John Blackbourn
Human Made Ltd
@johnbillion Norwich, UK; and Torino, Italy joined Dec 2005
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score518
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high571
medium354
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16 hours per week of sponsored contribution time
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August 2026
Aug 11
Tue · 22:54
Core
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Submitted pull request #12977 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#46744 Prevent the default role from being set to a privileged role…
#46744 Prevent the default role from being set to a privileged role…
Aug 11
Tue · 22:35
Core
med
Aug 11
Tue · 22:31
Core
med
Submitted pull request #12975 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#65817 Narrow the accepted and returned types for `esc_sql()`
#65817 Narrow the accepted and returned types for `esc_sql()`
Aug 11
Tue · 22:04
Core
med
Closed pull request #12973 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
add src/wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.min.php
add src/wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.min.php
Aug 11
Tue · 22:03
Core
med
Aug 11
Tue · 22:03
Core
high
Committed [63187] to WordPress SVN:
Editor: Update the asset hashes for files that were changed in 6.0.13.
Editor: Update the asset hashes for files that were changed in 6.0.13.
Aug 11
Tue · 20:18
Core
med
Closed pull request #12541 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#57271 Return true when the existing stored cron array value already matches…
#57271 Return true when the existing stored cron array value already matches…
Aug 11
Tue · 14:40
Core
med
Closed ticket #65736 on Core Trac:
Trim the PHPUnit test matrix to boundary PHP versions, with full ...
Trim the PHPUnit test matrix to boundary PHP versions, with full ...
Aug 11
Tue · 06:17
Core
high
Mentioned in [63176] on WordPress SVN:
Login and Registration: Clarify the "Remember Me" toggletip text.
Login and Registration: Clarify the "Remember Me" toggletip text.
Aug 11
Tue · 06:13
Core
high
Mentioned in [63175] on WordPress SVN:
Login and Registration: Clarify the "Remember Me" toggletip text.
Login and Registration: Clarify the "Remember Me" toggletip text.
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