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

15contributions

high2

medium13

score19

Last 90 days

116contributions

high40

medium76

score196

Last 12 months

620contributions

high262

medium358

score1144

Contributions

Type

August 2026

Aug 31 Mon · 13:00

Plugins high

Committed [3674261] to Plugins SVN:
8.2.0

Aug 31 Mon · 12:50

Plugins high

Committed [3674239] to Plugins SVN:
8.2.0

Aug 28 Fri · 15:27

Forums med

Posted a reply to Wrong Affiliate Application Email Sent When Adding Coupon to Existing Affiliate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the feedback. This makes sense and I will implement a solution for…

Aug 28 Fri · 12:22

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Posted a reply to Turnstile not working in Comments form (1.42.1), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details. It seems to be working fine on my end, however I…

Aug 28 Fri · 12:10

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Posted a reply to Turnstile not showing on /wc-auth/xxx, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details. I will take a look into fixing this in the next…

Aug 26 Wed · 16:20

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Posted a reply to Custom affiliate registration field values are not saved to the affiliate user p, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the details. This is not expected behavior. I am taking a look…

Aug 25 Tue · 15:10

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Posted a reply to just set up a simple coupon without affiliate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Good spot, these options should be available in the free version, I will fix…

Aug 25 Tue · 01:57

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Posted a reply to Deleted Coupon Conflict, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for confirming. I am taking a look into this and plan to implement a…

Aug 24 Mon · 20:51

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Posted a reply to just set up a simple coupon without affiliate, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, These options are available at the bottom of the "Commission" settings tab to…

Aug 21 Fri · 18:40

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Posted a reply to Don’t work anything, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details! I am taking a look into fixing this in the next…