John Blackbourn
- Member Since: December 7th, 2005
- Norwich, Norfolk, UK
- johnblackbourn.com
- Senior WordPress Engineer at Human Made Ltd
- @johnbillion on WordPress.org and Slack
- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Meta Contributor
- Translation Contributor
- WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer
Bio/Description
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Posted a reply to "When switching 502 Error", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
* Can you take a look in your server logs for the actual error message?…2 days ago
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Closed ticket #34401, in Core Trac:
Search mechanisms complaning of access denied error on ...5 days ago
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Committed [37210] to Core Trac:
Add noindexing to the default `wp_die()` handler to avoid unnecessary ...5 days ago
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Committed [37209] to Core Trac:
Docs: Clarify possible types passed to the `themes_api_result` filter. ...5 days ago
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Posted a reply to "Monitoring Theme Customizer", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Excellent timing! This isn't in the stable version yet, but if you use the develop…2 weeks ago
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Closed ticket #36413, in Core Trac:
Two missing capabilities in the roles and caps unit tests2 weeks ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2016 coming up on June 24th
2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "Add PHP Cron Missing", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
It depends how it's being disabled, but yes that should fix it. Let me know…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "Add PHP Cron Missing", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for the message. Is file editing disabled on the site? ie. can you use…2 weeks ago
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Committed [37158] to Core Trac:
Comments: Wrap the formatted comment text on the comment moderation screen ...2 weeks ago
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Committed [37157] to Core Trac:
Role/Capability: Add `create_sites` and `delete_sites` to the list of ...2 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #36413, in Core Trac:
Two missing capabilities in the roles and caps unit tests2 weeks ago
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Reopened ticket #34133, in Core Trac:
Improve the Moderate Comment screen3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "Errors in debug mode", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I've installed the plugin but I'm not seeing any notices in the AJAX responses. I'm…3 weeks ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 4.5 Field Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The Developer Reference has this information (see the "New & Updated in WordPress 4.4" section),…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "Errors in debug mode", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks! These notices are being caused by QM not being able to determine the component…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "DISABLE_WP_CRON intentionally set to 'true'", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for the feedback! I'm not so sure that hiding it is a good idea.…3 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #36362, in Core Trac:
check_ajax_referer() does not send a 403 response code upon failure3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380603] to Plugins Trac:
Update tested up to version.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380602] to Plugins Trac:
Banner images.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380482] to Plugins Trac:
Update the tested up to version.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380480] to Plugins Trac:
Update the tested up to version.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380468] to Plugins Trac:
RTL banners.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380464] to Plugins Trac:
Version 1.5.1.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380461] to Plugins Trac:
Banner images.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380435] to Plugins Trac:
Updated screenshot.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380426] to Plugins Trac:
Optimised screenshots.3 weeks ago
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Committed [1380425] to Plugins Trac:
Updated screenshots.3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to "Duplicate query showing in DB Query", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I managed to reproduce this on a site of mine where category permalinks do not…4 weeks ago
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Created a topic, PHP warning with WordPress trunk, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "How to trace query", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Is it an action that occurs before a redirect? If so, QM currently doesn't expose…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "UI for filtering events list by context", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for the reply Pär - you're right! This is exactly what I wanted. I…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Switch To redirects to login screen", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
User Switching has full support for HTTPS, and its cookies shouldn't affect the behaviour of…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "WooCommerce Issue", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
This isn't something that user Switching can do anything about. WooCommerce stores its shopping cart…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "PHP 7 Error", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks. On which screen or URL do you see this error? Does it appear more…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "UI for filtering events list by context", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
I guess I should add that the freeform text search in Simple History is sufficient…1 month ago
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Created a topic, UI for filtering events list by context, on the site WordPress Support Forums
1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Too Much Resources", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
@colomet How many times did you run P3? It's notorious for being very unreliable unless…1 month ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Torino 2016 coming up on April 1st
1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "AJAX debugging", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi, AJAX debugging is currently only exposed via headers added to the AJAX response. Take…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Show specific data of logged user", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Nope, this plugin is a debugging plugin for developers and really isn't meant for anything…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Trying to disable Query Monitor on Multisite...", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
What do the errors say? I can assure you that QM is not causing the…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Trying to disable Query Monitor on Multisite...", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
QM only uses hooks and filters in WordPress to output debugging information that it collects…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Trying to disable Query Monitor on Multisite...", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hey Richard, What are the errors that appear on the front end? When QM is…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Duplicate query showing in DB Query", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Hi! Can you copy and paste the full Caller list for both these calls? It…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to "Feature switch_to_user filter", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you find the plugin useful! 1) This is already possible…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to "Disable PHP-error-display-hijacking?", on the site WordPress Support Forums:
There's no built-in way to disable this functionality in QM, because unfortunately it has to…2 months ago
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