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Matt Lowe

Director, Web Developer at Squelch Design

@squelch Newbury, Berkshire joined Feb 2013

squelchdesign.com github.com/squelchdesign Slack: @Matt Lowe
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    Bio

    Matt is the director of Squelch Design, a small but fast growing web design and development agency in Newbury, West Berkshire.

    I’ve been writing code since the early 90s, starting out on a BBC Microcomputer. I started getting interested in the web around 1998 and built my first ever (awful) website shortly after. In the early 2000s I worked for a while for a college in Nottingham and built them a web app that allowed personal tutors and course tutors to keep in touch regarding students’ performances on various courses.

    I studied computer science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth before moving to Newbury. I worked as a web developer for various companies before deciding to form my own company.

    Interests

    AI, programming, web design, web development, beer.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I started using WordPress around 2011/2012 as part of setting up my own business. I also experimented with a number of other CMSes at that time but soon realised that WordPress was the only option I could feasibly sell to my customers and, eventually, I made it the company’s specialism. Since then I’ve written 2 plugins that are in the directory (and I plan to release more when I find time) and put live hundreds of WordPress websites. I plan to put live hundreds more. I’ve trained countless people in using WordPress and I’ve trained a number of interns and apprentices to design and develop websites using WordPress.

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    Current Job

    Director, Web Developer
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    Squelch Design

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    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    Contributions

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    December 2025
    Dec 12 Fri · 09:30
    Forums med
    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…
    November 2025
    Nov 21 Fri · 17:45
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    Posted a reply to Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello?
    Nov 03 Mon · 16:35
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    Created a topic, Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hello. Has this plugin been abandoned? It's not been u…
    October 2025
    Oct 20 Mon · 13:36
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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 Please read the entirety of my original message, in particular from: Where it…
    Oct 03 Fri · 12:47
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    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…
    Oct 03 Fri · 10:26
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    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…
    Oct 03 Fri · 10:11
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    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…
    Oct 02 Thu · 09:14
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    Posted a reply to CVE-2025-60098, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks.
    Oct 01 Wed · 19:12
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    Created a topic, CVE-2025-60098, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Jeff, Can you please confirm that CVE-2025-60098…
    Oct 01 Wed · 10:51
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    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…

    Developer

    Plugins

    English (UK) Translation Contributor - #en_GB

    WordPress for iOS, Learn WordPress, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), All-in-One WP Migration and Backup, Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter), Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection, Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More, Contact Form 7, CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7, Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More, Enable jQuery Migrate Helper, Enable Media Replace, Flamingo, Gutenberg, MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress, Metricool, Shipping Live Rates for Royal Mail for WooCommerce, We’re Open!, PayPal Payment for WooCommerce, Redirection, Rotating Tweets (Twitter widget and shortcode), Simple Local Avatars, Page Builder by SiteOrigin, Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes, Storefront Product Pagination, Proxy Cache Purge, Widgets on Pages, WooCommerce, WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway, WooSidebars, Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security, WordPress Importer, Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI, WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin, WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner, Ascend, and Storefront