John Blackbourn
Human Made Ltd
@johnbillion Norwich, UK; and Torino, Italy joined Dec 2005
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Translation Contributor
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Recent impact
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Last 30 days
30contributions
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score50
Last 90 days
145contributions
high75
medium70
score295
Last 12 months
838contributions
high505
medium333
score1848
Team focus
Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days
WordPress releases
Contributed to 39 releases
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Time commitment
16 hours per week of sponsored contribution time
Contributions
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July 2026
Jul 07
Tue · 23:50
Forums
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Posted a reply to The transparent background color of the QM window, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't support Chrome < 109, sorry.
I can't support Chrome < 109, sorry.
Jul 07
Tue · 23:24
Core
med
Jul 07
Tue · 23:23
Core
med
Submitted pull request #12444 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#37000 Set SameSite to Lax via a new `setcookie()` wrapper
#37000 Set SameSite to Lax via a new `setcookie()` wrapper
Jul 07
Tue · 19:44
Forums
med
Posted a reply to Slow query flagged but no clear source, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the "Caller" column in the Database Queries -> Slow Queries panel show anything?
Does the "Caller" column in the Database Queries -> Slow Queries panel show anything?
Jul 07
Tue · 19:31
high
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Making WordPress Secure.
Jul 07
Tue · 19:15
Core
med
Submitted pull request #12441 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#64896 Tighten the documented types in `WP_Hook`
#64896 Tighten the documented types in `WP_Hook`
Jul 07
Tue · 18:25
Core
med
Submitted pull request #12440 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
#64896 Correct the documentation for the `plugin` property in the `wp_get_connectors()` array
#64896 Correct the documentation for the `plugin` property in the `wp_get_connectors()` array
Jul 06
Mon · 16:38
Core
high
Jul 06
Mon · 15:40
Core
med
Jul 05
Sun · 14:20
Forums
med
Posted a reply to Summer Time changes execution time of cron jobs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is how the underlying cron system in WordPress works. Cron events are stored as…
This is how the underlying cron system in WordPress works. Cron events are stored as…
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it_IT
Italiano (Italian)
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Contributed translations to 2 projects.
nl_NL
Nederlands (Dutch)
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Contributed translations to 2 projects.
bg_BG
Български (Bulgarian)
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el
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fi
Suomi (Finnish)
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fr_FR
Français (French)
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lt_LT
Lietuvių kalba (Lithuanian)
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