John Blackbourn
@johnbillion on WordPress.org and Slack
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- Member Since: December 7th, 2005
- Location: Norwich, UK; and Torino, Italy
- Website: johnblackbourn.com
- GitHub: johnbillion
- Employer: Human Made Ltd
Contribution History
John Blackbourn’s badges:- Accessibility Contributor
- bbPress Contributor
- BuddyPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Security Contributor
- Security Team
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Closed issue #207 on the WordPress/wpdev-docker-images repository:
Remove Poutine & Octoscan -
Merged pull request #208 into WordPress/wpdev-docker-images:
Remove Octoscan and Poutine from workflow linting -
Posted a reply to The transparent background color of the QM window, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report. Can you send a screenshot please? And can you try switching… -
Pull request #2471 merged into WordPress/performance:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #892 merged into WordPress/two-factor:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #179 merged into WordPress/mcp-adapter:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #404 merged into WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #235 merged into WordPress/php-ai-client:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #3628 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #179 to WordPress/mcp-adapter:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #892 to WordPress/two-factor:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #2471 to WordPress/performance:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #3444 merged into WordPress/Learn:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #686 merged into WordPress/wporg-main-2022:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #404 to WordPress/sqlite-database-integration:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #3444 to WordPress/Learn:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #235 to WordPress/php-ai-client:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Submitted pull request #686 to WordPress/wporg-main-2022:
GitHub Actions workflow updates -
Pull request #245 merged into WordPress/props-bot-action:
Clarify the required permissions for the GitHub token -
Submitted pull request #11808 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Tweaks to the "Commit Built File Changes" workflow -
Committed [3528147] to Plugins SVN:
Asset updates. -
Mentioned in [62330] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Remove `gutenberg:verify` script on `postinstall`. -
Mentioned in [62321] on WordPress SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Remove `gutenberg:verify` script on `postinstall`. -
Mentioned in [62319] on WordPress SVN:
Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector. -
Mentioned in [62310] on WordPress SVN:
Connectors: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector. -
Mentioned in [62308] on WordPress SVN:
Connectors: Partial backport of [62210]. -
Closed ticket #64083 on Core Trac:
Trim the GitHub Actions workflows for older branches (and possibly `trunk`) -
Submitted pull request #161 to WordPress/wpcs-docs:
Harden the GitHub Actions workflow -
Submitted pull request #245 to WordPress/props-bot-action:
Clarify the required permissions for the GitHub token -
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
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Submitted pull request #1048 to WordPress/Requests:
Tighten up the GitHub Actions workflow permissions -
Submitted pull request #159 to WordPress/wpcs-docs:
Introduce the GitHub Actions Workflow Standards page -
Posted a reply to wpcrontrol behavior and security, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Plugin deactivation is covered here: https://wp-crontrol.com/docs/deactivation/ The reports about direct file access and missing nonces… -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does this definitely only occur when Query Monitor is active? That's an error from RevSliderAdmin. -
Posted a reply to The error message should be (force) wrap., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll take a look at both of those issues. -
Posted a reply to what does gap like this mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That means there's PHP processing happening that Query Monitor hasn't got visibility into. It looks… -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Use the exact tag name in version number... -
Committed [62254] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Use the exact tag name in version number comments ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Remove unnecessary use of GitHub Actions expressions for... -
Committed [62253] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Remove unnecessary use of GitHub Actions expressions ... -
Closed pull request #9767 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add more workflow file linting with Zizmor -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Update Actionlint to the latest version. -
Committed [62252] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Update Actionlint to the latest version. See #64227 -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Address some issues in GitHub Actions workflow files... -
Committed [62251] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Address some issues in GitHub Actions workflow files ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Build/Test Tools: Add more workflow file linting with Zizmor. -
Committed [62250] to Core SVN:
Build/Test Tools: Add more workflow file linting with Zizmor. This ... -
Wrote a new handbook page, GitHub Actions Workflow Standards, on the site WordPress Developer Resources:
GitHub Actions workflows operate in a highly privileged software supply chain environment. Workflows can access… -
Submitted pull request #11618 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Switch to PCOV for the coverage report runner -
Posted a reply to Can’t open overview in frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A few people have been asking about a browser dev tools version of Query Monitor.…
Developer
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Query Monitor
Active Installs: 200,000+
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User Switching
Active Installs: 200,000+
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WP Crontrol
Active Installs: 300,000+
Contributor
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Airplane Mode
Active Installs: 50+
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C3 Cloudfront Cache Controller
Active Installs: 3,000+
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HM Content TOC
Active Installs: 10+
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Login as User
Active Installs: 30,000+
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Sched Event Management Software
Active Installs: 200+
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Two Factor
Active Installs: 100,000+
Plugins
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Airplane Mode
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Google Authenticator
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HTTPS Mixed Content Detector
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Keyring
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Members - Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
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Multiple Post Thumbnails
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Posts 2 Posts
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Query Monitor
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Redis Object Cache
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Rewrite Rule Testing
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Rewrite Rules Inspector
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RTL Tester
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Transients Manager
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User Switching
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WP Crontrol

