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

106contributions

high67

medium39

score240

Last 90 days

175contributions

high99

medium76

score373

Last 12 months

676contributions

high316

medium360

score1308

Contributions

Type

September 2026

Sep 29 Tue · 19:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to EDD checkboxes reset on save; Turnstile missing on EDD login block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Please try updating to the latest version (1.44.0) and this should now be fixed.…

Sep 29 Tue · 19:28

Forums med

Posted a reply to WooCommerce checkout missing-input-response on 1.43.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Please try updating to the latest version (1.44.0) and this should now be fixed.…

Sep 29 Tue · 12:08

Plugins high

Committed [3718985] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 29 Tue · 12:06

Plugins high

Committed [3718984] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 29 Tue · 12:03

Plugins high

Committed [3718978] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 29 Tue · 12:00

Plugins high

Committed [3718970] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 25 Fri · 13:02

Forums med

Posted a reply to WP Charitable compatibility?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not supported currently, however I will consider it in the future. Thanks for…

Sep 25 Fri · 13:02

Forums med

Posted a reply to PIs add Calculated Fields Form support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is not supported currently, however I will consider it in the future. Thanks for…

Sep 25 Fri · 12:56

Forums med

Posted a reply to Can help to stop bot traffic from China & Singapore ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Pravin, This plugin only protects forms like login, comments and checkout. It doesn't challenge…

Sep 25 Fri · 12:50

Forums med

Posted a reply to Compatibility issue with FluentAuth passkeys, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the details. I am looking to add a fix/support for FluentAuth passkeys…