David Anderson
@davidanderson on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: January 2nd, 2008
- Website: updraftplus.com
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David Anderson’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Download Zip are Corrupt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the same thing happen if you download the zip file directly from your remote…3 hours ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Discount, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Unfortunately, under wordpress.org rules, we are not permitted to answer questions which do not…1 day ago
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Committed [2606231] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 9.0.102 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] S3-Generic (Compatible) Remote Storage Option Stuck on Port 443?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> “I am unclear on the implications of what you’re saying; is it that something…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] S3-Generic (Compatible) Remote Storage Option Stuck on Port 443?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> “Failed to connect to my.own.url port 9000: Connection refused)”” This message comes from PHP’s…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] FAILS Backing Up ONLY Plugin Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The three servers were, if I remember which ones I used correctly, Linodes costing $5…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] FAILS Backing Up ONLY Plugin Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your recorded performance, ms per file, is several times worse than what’s reported in that…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Small typo in settings page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you for the report. I can confirm that that one had already been…7 days ago
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Posted a reply to [WP-Optimize - Cache, Clean, Compress.] White Page on Homepage(s) and random pages on different sites (sometimes), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you get the white screen, turn on the WP_DEBUG constant in your wp-config.php file.…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to Jquery error in dashboard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These message say that your webserver is blocking access to resource files that are part…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] automatic updates not working after switching cron, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No problem! The advice is just “folk wisdom” that people who don’t really know about…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Small typo in settings page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, That message is not anything from UpdraftPlus, which has no such settings. David2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect)] Feature loss?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, it turns out that all the functions I needed of the plugin could be…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [EU/UK VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce] Frustrating even for paid customers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry for the mistake about the “2020” order – I was looking at the wrong…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [EU/UK VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce] Frustrating even for paid customers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Samuel, In accordance with https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#do-not-post-about-commercial-products, possibly this topic might get reviewed or removed, since…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect)] Feature loss?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you. And the free version still performs per-role redirects when logging in via WooCommerce…2 weeks ago
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Created a topic, [LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect)] Feature loss?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the plugin description: “This is the lite ver…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] 2FA bypass, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Honestly, that’s not possible. 2FA verification doesn’t happen in the browser, and there’s no…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Worlds best ? you must be joking, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@joegp I see that my colleague has explained how to retrieve and restore your backup.…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] automatic updates not working after switching cron, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@obertscloud > “it was recommended by speed experts to disable wp cron” This is bad…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] DB Restore Fail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mshallop Divi stores its theme templates in your database. The themes *zip* contains theme *files*,…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Gave error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @hopetolive , What was the error? Please do open a support forum topic if…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] FAILS Backing Up ONLY Plugin Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Richard, Thank you. This confirms that your server has some serious disk I/O problem…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] FAILS Backing Up ONLY Plugin Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That does seem like the sort of problem I was thinking of. How many files…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Not installed … yet backing up?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Likely (based on past experience) you have another copy of the site somewhere else.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] backup hangs, no error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Terry, Good afternoon! Please provide a link to the backup log, e.g. using pastebin.com.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] does updraft plus backup all in one backups, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I believe the ones mentioned are excluded automatically – it is mentioned under the changelog…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] I Couldn’t Find My Last Update Backup On Google Drive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Are you using a syncing app and looking at a copy of Google Drive…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Updraft Plus backup keeps failing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Uptimerobot have a free plan.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Error backing up to S3: $length must be greater than 0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, This is a bug in WordPress’s built-in zip-handling library, triggered on PHP 8.0. See:…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Error backing up to S3: $length must be greater than 0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The SMTP error seems to say that your SMTP server refused to accept the email.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Redirected my website!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@carrobucks This means that your website was hacked, and after breaking in, the hackers decided…1 month ago
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Created a new ticket, #54036, in Core Trac:
PclZip throwing errors on PHP 8 - previously merged patch is incomplete1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Annoying multiple backup files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> I get as a business you’re trying to minimize expenses by routing non-customers to…1 month ago
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Committed [2590319] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.16.611 month ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] Doubt on login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Tony, It’s hard to say, but from past experience, it could be that you…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Rarely works – unclear fixes – has access to your entire Google Drive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Updraft has full access to all of our Google Drive files. For the record,…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Clone recovery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Stuart, As clones are a paid service, wordpress.org forum rules require us to send…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] Max Logins – Fee Version of Two Factor Authentication, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Chris, No, there aren’t such limits. What are the symptoms of your problem? Normally…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Cannot Complete a Successful Backup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@asmatullah88 Thank you; if you want to place a review, you can do so here:…1 month ago
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Committed [2585443] to Plugins Trac:
Release version 1.16.601 month ago
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Posted a reply to [EU/UK VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce] Prices are displayed with and without VAT, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Bjorn, In the plugin FAQs, here – https://www.simbahosting.co.uk/s3/woocommerce-vat-compliance-frequently-asked-questions/ – please see the question “Can…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] Nothing short of outstanding!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you! David1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Disable 2FA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, so you’re using UpdraftCentral? The form to re-establish identity is here: https://updraftplus.com/support/re-establish-identity/ , which…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Disable 2FA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sathis, Use of UpdraftPlus to take backups doesn’t involve logging into an updraftplus.com account.…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to [EU/UK VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce] Disable geolocation?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, What needs disabling depends on how the geolocation was performed. For the affected order,…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Scheduled backups won’t run – Failed to open log file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear you got it sorted! David2 months ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] FAILS Backing Up ONLY Plugin Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The fact that counting the files in the ‘plugins’ folder takes an exceedingly long time…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Scheduled backups won’t run – Failed to open log file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> What could be the difference between the manual and scheduled backups? How do you…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] Disable from front-end profile editing page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Your description implies that this is a different TFA plugin – i.e. you need…2 months ago
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