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 [WP-Optimize - Cache, Clean, Compress.] The owner of the generated cache file is created as root, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Under the POSIX security model, non-root processes can’t create files that are owned by root,…16 hours ago 
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										Committed [2608915] to Plugins Trac: 
 Release version 1.16.622 days ago 
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										Committed [2608334] to Plugins Trac: 
 1.11.04 days ago 
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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…6 days 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 week ago 
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										Committed [2606231] to Plugins Trac: 
 Release version 9.0.101 week 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…1 week 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…1 week 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…2 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: 
 Your recorded performance, ms per file, is several times worse than what’s reported in that…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, Thank you for the report. I can confirm that that one had already been…2 weeks 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.…2 weeks 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…2 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: 
 No problem! The advice is just “folk wisdom” that people who don’t really know about…3 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. David3 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…3 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…3 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…3 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…3 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…3 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…3 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.…4 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…4 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*,…4 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…4 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…4 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…1 month 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:…2 months ago 
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										Committed [2585443] to Plugins Trac: 
 Release version 1.16.602 months 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…2 months ago 
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										Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] Nothing short of outstanding!, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Thank you! David2 months 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…2 months 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.…2 months 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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