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Tom Cafferkey

Software Engineer at Automattic

@tomjcafferkey Manchester, UK. joined Sep 2020

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    Bio

    Maker, fixer, learner.

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    Software Engineer
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    Automattic

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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 4 releases
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4

    Contributions

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    August 2026
    Aug 11 Tue · 18:37
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Simple and intuitive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Does exactly what you'd expect installing a block like…
    May 2025
    May 06 Tue · 15:26
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    Created a topic, Fatal Error in BlockPatterns.php class: Immediate action required, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Some WooCommerce stores are experiencing fatal errors.…
    May 01 Thu · 14:18
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    Posted a reply to Critical Error in ActionScheduler_DBStore.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    We are already aware of this issue and released a fix in 9.8.3 yesterday. I…
    February 2025
    Feb 10 Mon · 15:54
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    Posted a reply to Variable Products sometimes “out of stock” after being ordered, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    For those still experiencing this issue with variable products going out of stock when they…
    December 2024
    Dec 13 Fri · 09:48
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @telesante I have merged the PR above which should be released in WooCommerce 9.6 on…
    Dec 12 Thu · 15:45
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yeah that will be the cause. What is happening is that we are: Scheduling a…
    Dec 12 Thu · 14:22
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @telesante I have proposed a change to improve the log warnings to only happen once…
    Dec 12 Thu · 10:30
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @telesante could you possibly conduct this conflict test on a staging site, not your live…
    Dec 12 Thu · 09:39
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I suspect you're getting this error because there is a plugin conflict. I notice in…
    Dec 11 Wed · 14:25
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    Posted a reply to PTK Pattern Store, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @telesante can you click "Edit" on the transient in Transient Manager and paste the full…