Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP (@elliotvs) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m Elliot Sowersby. A WordPress Plugin Developer from Bridlington in Yorkshire, UK.

I started using WordPress in 2009, became a full-time developer in 2016, and founded RelyWP in 2019. Since then I have worked with hundreds of businesses to build, maintain and host their websites.

In more recent years my primary focus has been developing WordPress plugins, which have 145,000+ active installs combined.

Visit RelyWP here: https://www.relywp.com

WordPress Origin Story

I started using WordPress in late 2009 to run competitive gaming tournaments. Lacking funds for a custom site, I taught myself PHP to build my own tournament management system, which started my web development journey.

In 2016, I graduated from Hull University with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. I had started freelancing during my final year, which quickly transitioned into a full-time career building and maintaining WordPress sites for hundreds of global companies.

In 2019, I transitioned from a sole-trader to a limited company, launching RelyWP. By 2022, my focus began shifting toward WordPress plugin development following the success of projects like Coupon Affiliates.

Since 2025, plugin development has become my sole focus, and I have phased out new client services entirely. Moving forward, I aim to continue improving my existing plugins, providing high-quality support, and potentially creating new solutions in the future.

Badges

CODE

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Plugin Developer

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

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Translation Contributor '22

Current Job

WordPress Developer

Present

RelyWP · Full-time

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

55contributions

high10

medium45

score75

Last 90 days

160contributions

high51

medium109

score262

Last 12 months

662contributions

high278

medium384

score1218

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 11 Sat · 18:18

Forums med

Posted a reply to IP Whitelist failing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, This is most likely happening because the IP isn't actually static/constant. - Dual-stack (IPv4…

Jul 11 Sat · 18:13

Forums med

Posted a reply to Fluent auth + double verification doesn’t work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details. I am looking to fix this in the next update.

Jul 09 Thu · 17:03

Plugins high

Committed [3601788] to Plugins SVN:
8.0.0

Jul 09 Thu · 16:53

Plugins high

Committed [3601773] to Plugins SVN:
8.0.0

Jul 04 Sat · 19:34

Forums med

Posted a reply to Remove someone’s already paid commission, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Since this is a PRO-related issue please could you contact us via this form…

Jul 04 Sat · 00:06

Forums med

Posted a reply to Issue with Wordfence 2FA after 1.41 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details. I was not able to replicate this last time I checked,…

Jul 03 Fri · 18:41

Forums med

Posted a reply to Award point bonus for birthday error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the message. My initial though is that this is related to timezone…

Jul 02 Thu · 20:53

Plugins high

Committed [3594526] to Plugins SVN:
2.0.0

Jul 02 Thu · 20:29

Plugins high

Committed [3594511] to Plugins SVN:
2.0.0

Jul 02 Thu · 19:58

Forums med

Posted a reply to Copy link button error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the details. This seems to work fine for me after testing to make…