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Jono Alderson

Technical SEO consultant at Independent

@jonoaldersonwp joined Mar 2018

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    Bio

    Jono Alderson is an award-winning SEO consultant. He helps brands to compete on technical SEO, performance, and structured data.

    He’s worked with startups, agencies, and enterprise brands to turbo-charge websites, implement growth strategies, prepare for the future, and win markets.

    Jono is happiest when neck-deep in code, presenting on stage, sightseeing, or reading a good book.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '19 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Meta Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
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    Marketing Contributor '19
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '18

    Current Job

    Technical SEO consultant
    Present
    Independent

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.4
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 08 Mon · 14:12
    Meta med
    Reopened ticket #5190 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin images/screenshots should be lazy-loaded
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:55
    Core med
    Created ticket #65411 on Core Trac:
    Don’t let ?s= override singular URLs
    Jun 04 Thu · 12:34
    Core med
    Created ticket #65407 on Core Trac:
    Proposal: Add support for the No-Vary-Search HTTP response header
    December 2025
    Dec 16 Tue · 17:38
    Plugins high
    Committed [3421311] to Plugins SVN:
    well-known-file-manager/tags/1.4.10Disable webfinger endpoints when the WebFinger plugin is active
    October 2025
    Oct 22 Wed · 08:06
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Great UX/UI but not working on WordPress.com, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ack, that's frustrating. Sorry, I'll make that clearer in the docs!
    Oct 22 Wed · 07:44
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Great UX/UI but not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Sorry to hear that! Some hosting environments might not support/allow writing to files in the…
    Oct 21 Tue · 08:45
    Core high
    Mentioned in [61013] on WordPress SVN:
    Script Loader: Increase `styles_inline_size_limit` from 20K to 50K.
    Oct 15 Wed · 17:12
    Core high
    Mentioned in [60936] on WordPress SVN:
    General: Introduce output buffering for template enhancements.
    Oct 07 Tue · 07:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Won’t save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello! I'm afraid that I can't recreate this on a clean installation. With a fresh…
    Oct 02 Thu · 14:33
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Won’t save, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Interesting! I'll do some debugging this weekend, and see if I can spot anything. Leave…

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin