Matt Lowe
@squelch on WordPress.org, @Matt Lowe on Slack
Bio
Interests
WordPress Origin Story
- Member Since: February 18th, 2013
- Location: Newbury, Berkshire
- Website: squelchdesign.com
- GitHub: squelchdesign
- Job Title: Director, Web Developer
- Employer: Squelch Design
Contribution History
Matt Lowe’s badges:- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to Field report: honeypots being thwarted by bots with ease, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @usamaazad99 Apologies for the slow reply, this is my busiest time of year and… -
Posted a reply to Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello? -
Created a topic, Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello. Has this plugin been abandoned? It's not been u… -
Posted a reply to Field report: honeypots being thwarted by bots with ease, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @usamaazad99 Please read the entirety of my original message, in particular from: Where it… -
Posted a reply to BLIK is enabled – it requires store currency to be set to PLN + other methods, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you (or your clients) access your Stripe dashboard and manage the list of accepted… -
Posted a reply to BLIK is enabled – it requires store currency to be set to PLN + other methods, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For reference here is the site's woocommerce_stripe_settings option (with sensitive information removed, obviously): $ wp-cli… -
Posted a reply to BLIK is enabled – it requires store currency to be set to PLN + other methods, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I tested this on my own site but wasn’t able to replicate the problem. Since… -
Posted a reply to CVE-2025-60098, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks. -
Created a topic, CVE-2025-60098, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jeff, Can you please confirm that CVE-2025-60098… -
Created a topic, BLIK is enabled – it requires store currency to be set to PLN + other methods, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Version 9.9.2 of the plugin is enabling payment method… -
Created a topic, Field report: honeypots being thwarted by bots with ease, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A note to over-zealous WordPress forum moderators: the… -
Posted a reply to PHP compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
7.0 should not really be used anymore (yes, I know it’s not always that simple).… -
Created a topic, PHP compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, The plugin is marked as requiring PHP 7.0+ but … -
Posted a reply to Payment_total_type throwing json warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mia, we didn’t remove your post because we can’t do that Yes, I realised… -
Created a topic, Payment_total_type throwing json warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We are not using payments in our form, but we’re runni… -
Translated 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Posted a reply to Hijacks admin interface, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I emailed support yesterday. No response. Exceptionally poor service. -
Created a topic, Hijacks admin interface, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Every time I switch from front end to admin it redirec… -
Posted a reply to WooCommerce database upgrades, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@pierrelannoy Yeah I'd come to the same conclusion. I did use the Redis cache for… -
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
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Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Committed [3114199] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging release 0.4.9 -
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Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The point is that WooCommerce needs to clear the object cache as part of its… -
Posted a reply to Cant Dismiss “An important update is required for WooCommerce”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To everyone having this issue, if you have an object cache plugin installed (as per… -
Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I'm reopening this thread because I had the exact same issue again today. However… -
Created a topic, WooCommerce database upgrades, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been having endless problems with WooCommerce upg… -
Posted a reply to WF 2FA is completely broken — use at your own risk, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's a security plugin. Its job is to enhance a site's overall security. If it's… -
Created a topic, WF 2FA is completely broken — use at your own risk, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Our SEO manager's company network was recently hacked … -
Translated 7 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Posted a reply to Cant Dismiss “An important update is required for WooCommerce”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Same issue here. "An important update is required for WooCommerce "An important security update for… -
Translated 5 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Created a topic, Used to be good, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
…Now it won't even correctly verify the installation. … -
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Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Also, mysteriously, I've just visited the customer's website to see if I could maybe anonymise… -
Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @doublezed2, Thanks for getting back to me. I can't share the SSR in any… -
Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Having said all that I've just found that the update nag doesn't seem to be… -
Posted a reply to Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @anastas10s, Thanks for the reply but I don't think the two things are linked.… -
Created a topic, Neverending database updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
On a customer's website I have upgraded to WooCommerce… -
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Developer
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Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes
Active Installs: 1,000+
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Squelch Unspam
Active Installs: 50+