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Iain Poulson

Senior Product Manager at WP Engine

@polevaultweb Bournemouth, UK joined Jan 2012

polevaultweb.com github.com/polevaultweb Slack: @polevaultweb

    Bio

    I’m a WordPress developer based on the south coast of England. I develop plugins like Intagrate and WP User Manager. I also run WP App Store for deals on WordPress plugins, themes and hosting.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    Meetup Organizer '18
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Senior Product Manager
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    12contributions
    high6
    medium6
    score24
    Last 90 days
    14contributions
    high6
    medium8
    score26
    Last 12 months
    22contributions
    high8
    medium14
    score38

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 7 releases
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 12 Mon · 09:14
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Adoption – Smart User Slug Hider, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @petersplugins, I'm Iain Poulson. I run FlipWP a…
    Oct 06 Tue · 21:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3731574] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.3 from GitHub
    Oct 06 Tue · 08:09
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Please fix: PHP session never closed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @airflo, Following up: this is fixed in version 1.1.14, released today. The plugin no…
    Oct 04 Sun · 20:45
    Plugins high
    Committed [3727801] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.2 from GitHub
    Oct 01 Thu · 20:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3723826] to Plugins SVN:
    Readme: listing text
    September 2026
    Sep 29 Tue · 21:05
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to How to circumvent the forced redirect on an individual basis, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi, Thanks for the clear description. You can keep the site lock on and exempt…
    Sep 22 Tue · 21:35
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Security Vulnerability Premmerce Permalink Manager for WooCommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @hassan024, @janhenrydesign and @danielbmxd, Following up to close this out. The vulnerability reported by…
    Sep 22 Tue · 21:32
    Plugins high
    Committed [3708132] to Plugins SVN:
    Update <a class="wiki" href="http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> tested up to version 7.1
    Sep 22 Tue · 21:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Freemius XSS alert (Wordfence), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @danielbmxd, To answer your questions here for anyone else who finds this thread: Versions…
    Sep 22 Tue · 11:14
    Plugins high
    Committed [3707147] to Plugins SVN:
    Update to version 1.4.1 from GitHub