Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP (@elliotvs) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m Elliot Sowersby. A WordPress Plugin Developer from Bridlington in Yorkshire, UK.

I started using WordPress in 2009, became a full-time developer in 2016, and founded RelyWP in 2019. Since then I have worked with hundreds of businesses to build, maintain and host their websites.

In more recent years my primary focus has been developing WordPress plugins, which have 145,000+ active installs combined.

Visit RelyWP here: https://www.relywp.com

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress in late 2009 to run competitive gaming tournaments. Lacking funds for a custom site, I taught myself PHP to build my own tournament management system, which started my web development journey.

In 2016, I graduated from Hull University with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. I had started freelancing during my final year, which quickly transitioned into a full-time career building and maintaining WordPress sites for hundreds of global companies.

In 2019, I transitioned from a sole-trader to a limited company, launching RelyWP. By 2022, my focus began shifting toward WordPress plugin development following the success of projects like Coupon Affiliates.

Since 2025, plugin development has become my sole focus, and I have phased out new client services entirely. Moving forward, I aim to continue improving my existing plugins, providing high-quality support, and potentially creating new solutions in the future.

Badges

CODE

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Plugin Developer

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

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Translation Contributor '22

Current Job

WordPress Developer

Present

RelyWP · Full-time

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

47contributions

high28

medium19

score103

Last 90 days

150contributions

high57

medium93

score264

Last 12 months

669contributions

high287

medium382

score1243

Contributions

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August 2026

Aug 10 Mon · 11:55

Forums med

Posted a reply to Error when saving the changes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the message. Could you confirm is it all the settings not saving,…

Aug 07 Fri · 17:52

Forums med

Posted a reply to Points removed but discount not applied, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the details - I've reproduced this and it isn't caused by the…

Aug 07 Fri · 01:14

Plugins high

Committed [3637144] to Plugins SVN:
8.1.1

Aug 07 Fri · 01:12

Plugins high

Committed [3637143] to Plugins SVN:
Edit

Aug 07 Fri · 01:00

Plugins high

Committed [3637137] to Plugins SVN:
Tags

Aug 07 Fri · 00:49

Plugins high

Committed [3637132] to Plugins SVN:
8.1.1