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Iain Poulson

Senior Product Manager at WP Engine

@polevaultweb Bournemouth, UK joined Jan 2012

polevaultweb.com github.com/polevaultweb Slack: @polevaultweb

    Bio

    I’m a WordPress developer based on the south coast of England. I develop plugins like Intagrate and WP User Manager. I also run WP App Store for deals on WordPress plugins, themes and hosting.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Plugin Developer
    COMMUNITY
    1 badge
    Meetup Organizer '18
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Senior Product Manager
    Present
    WP Engine

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    3contributions
    high1
    medium2
    score5
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high1
    medium4
    score7
    Last 12 months
    8contributions
    high2
    medium6
    score12

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 7 releases
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 15 Wed · 11:42
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Custom fields in default search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    @jacejace Hi, ​Iain here, the product manager for ACF over at WP Engine 👋 As…
    June 2026
    Jun 25 Thu · 14:34
    Plugins high
    Committed [3586281] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating WP tested up to version
    Jun 25 Thu · 10:43
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Form php files updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @stinsonpilot , Thanks for the question! WP User Manager supports template overrides via your…
    May 2026
    May 26 Tue · 15:01
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to WordPress 7.0 Styling, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @3yq9nfgnvh Thanks for reporting this! We're aware of the issue and have it tracked…
    April 2026
    Apr 25 Sat · 07:21
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Good But Tricky, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @lizahamid, thanks for the feedback! We're always looking to improve the onboarding experience for…
    February 2026
    Feb 26 Thu · 18:00
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to User Rose disabled into profile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This has been fixed in v2.9.15 just released.
    December 2025
    Dec 23 Tue · 09:07
    Plugins high
    Committed [3425995] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating WP tested up to version
    November 2025
    Nov 05 Wed · 12:20
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Punished for not renewing my subscription, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @gerald2023, ​Iain here, the product manager for ACF over at WP Engine 👋 If…
    July 2025
    Jul 05 Sat · 10:33
    Plugins high
    Committed [3322662] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating WP tested up to version
    May 2025
    May 13 Tue · 10:32
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Advanced Custom Fields related querry, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi @zoe20, please reach out to our support team via https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/contact/ to get help with…