improvements.

7 days ago
Committed [52236] to Core SVN:
Docs: Various docblock corrections and improvements. See #53399

7 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Lower the timeout for GitHub Actions jobs so...

7 days ago
Closed pull request #1924 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Reduce the job timeouts

7 days ago
Committed [52233] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Lower the timeout for GitHub Actions jobs so runaway ...

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Security concern: recent update creates test.sh, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a file from the automated test suite that got deployed accidentally, I'll remove…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to PHP code no longer an option with 1.11, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This has been fixed in version 1.12.0. Thanks for the report.

1 week ago
Committed [2633749] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.12.0 from GitHub

1 week ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 delayed, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for this comment Tonya. it’s not removing “one-more-feature” but rather removing multiple major features…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Missed Scheduled Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The answer to that is "maybe". It doesn't directly fix this problem because it doesn't…

1 week ago
Closed ticket #22822 on Core Trac:
New media: 'Create a new gallery' button should indicate that it's the ...

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #17397 on Core Trac:
Inconsistency in allowed site addresses

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1924 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Reduce the job timeouts

2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Query: Correct and standardise the meta query documentation.

2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #53467 on Core Trac:
Correct and standardise the meta query documentation

2 weeks ago
Committed [52226] to Core SVN:
Query: Correct and standardise the meta query documentation. Also ...

2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #1923 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Don't remove the containers in between each command

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1923 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Don't remove the containers in between each command

2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #1910 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Various type corrections in docblocks

2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Corrections relating to types used in inline documentation for...

2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #1911 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Type corrections in docblocks for comment ID and site ID

2 weeks ago
Committed [52205] to Core SVN:
Docs: Corrections relating to types used in inline documentation for ...

2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Various corrections and improvements relating to types used in...

2 weeks ago
Committed [52204] to Core SVN:
Docs: Various corrections and improvements relating to types used in ...

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1911 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Type corrections in docblocks for comment ID and site ID

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1910 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Various type corrections in docblocks

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 502 Bad Gateway nginx on Multisite, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I know it sounds a bit simple, but can you try clearing your cookies for…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 403 Permission Denied, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Good to hear, thanks for letting me know.

2 weeks ago
Pull request #85 merged into WordPress/hosting-handbook:
Clarify PHP extension requirements

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 403 Permission Denied, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is possibly due to an over-zealous rule in mod_security or Suhosin.

2 weeks ago
Created issue #5580 in the wp-cli/wp-cli repository:
Expose the WP-CLI cache directory location

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Peak Memory Usage >200% of WordPress limit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jondhill Yes both of these are possible, the memory limit can be overridden at runtime…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Query Monitor crashed my site when Deactivated!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry to hear that. Query Monitor makes no persistent changes to anything on your site…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Drop down suddenly appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you. I hope you get the problem sorted out.

3 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Add missing documentation for the `$javascript` parameter of the...

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Drop down suddenly appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I cannot make this any more clearer, but I am going to try for a…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Drop down suddenly appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Listen to what I am telling you instead of arguing with me. This plugin does…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Drop down suddenly appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using this third party add-on plugin? https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-bar-user-switching/

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Drop down suddenly appears, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll say it again. This plugin does not provide a drop-down or autocomplete for anything.

3 weeks ago