Steven Stern (sterndata)
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Safe Mode] Sloppy install instructions, results in fatal WordPress errorModerator note:
@grex22 , if you need support then per the forum guidelines please start your own topic at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-safe-mode/#new-post
Yes, if it’s just PII or other private stuff, it’s OK, but I want to be sure you will not ask for a password or, if one is provided, use it.
@alekv I’m am 100% sure you mean well but please never ask for credentials on these forums.
Now for the why: The internet is a wonderful place full of very nice people and a few very bad ones. I’m sure everyone here is very nice however, by giving some ones keys to your house you are trusting they wont steal anything. Likewise the person who takes the keys is now responsible for the house FOREVER.
If something was to go wrong, then you the author may well legally become liable for damages, which they would not normally have been as their software is provided without warranty.
Please be aware that repeatedly asking for credentials will result in us escalating this to the plugins team.
It’s never necessary to do that. Here’s why.
There are many ways to get information you need and accessing the user’s site is not one of them. That’s going too far.
*Ask for a link to the https://pastebin.com/ or https://gist.github.com log of the user’s web server error log.
*Ask the user to create and post a link to their phpinfo(); output.
*Ask the user to install the Health Check plugin and get the data that way.
*Walk the user through enabling WP_DEBUG and how to log that output to a file and how to share that file.
*Walk the user through basic troubleshooting steps such and disabling all other plugins, clear their cache and cookies and try again.
*Ask the user for the step-by-step on how they can reproduce the problem.
You get the idea.
Volunteer support is not easy. But these forums need to a safe place for all users, experienced or new. Accessing their system that way is a short cut that will get you into real trouble in these forums.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Export Tool NOT WorkingSee https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64347. That might be the problem. If so, wait for 6.9.1 in January.
I’m am 100% sure you mean well but please never ask for credentials on these forums.
Now for the why: The internet is a wonderful place full of very nice people and a few very bad ones. I’m sure everyone here is very nice however, by giving some ones keys to your house you are trusting they wont steal anything. Likewise the person who takes the keys is now responsible for the house FOREVER.
If something was to go wrong, then you the author may well legally become liable for damages, which they would not normally have been as their software is provided without warranty.
Please be aware that repeatedly asking for credentials will result in us escalating this to the plugins team.
It’s never necessary to do that. Here’s why.
There are many ways to get information you need and accessing the user’s site is not one of them. That’s going too far.
*Ask for a link to the https://pastebin.com/ or https://gist.github.com log of the user’s web server error log.
*Ask the user to create and post a link to their phpinfo(); output.
*Ask the user to install the Health Check plugin and get the data that way.
*Walk the user through enabling WP_DEBUG and how to log that output to a file and how to share that file.
*Walk the user through basic troubleshooting steps such and disabling all other plugins, clear their cache and cookies and try again.
*Ask the user for the step-by-step on how they can reproduce the problem.
You get the idea.
Volunteer support is not easy. But these forums need to a safe place for all users, experienced or new. Accessing their system that way is a short cut that will get you into real trouble in these forums.
I’m am 100% sure you mean well but please never ask for credentials on these forums.
Now for the why: The internet is a wonderful place full of very nice people and a few very bad ones. I’m sure everyone here is very nice however, by giving some ones keys to your house you are trusting they wont steal anything. Likewise the person who takes the keys is now responsible for the house FOREVER.
If something was to go wrong, then you the author may well legally become liable for damages, which they would not normally have been as their software is provided without warranty.
Please be aware that repeatedly asking for credentials will result in us escalating this to the plugins team.
It’s never necessary to do that. Here’s why.
There are many ways to get information you need and accessing the user’s site is not one of them. That’s going too far.
*Ask for a link to the https://pastebin.com/ or https://gist.github.com log of the user’s web server error log.
*Ask the user to create and post a link to their phpinfo(); output.
*Ask the user to install the Health Check plugin and get the data that way.
*Walk the user through enabling WP_DEBUG and how to log that output to a file and how to share that file.
*Walk the user through basic troubleshooting steps such and disabling all other plugins, clear their cache and cookies and try again.
*Ask the user for the step-by-step on how they can reproduce the problem.
You get the idea.
Volunteer support is not easy. But these forums need to a safe place for all users, experienced or new. Accessing their system that way is a short cut that will get you into real trouble in these forums.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Weird wordpress.org username setup on my account.