John Blackbourn

John brings a deep technical knowledge of WordPress and a lot of experience applying that to the 'real world' of client projects. From his long history of WordPress contributions (https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion/), his leadership of the WordPress 4.1 release (https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/09/27/john-blackbourn-is-leading-wordpress-4-1-and-announcing-new-committers/), to the pivotal role he played at long time frenemies Code For The People (http://codeforthepeople.com/), to the experience gained with our friends and partners at WordPress VIP (https://wpvip.com/); John's experience helps Human Made plan, organise, migrate, secure, and deliver large scale, highly performant websites on our Altis platform.

Articles

  • How a WordPress Security Release Happens, From Report to Patch

    How a WordPress Security Release Happens, From Report to Patch

    Most site owners only see one part of the process that results in a new version of WordPress being released that fixes a security vulnerability: a dashboard notification that reads “An updated version of WordPress is available”. That’s intentional, the software is built to “just work”. Everything before that notification happens behind the scenes, often…

Case Studies

  • Stellar open source collaboration: NASA x Lone Rock Point x HM

    Stellar open source collaboration: NASA x Lone Rock Point x HM

    Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Case study Stellar open source collaboration: NASA x Lone Rock Point x HM NASA’s CMS replatforming offered the perfect opportunity for Lone Rock Point to harness Human Made’s open source technology Industry Government, Publishing Services Open Source, Plugin Humans John Blackbourn Rob O’Rourke…

  • Wüest Partner: e-commerce & top-tier UX

    Wüest Partner: e-commerce & top-tier UX

    Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Case study Wüest Partner: e-commerce & top-tier UX Developing e-commerce capabilities and a top-tier user experience for Wüest Partner’s customers and internal editorial teams. Industry Real Estate Services Development, Cloud Hosting Humans John Blackbourn Rufaro Madamombe Diana Dvorska Matt Watson Industry Real Estate Services…

  • Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress

    Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress

    Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Case study Migrating Siemens from AEM to WordPress Delivering improved editorial workflows, multilingual support and an events platform. Industry Technology, Publishing Services Bespoke Development, Consultancy & Strategy Humans John Blackbourn Gemma Plank Nathaniel Taintor Tom Nowell Matthew Haines-Young Shadi Sharaf Industry Technology, Publishing…

  • A Drupal to WordPress migration for Capgemini

    A Drupal to WordPress migration for Capgemini

    Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Home » Archives for John Blackbourn Case study A Drupal to WordPress migration for Capgemini We migrated Capgemini from Drupal to WordPress, and helped embed a new culture of creation along the way. Industry Publishing, Technology Services Bespoke Development, Consultancy & Strategy Humans John Blackbourn Rob O’Rourke Jenny Beaumont…