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 How to configure WP-Optimize plugin when the web-directory is not writeable, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are many and various things that will present an access being cached or served… -
Committed [2791954] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 5.0.8 -
Committed [2791920] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.23 -
Committed [2791268] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.14.7 -
Posted a reply to DB Backup is a file per table – how to get a single zipped file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If they are not getting deleted, possibly the backup hasn't finished - can you post… -
Posted a reply to Restoration blocked (URGENT), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have FTP access, it'd be simplest, rather than debugging the problem directly, to… -
Posted a reply to Cannot upload files with AIOWPS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> "Unexpected response from the server. The file may have been uploaded successfully." If you… -
Posted a reply to critical error with custom login url and 2FA through Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the content of the critical error? i.e. The full error message and information?… -
Posted a reply to Error code: Out of Memory, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks to me like that error message is referring to the browser, not the… -
Posted a reply to DB Backup is a file per table – how to get a single zipped file, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Apparently you are examining the internal directory used by UpdraftPlus to generate backups, and seeing… -
Posted a reply to How to with wp_login_form(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to enqueue the plugin's JavaScript. Without doing that, the plugin is not active… -
Posted a reply to How to with wp_login_form(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Andy, What does "working with the wp_login_form() function" mean in practice? That's a bit… -
Posted a reply to How to remotely disable backups to remote storage?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jeffrey2915 @bcrodua The best way is to not use the same S3 access key for… -
Posted a reply to [UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin] UpdraftPlus doesn’t remove plugins after restoration., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Was this a selective restore in which you only selected some plugins to restore? Please… -
Posted a reply to Remove remote files without deleting them., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can delete them from the list of backups without deleting them from the remote… -
Posted a reply to Remove remote files without deleting them., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Mairag, The list in UpdraftPlus is a list of backups that have been taken.… -
Posted a reply to My backup failed to complete yesterday., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please can you post the log file for the *unsuccessful* backup attempt? The log file… -
Posted a reply to My backup failed to complete yesterday., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, The log file you've attached is of a backup that *did* complete. So, if… -
Posted a reply to UpdraftPremium Business, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The paid/free comparison chart is available here: https://updraftplus.com/comparison-updraftplus-free-updraftplus-premium/ . But you should ask any follow-up… -
Posted a reply to Most recent set of .tmp files being left on server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> "but the .tmp files are remaining on the server until the next backup." Or… -
Posted a reply to PHP Warnings on cache cleanup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
N.B. Your suggested code still has a race condition. file_exists() and unlink() don't run synchronously,… -
Posted a reply to Is there a way to reveal the remote location to which a backup was sent?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Lucas, If no destination is listed in the email text, then unfortunately you didn't… -
Posted a reply to Cheating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is untrue, as explained here: https://getwpo.com/wp-optimize-completely-rejects-false-allegations-of-gaming-page-speed-results/ . (Indeed, do do your research!). To “cheat”… -
Posted a reply to The backup apparently succeeded (with warnings) and is now complete, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Is it possible to know why this file is unreadable? Only your server admin… -
Posted a reply to The backup apparently succeeded (with warnings) and is now complete, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jim, The list of warnings is shown in the user interface, and in the… -
Committed [2786023] to Plugins SVN:
1.11.14 trunk -
Posted a reply to Проблема с бесплатным UpdraftPlus Backup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Google/Dropbox authorisation server was repeatedly crashing. It has now stabilised. Please try again now!… -
Posted a reply to Manual BackUps Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Apache was repeatedly crashing on the Google/Dropbox authorisation server. It has now stabilised. Please… -
Posted a reply to rss error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report - fixed in version 1.22.22. (Caused by an unannounced behaviour change… -
Posted a reply to Is there a way to reveal the remote location to which a backup was sent?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> I have the emails reporting successful backups from a month ago. These include the… -
Posted a reply to Fake results on speed tests’ scores, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is untrue, as explained here: https://getwpo.com/wp-optimize-completely-rejects-false-allegations-of-gaming-page-speed-results/ . (Indeed, do do your research!). To “cheat”… -
Posted a reply to DON’T USE, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is untrue, as explained here: https://getwpo.com/wp-optimize-completely-rejects-false-allegations-of-gaming-page-speed-results/ . To "cheat" on PageSpeed, *you*, the site… -
Committed [2785959] to Plugins SVN:
remove duplicate entries -
Posted a reply to They sell us to the hosting providers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mhmdyassin07 Yes, what aakash8 says is true. Kinsta said that UpdraftPlus would be banned from… -
Committed [2785957] to Plugins SVN:
remove duplicate entries -
Committed [2785947] to Plugins SVN:
Release version 1.22.22 -
Posted a reply to 6G Dont work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @anat0liy, This is because, as detailed in the plugin changelog - https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/#developers - the… -
Posted a reply to Almost Worth It, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> "The features most needed" > "The free version doesn’t allow the admin to make… -
Posted a reply to Not full backup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Ken, With the recent improvement in UpdraftPlus which uploads each archive immediately after being… -
Posted a reply to critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Logging into your web hosting control panel and activating the "php-mbstring" module would also prevent… -
Committed [2784678] to Plugins SVN:
release 1.11.3 -
Posted a reply to Translate shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for your interest in the plugin! All the text strings in the plugin… -
Posted a reply to Backup got stuck, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I note that this log file was apparently downloaded only a few seconds after the… -
Posted a reply to Free version and S3 Infrequent-Access, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are a few ways to do that I think, but the easiest is to… -
Posted a reply to Translate shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Presumably you wanted to ask that question in a forum for the relevant two… -
Wrote a comment on the post Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Interesting idea, but I'm wondering how much the items under "What would the benefits of… -
Wrote a comment on the post Canonical Plugins Revisited, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree that sending emails via SMTP should be a core feature. PHP's mail() is… -
Posted a reply to Not full backup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Ken, Please do post your log file. Get it from your 'Existing Backups' section,… -
Posted a reply to OMG So many updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry Iain - it should slow down now! The major 5.0 release had 11 new… -
Posted a reply to Not full backup, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kengray20 For some reason the forum front page says that you updated this 5 minutes…
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