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Simon Blackbourn

Full stack WordPress developer at Lumpy Lemon

@lumpysimon Plymouth, Devon, UK joined Oct 2005

lumpylemon.co.uk Slack: @lumpysimon

    Bio

    Founder of Lumpy Lemon: a friendly web development and design company based in Plymouth, south-west UK.

    I have over 15 years’ experience of developing with WordPress, usually with highly customised functionality for each client, and with particular experience in the healthcare sector.

    I provide full custom theme and plugin development services, high performance hosting, WordPress maintenance services, site reviews and consultancy on WordPress-related topics and website design, functionality & usability.

    I was previously co-organiser of the WordPress Exeter meetup group.

    Interests

    Walking, photographing and learning the fascinating history of Dartmoor; founding member of the Dartmoor Collective (promoting Dartmoor-based photographers and visual artists); environmental and social justice issues.

    Badges

    CODE
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    Core Contributor '22 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
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    Meetup Organizer '18
    PRACTICE
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    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Full stack WordPress developer
    Present
    Lumpy Lemon

    Recent impact

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 6.0

    Contributions

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    September 2026
    Sep 08 Tue · 07:14
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to 7.1.3 release is missing autoloader.php — fatal error on every request, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Same problem here.
    August 2026
    Aug 28 Fri · 07:51
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Gutenberg block in edit mode in content totally broken on WP 7.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you for the detailed post @polevaultweb I've tested switching our blocks to v3 and…
    Aug 25 Tue · 07:33
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to select_item event overriding button on product archive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the update. We've decided not to go for the pre-release version as we're…
    Aug 20 Thu · 08:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to select_item event overriding button on product archive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Thomas - sorry for the long delay, I've been off on holiday. Is 2.0…
    Aug 06 Thu · 14:09
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to select_item event overriding button on product archive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the detailed reply Thomas, much appreciated. Unfortunately setting the timeout to zero doesn't…
    Aug 05 Wed · 12:12
    Forums med
    Created a topic, select_item event overriding button on product archive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi We have added a button to subscription products …
    August 2025
    Aug 07 Thu · 12:47
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Turnstile widget shows twice on CheckoutWC page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Wow, that was a quick fix! Have updated and tested and all looks good now.…
    Aug 07 Thu · 11:41
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Turnstile widget shows twice on CheckoutWC page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi The Turnstile widget is showing twice on the che…
    Aug 05 Tue · 14:08
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Tab order on password form is broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thank you, I'll check the next release and confirm here if it is fixed.
    Aug 05 Tue · 09:16
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Tab order on password form is broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi On the standard wp-login.php page you can hit ta…