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 The ssh2 PHP extension is not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think you need to talk to your web hosting company to ask them what… -
Posted a reply to Two factor authentication, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The question doesn't really make sense - you seem to be talking about two different… -
Posted a reply to The ssh2 PHP extension is not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you say "SSH", do you mean you've used PuTTY's SSH client only, or PSFTP,… -
Posted a reply to The ssh2 PHP extension is not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you successfully used SFTP to connect to your website's hosting using another tool? The… -
Posted a reply to Backup Files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
According to the email reports, where was UpdraftPlus configured to send your backups too? That… -
Posted a reply to Warning / Error compatibility PHP 8.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, A static analysis tool, such as the one in use above, can only tell… -
Posted a reply to error using aws/functions.php, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Please add this early in your wp-config.php file: define('UPDRAFTPLUS_S3_OLDLIB', true); Thank you, David -
Posted a reply to The ssh2 PHP extension is not available, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does not use the PHP SSH2 extension, so if you are seeing messages… -
Posted a reply to Backups Fail with Rackspace, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, When you say "the ones we’re trying to send over to Rackspace won’t work… -
Posted a reply to Backup stuck on “Checking if we have a zip executable available”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@diegora @bcrodua If you add this to your wp-config.php file near the top: define('UPDRAFTPLUS_ZIP_EXECUTABLE', '');… -
Posted a reply to Backups Fail with Rackspace, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> "1138.023 (4) Could not access Cloud Files container (OpenCloud\Common\Exceptions\InvalidArgumentError, Container name cannot contain "/")… -
Posted a reply to Two factor authentication, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please can you explain what you mean by that in particular? What is not working… -
Posted a reply to next resumption: 1 (after -4499s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you. In that case, your WordPress scheduler is not working properly; please see:… -
Posted a reply to next resumption: 1 (after -4499s, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Your subject says "after -4499s" and your message says "after 4499s" - these are… -
Committed [2693943] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.11 -
Posted a reply to UpdraftPlus_S3Exception: UpdraftPlus_S3::getBucket(): [SignatureDoesNotMatch], on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you. We were able to reproduce this issue, and produce a fix for… -
Committed [2693927] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 3.2.3 -
Posted a reply to UpdraftPlus_S3Exception: UpdraftPlus_S3::getBucket(): [SignatureDoesNotMatch], on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the report. Currently UpdraftPlus is automatically switching over sites from using one… -
Posted a reply to New PHP Fatal Error (memory), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please add this to your wp-config.php: define('UPDRAFTPLUS_S3_OLDLIB', true); The official AWS S3 toolkit uses more… -
Posted a reply to FTP connection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unless your FTP provider has advised you that their server only accepts encrypted connections, the… -
Posted a reply to [s3-compatible] path style bucket access not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for letting us know. Good to hear that it's working on a new provider… -
Posted a reply to [s3-compatible] path style bucket access not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you. I was able to reproduce this issue (or at least believe so… -
Committed [2692572] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.10 -
Posted a reply to FTP connection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, If I understand rightly, you can connect *from your desktop computer*, but not *from… -
Posted a reply to PHP Notice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thanks for the information. That means that something won't work in a future PHP… -
Posted a reply to [s3-compatible] path style bucket access not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you tell us which storage provider that is with, please? (We may already have… -
Posted a reply to Error after upgrade to php 8.1 – PHP event: code E_DEPRECATED: DateTime:, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should report it to the support channel for that plugin, wp-mail-smtp . (N.B. WordPress… -
Posted a reply to Backend redirect after plugin installation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This doesn't sound likely to be related to UpdraftPlus. If you deactivate UpdraftPlus, is the… -
Posted a reply to Works well, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @charlton1 , Thanks for the review. Concerning "this would have been nice to know… -
Posted a reply to Useless, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please do open a support request if you are having an issue: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/ Your support… -
Posted a reply to How to add Northern Ireland (XI) VAT zone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
All Northern Ireland postcodes (and only Northern Ireland postcodes) begin with BT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_postcode_area .… -
Committed [2692055] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.9 -
Posted a reply to Back up stuck due to WordPress has a number (22) of scheduled tasks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sérgio, Where it says "Read this page for a guide to possible causes and… -
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 fatal error found in logs from WP upgrade cron, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> They suggested it may also affect PHP 7.4 and my PHP 8.0 upgrade might… -
Posted a reply to PHP Error with S3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can remove the define after 6 weeks, since it will be applied automatically in… -
Posted a reply to Negative time displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If calling /wp-cron.php directly (which is what JavaScript in your browser on the UD page… -
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 fatal error found in logs from WP upgrade cron, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function disk_free_space() in /nas/content/live/codedcommerce/wp-admin/includes/file.php Hi Sean, When WP core updates… -
Posted a reply to Negative time displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you keep your UpdraftPlus settings page open, it will call the WP cron system… -
Posted a reply to Negative time displayed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's not a bug - it is telling you when the time registered for the… -
Posted a reply to Do we have to worry about Google shutting down less secure apps, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, UD's official app is not considered 'insecure' under Google's terms (they have validated it… -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error when loading to Amazon S3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please add the define mentioned in my most recent post. If you have added it… -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Having re-read your description, not all of that is necessarily relevant. The WordPress updater doesn't… -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll want to get the full stack trace to find what ultimately triggers the error.… -
Posted a reply to Scheduled Backups Not Working Properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you install the free plugin "WP Crontrol", and go to the list in the… -
Posted a reply to PHP Error with S3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, If you've used the define above, then temporary file space isn't being used, so… -
Committed [2688256] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.8 -
Posted a reply to PHP Error with S3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please include a link to your backup log file (using pastebin.com). David -
Posted a reply to error backup not allowed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These PHP messages are entirely harmless. UpdraftPlus attempts to access some files which, if available,… -
Posted a reply to Error when opening UpdraftPlus, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@peesen87 How is the bucket set up - does the AWS user that is being… -
Posted a reply to Fatal Error Uploading/Connecting to AWS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
With define('UPDRAFTPLUS_S3_OLDLIB', true); included, this is. (In fact, it's not "old", it's merely "alternative". The…
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