Matt Lowe (@squelch) – WordPress user profile

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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Translation Contributor '17

Current Job

Director, Web Developer

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Squelch Design

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December 2025

Dec 12 Fri · 09:30

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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…

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…