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 [Two Factor Authentication] Can’t review it as I need premium version ??, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@iamhere You’re complaining that the free version isn’t a time-limited trial of the Premium version?…1 hour ago
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Posted a reply to [All In One WP Security & Firewall] Issue 114 of github regarding vulnerability disclosure policy, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I gave him my details. But note that he says “in the admin panel”. You…2 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Can’t backup my site onto Onedrive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Alex, Good afternoon! I can confirm that OneDrive is a feature of UpdraftPlus Premium,…3 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Can I restore a site without .db archive?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The WordPress database holds all non-file data, including things like posts, pages, users, data on…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] No longer able to have function website w 1.12, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Our posts crossed there, because mine went into a moderation queue. If you update to…4 days ago
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Committed [2618051] to Plugins SVN:
remove 1.12.14 days ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] No longer able to have function website w 1.12, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I have found the issue. This fatal error occurs on sites on with AUTH_KEY…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to [EU/UK VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce] VAT for UE customers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you for using our plugin! That feature is available in the Premium version:…4 days ago
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Committed [2618007] to Plugins SVN:
1.12.24 days ago
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Posted a reply to [Two Factor Authentication] No longer able to have function website w 1.12, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you tell me what other plugins you have installed, please?4 days ago
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Posted a reply to [SSH SFTP Updater Support] WordPress found an error in plugin, SSH SFTP Updater Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The code on that line checks for whether a file exists, without first checking that…4 days ago
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Posted a reply to [SSH SFTP Updater Support] WordPress found an error in plugin, SSH SFTP Updater Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The source of the error is in the plugin wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack – it uses the WP…5 days ago
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Committed [2617115] to Plugins SVN:
1.12.1 release5 days ago
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Committed [2617110] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 0.8.195 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Error compiling tables – No backups for almost a month, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your MySQL database is corrupt on the server. Please ask your server admin to investigate…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Backups failing with “Errors occurred whilst backing up the tables” (1.16.62), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, The relevant line in the log is This indicates that your MySQL database is…6 days ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Buyer beware when purchasing tokens!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @clayray , If you accidentally bought the wrong thing, can just raise a support…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] Strange behavior when backup runs at ~00:00 UTC, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the report. The semaphore library in UpdraftPlus is in process of being…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to [Simba Plugin Updates Manager] auto updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Do you mean automatic updates that come from the client side, i.e. the feature…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to [WP-Optimize - Cache, Clean, Compress.] the robot.txt not updating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, The advice you have received from Rank Math SEO does not really make sense,…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] updraftplus settings page not working after renaming wp-content folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, This works fine for us in all our testing installs. Here’s a screenshot of…2 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to [All In One WP Security & Firewall] Two Factor Authentication module, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, This is still on the roadmap. I can’t give a timescale. We have working…3 weeks ago
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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,…3 weeks ago
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Committed [2608915] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.16.623 weeks ago
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Committed [2608334] to Plugins SVN:
1.11.03 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…4 weeks ago
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Committed [2606231] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 9.0.104 weeks 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…4 weeks 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…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:
The three servers were, if I remember which ones I used correctly, Linodes costing $5…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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 month 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 month 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…1 month 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. David1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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…1 month 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.…1 month 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…1 month 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*,…2 months 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…2 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:
Hi Richard, Thank you. This confirms that your server has some serious disk I/O problem…2 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:
That does seem like the sort of problem I was thinking of. How many files…2 months 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.2 months ago
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