David Anderson
@davidanderson on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: January 2nd, 2008
- Website: updraftplus.com
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Contribution History
David Anderson’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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										Mentioned in [53950] on Core SVN: 
 Site Health: Don't show issue groups unless there are items in them.
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										Posted a reply to How to remove the “Automatic backup before update” permanently., on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 No, it won't. But make sure you put in normal quotes, not the curly quotes…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 I do strongly recommend replacing unsupported components. It's not easy to do so, but on…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.17 breaks my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please try today's 1.22.18 release, which I believe will remove the problem you are facing.
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										Posted a reply to Update 1.22.16 crashes my sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Also, today's 1.22.18 release has a work-around to try to reduce the impact of the…
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										Committed [2776069] to Plugins SVN: 
 Release version 1.22.18
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										Posted a reply to Cannot complete backup due to “unreadable file” error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, The "is not readable" message is logged when UpdraftPlus asks PHP "is this file…
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										Posted a reply to Backup Doesn’t Work, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, It'd be best to ask this question in the "Docket Cache" forum - I…
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										Posted a reply to Update 1.22.16 crashes my sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @dalka This is an UpdraftPlus support channel - to know when YooThemes will make a…
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										Posted a reply to Cannot complete backup due to “unreadable file” error, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 This means that files exist in your web hosting space which PHP (i.e. WordPress and…
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										Posted a reply to Updraftplus back up erased wordpress account, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, UpdraftPlus has no interactions with .htaccess files, so presumably the actual cause was discovered…
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										Posted a reply to False positive, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Are the files the same as the originals, found at https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/tree/1.0/phpseclib ? If so, then…
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										Mentioned in [53933] on Core SVN: 
 Themes: Add support for `Update URI` header.
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										Posted a reply to Latest Update Conflict with PDF Light Viewer, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @pushlabs The file bootstrap.php in UpdraftPlus isn't our direct creation, it's part of the phpseclib…
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										Committed [2774318] to Plugins SVN: 
 Release version 1.22.17
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 crashes my site (plugin video background), on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 According to the plugin author of Video Background, he's released a fix for the error:…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @bisdanner Please post in your own new topic (since you have a different plugin), and…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That's because UpdraftPlus 1.22.12 doesn't include a file named bootstrap.php. So, when Photocrati runs a…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It may indeed be a conflict, but, the chain above is their code from start…
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										Posted a reply to Latest Update Conflict with PDF Light Viewer, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, The plugin you mention has a bug on this line: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-light-viewer/trunk/vendor/webdevstudios/cmb2/init.php#L151 That line says…
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										Posted a reply to Are Earlier Versions Available?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 When you search for something in Google, Google brings up a page of results. Click…
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 If you post the "extended version of the error", I could tell you more.
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										Posted a reply to 1.22.16 Update Crashes My Sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Please can you ask Photocrati why they believe that is an UpdraftPlus error? Did they…
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										Posted a reply to Select All / Deselect All tables for restore, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi Mark, Here's a way to do it: 1) Open your browser's JavaScript console. 2)…
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										Posted a reply to Update 1.22.16 crashes my sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 @bobwey1 Since you have a different problem, please open a separate support topic, so that…
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										Posted a reply to Are Earlier Versions Available?, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi @bobwey1 Google "wordpress plugins previous versions", click on any of the first several links…
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										Posted a reply to Update 1.22.16 crashes my sites, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, Do you have YooTheme as your theme? We've had a couple of reports of…
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										Committed [2773766] to Plugins SVN: 
 de-activate feature for further investigation
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										Committed [2773765] to Plugins SVN: 
 Release version 1.22.16
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										Posted a reply to How to unsubscribe from backup notices for expired domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, If you're getting emails, then the code that is sending those emails is still…
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										Committed [2773657] to Plugins SVN: 
 Release version 1.22.15
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										Committed [2773498] to Plugins SVN: 
 Release version 3.2.7
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										Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Updating WP_MEMORY_LIMIT, on the site Make WordPress Hosting: 
 8-year old ticket - https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29341 . For me, a larger issue is "how can the…
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										Posted a reply to code E_DEPRECATED: str_replace(), on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, This code has been tweaked in our development version and the notice should not…
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										Posted a reply to Updates failing, require manual intervention, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi Tom, The most likely cause of these symptoms is that the operation times out…
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										Posted a reply to regarding FTP and SFTP within WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 That constant isn't used by WP for uploads. Some plugins create their own folders inside…
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										Posted a reply to regarding FTP and SFTP within WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Sorry - I should have remembered earlier, but now you've triggered my memory. WordPress has…
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										Posted a reply to regarding FTP and SFTP within WP, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Unfortunately I have no idea - I've never tried something like that; the only real…
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										Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Works fine on PHP 8.0. Static analysis tools tell you what code *exists*, not what…
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										Committed [2770628] to Plugins SVN: 
 1.14.4 release
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										Committed [2770626] to Plugins SVN: 
 1.14.4 release
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										Posted a reply to updraftplus backedup my website but swaped home page, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 It's also possible that you are seeing the previous cached homepage. Do you get the…
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										Posted a reply to Getting OTP via API, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The JWT plugin is doing something wrong, because it is calling an action that invokes…
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										Posted a reply to European VAT Compliance for WooCommerce no tax visible by Product Variations, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, The plugin is not involved in how taxes are displayed on either simple or…
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										Posted a reply to Can’t add translate., on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, Thank you for your interest in the plugin! I've added this missing header in…
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										Committed [2767814] to Plugins SVN: 
 version 1.7 - add text domain header
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										Posted a reply to Locked out of my website – help!, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 The TWO_FACTOR_DISABLE constant does work; if it's not working for you, then you are doing…
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										Posted a reply to VAT report update, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 > "update: It shows the placed order for a split second when I refresh the…
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										Posted a reply to Failed Readiness Report: UK and IM VAT FLAT rates, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Since the same questions have been asked at the vendor website at www.simbahosting.co.uk, I will…
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										Posted a reply to Migration, on the site WordPress.org Forums: 
 Hi, Unfortunately, wordpress.org do not allow us to use their forums to discuss commercial products…
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