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Jono Alderson

Technical SEO consultant at Independent

@jonoaldersonwp joined Mar 2018

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    Bio

    Jono Alderson is an award-winning SEO consultant. He helps brands to compete on technical SEO, performance, and structured data.

    He’s worked with startups, agencies, and enterprise brands to turbo-charge websites, implement growth strategies, prepare for the future, and win markets.

    Jono is happiest when neck-deep in code, presenting on stage, sightseeing, or reading a good book.

    Badges

    CODE
    5 badges
    Core Contributor '19 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Meta Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Marketing Contributor '19
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    WordCamp Speaker '18

    Current Job

    Technical SEO consultant
    Present
    Independent

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    4contributions
    high4
    medium0
    score12
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high4
    medium1
    score13
    Last 12 months
    9contributions
    high8
    medium1
    score25

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 11 releases
    • 6.9
    • 6.4
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 10 Sat · 11:48
    Plugins high
    Committed [3738013] to Plugins SVN:
    Plugin description tweaks
    Oct 10 Sat · 11:37
    Plugins high
    Committed [3737994] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix desc
    Oct 10 Sat · 11:21
    Plugins high
    Committed [3737949] to Plugins SVN:
    Fix tested up to version
    Oct 10 Sat · 11:15
    Plugins high
    Committed [3737940] to Plugins SVN:
    V6.0
    August 2026
    Aug 18 Tue · 15:13
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility-ready Theme Reviews: Extending the Deadline, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    It's well-documented that the code of conduct (and similar) don't apply to Matt, on Matt's…
    June 2026
    Jun 08 Mon · 14:12
    Meta med
    Reopened ticket #5190 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin images/screenshots should be lazy-loaded
    Jun 04 Thu · 13:55
    Core med
    Created ticket #65411 on Core Trac:
    Don’t let ?s= override singular URLs
    Jun 04 Thu · 12:34
    Core med
    Created ticket #65407 on Core Trac:
    Proposal: Add support for the No-Vary-Search HTTP response header
    December 2025
    Dec 16 Tue · 17:38
    Plugins high
    Committed [3421311] to Plugins SVN:
    well-known-file-manager/tags/1.4.10Disable webfinger endpoints when the WebFinger plugin is active
    October 2025
    Oct 22 Wed · 08:06
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Great UX/UI but not working on WordPress.com, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ack, that's frustrating. Sorry, I'll make that clearer in the docs!

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Contributor

    1 plugin