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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Posted a reply to wordpress update compatible issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Soon! Query Monitor works fine with WordPress 5.8, I just never got around to updating…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to What is the meaning of “Zend OPcache can’t be temporary enabled”?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't think this is related to Query Monitor. If you check your PHP errors…

2 days ago
Closed ticket #54569 on Core Trac:
Test Cookie / Session Fixation

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Switch to a User AND back to Admin on the frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok then the answer is no, User Switching only adds links to the admin toolbar,…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Memcached extension for PHP is installed but is not in use by WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should install a plugin which allows WordPress to use the Memcached object cache, most…

3 days ago
Pull request #312 merged into wp-cli/entity-command:
Correct the home URL when listing sites

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Switch to a User AND back to Admin on the frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep. If you hover over the "Edit User" menu in the admin toolbar when you're…

3 days ago
Submitted pull request #1995 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add assertions that test the tests.

3 days ago
Closed pull request #1881 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
make remove_filter param more inclusive

4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Plugins: Correct the documented allowable types for to the `$callback`...

4 days ago
Closed ticket #54440 on Core Trac:
Make remove_filter param type more inclusive

4 days ago
Committed [52300] to Core SVN:
Plugins: Correct the documented allowable types for to the `$callback` ...

4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Various docblock corrections.

4 days ago
Committed [52299] to Core SVN:
Docs: Various docblock corrections. See #53399

4 days ago
Closed pull request #1960 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
50225 Taxonomy: Check $term object ahead of using it in get_term_feed_link()

4 days ago
Closed issue #36930 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Event Countdown Block

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks ago
Pull request #36793 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Various inline docblock corrections

2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #36793 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Various inline docblock corrections

2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Docs: Various docblock corrections and improvements.

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

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

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

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

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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.

2 weeks ago
Committed [2633749] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.12.0 from GitHub

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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 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
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
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…

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

3 weeks ago