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

1 badge

Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

1 badge

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

109contributions

high68

medium41

score245

Last 90 days

174contributions

high100

medium74

score374

Last 12 months

681contributions

high319

medium362

score1319

Contributions

Type

October 2026

Oct 03 Sat · 22:23

Plugins high

Committed [3726792] to Plugins SVN:
8.6.0

Oct 01 Thu · 15:35

Plugins high

Committed [3723415] to Plugins SVN:
8.6.0

September 2026

Sep 30 Wed · 16:18

Forums med

Posted a reply to Reward Spend Discount Incorrect with tax, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the message. The points discount is added to the cart as a negative…

Sep 30 Wed · 15:09

Forums med

Created a topic, Simple Store Credit: PRO Users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, If you purchased the Simple Store Credit PRO plug…

Sep 30 Wed · 11:58

Plugins high

Committed [3721153] to Plugins SVN:
2.3.0

Sep 29 Tue · 19:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to EDD checkboxes reset on save; Turnstile missing on EDD login block, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Please try updating to the latest version (1.44.0) and this should now be fixed.…

Sep 29 Tue · 19:28

Forums med

Posted a reply to WooCommerce checkout missing-input-response on 1.43.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Please try updating to the latest version (1.44.0) and this should now be fixed.…

Sep 29 Tue · 12:08

Plugins high

Committed [3718985] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 29 Tue · 12:06

Plugins high

Committed [3718984] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0

Sep 29 Tue · 12:03

Plugins high

Committed [3718978] to Plugins SVN:
1.44.0