Title: Brandon Ernst's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Brandon Ernst [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 71 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Domain Mapping System | Create Microsites with Multiple Alias Domains (multisite optional)] Be logged in on all mapped domains](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/be-logged-in-on-all-mapped-domains/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/be-logged-in-on-all-mapped-domains/#post-18128310) * Hi [@ronnyk1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronnyk1988/) thanks for reaching about about DMS 🙂 * The plugin currently supports Subdomain Authentication (only for subdomains of the site’s primary domain) as a PRO feature, and we are working on Alias Domain Authentication for release in the next 30 days or so (which will include any subdomains). * However, this is a support forum only for the free plugin, so if you would please kindly contact us on our support page, we can continue the discussion via email about any paid features. * [https://domainmappingsystem.com/support/](https://domainmappingsystem.com/support/) * Otherwise, I’m happy to answer further questions about the free version here 🙂 * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Payment Page | Payment Form for Stripe] Email notification](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-notification-210/) * Plugin Author [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-notification-210/#post-18128307) * Hi [@tcingenium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcingenium/), * Thanks for reaching out about Payment Page. * When you say “Then I have configured the messages and the email that sends and receives the emails.” – what exactly do you mean? As we currently don’t yet have a method to customize the payment confirmation email. * This would be important to clarify and ensure perhaps that you’re using a different email screen than what our plugin offers on the payment form builder? * Looking forward to hearing from you. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Custom Post Type UI] Category Not Showing on Posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-not-showing-on-posts/) * Thread Starter [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-not-showing-on-posts/#post-17929054) * Wonderful – thank you! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin] Stop Auto-Installing WPForms](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-installing-wpforms/) * Thread Starter [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-installing-wpforms/#post-17547333) * With all due respect, I do not think that screenshot illustrates a sufficient notice/warning to users that a plugin will be installed. * Most users want to get to the core functionality of your plugin (WP Mail SMTP) quickly, and will skip through the setup steps to make that process quick/easy. * Of course, everyone should read what they’re doing on their site when setting up a plugin, but given the fact that you’ve received quite a few negative reviews and support tickets about this issue, it’s pretty clear that some kind of change should be made. Would you agree? * I would say the problem has a lot to do with the fact that people are being misled by the black title that is written really nicely and says “Smart Contact Form”– so they ignore the lighter gray subtitle/description below it that explains more about what that means. * I could suggest a few things to prevent further negative reviews and support tickets: - Unchecking that box for Smart Contact Form by default. It’s not part of the core functionality of your plugin and therefore should not be checked by default in my opinion. Other highlighting or promotion would be fine. - Change the black title to say “Install WPForms Plugin” or something similar– to make it obscenely clear what is going on. * I hope you’d be willing to consider one or both of these changes, as it’s quite frustrating for me to have had to deactivate/delete the WPForms plugin on the 70+ sites I manage when I’m just trying to quickly set up WP Mail SMTP and don’t want anything else. I also would love to avoid having to uncheck that box 70 times 🙂 * I’m glad to know the source of the problem now – I’ll be sure to uncheck that box moving forward when setting up a new site, but I don’t feel this issue is resolved until a change is made with improving the clarity of what’s happening during the setup process in terms of installing other plugins. * I also have plugins on the wp repo – and we optionally give the user the chance to install any required/suggested plugins in the UI. In fact, we require users to manually click a button to install any other plugins, even though other plugins are required for some of our plugins to be used. * Since WP Mail SMTP is not a required plugin, I would request that the clarity is improved so users do not unwittingly installing more plugins than they need to have, potentially slowing down their site, wasting time, etc. * Looking forward to hearing from you. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway] Payment Methods Not Appearing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/payment-methods-not-appearing/) * Thread Starter [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/payment-methods-not-appearing/#post-17483948) * [@ckadenge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckadenge/) – thanks for your help. * This made SEPA direct debit appear, but not Google Pay or Apple Pay, or any of the other payment methods. * Any suggestions about those? * Thank you again! * Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/) In reply to: [[PPWP - Password Protect Pages] Doesn’t Work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-3029/) * Thread Starter [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-3029/#post-17035366) * Sorry, I don’t have time to troubleshoot this with you. I’ve already found another plugin that works perfectly for this. However, clearly these are bugs others are complaining about, so there are things you can do: 1. Implement a warning about caching plugin incompatibility. 2. Triple check how your plugin is storing it’s password…I noticed it was even plain text in the database which is not good practice. Encryption and storing it properly are probably the issues. 3. Test out the bugs others are also mentioning in your support forums that I’ve mentioned here. It’s not a coincidence multi people have the same issues. * Thank you anyway, and I wish you the best of luck. I won’t be replying here any further. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI] XML Sitemap Cannot Be Read by Google Search Console](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-sitemap-cannot-be-read-by-google-search-console/) * Thread Starter [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xml-sitemap-cannot-be-read-by-google-search-console/#post-16203325) * Resubmitting the robots.txt with a different method in Google Search Console worked. They’ve changed their system in a way to make that submission process more opaque. * Here’s the link for anyone who finds this in the future: [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Domain Mapping System | Create Microsites with Multiple Alias Domains (multisite optional)] Domain Mapping Help](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-help-4/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/domain-mapping-help-4/#post-16117231) * Hi [@timtopshape](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timtopshape/) thanks for reaching out and my apologies for the delay. * I found your email request and will reply as soon as possible. - This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/). Reason: Found ticket * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [multiple domain mapping for multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-domain-mapping-for-multisite/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-domain-mapping-for-multisite/#post-15939781) * Not sure if I should pop in here or not, but I’m pretty sure this plugin would do the trick [@pftn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pftn/) [https://wordpress.org/plugins/domain-mapping-system/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/domain-mapping-system/) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Domain Mapping System | Create Microsites with Multiple Alias Domains (multisite optional)] Mapping micro sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-micro-sites/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-micro-sites/#post-15929268) * Hi Shane, * Thanks for reaching out and happy to jump in. Your use-case should be working. * To analyze more deeply, is it possible you can share WP-Admin and FTP credentials for the development site? Please take a backup as well. * If you can share those details to [support@gauchoplugins.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/support@gauchoplugins.com?output_format=md) that would be the most secure way, and we can jump in and assess what’s going on. * It could be a subdirectory detection issue, and we need to be able to confirm your configuration. * I’ll mark this as resolved for now, pending your email to our support channel. * Looking forward to hearing from you. * Best regards, * Brandon * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Domain Mapping System | Create Microsites with Multiple Alias Domains (multisite optional)] Not working correctly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-correctly-33/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-correctly-33/#post-15879022) * Hi [@ronanwni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronanwni/) thank you for reaching out about Domain Mapping System. * I’d be happy to help troubleshoot further. When you say “not working correctly” what do you mean? I just want to ensure we’re on the same page. Does it redirect to the primary domain for you? Or does it show broken page contents? For instance, when I visit the subdomain, I get a broken page that looks like this: [https://capture.dropbox.com/CAlOEgGODLFbUAio](https://capture.dropbox.com/CAlOEgGODLFbUAio) * Based on our Troubleshooting Guide, it might be a number of things for either option. [https://docs.domainmappingsystem.com/getting-started/troubleshooting](https://docs.domainmappingsystem.com/getting-started/troubleshooting) * What I would suggest is to please read the guide, and let me know if that resolves anything. * If the guide does not help, please email the information requested at the bottom of the guide to us at [support@gauchoplugins.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/support@gauchoplugins.com?output_format=md). * I would also be happy to go through it on a 1on1 screenshare to get it all working properly. I can share the booking link for that via email if you can reach out to us that way. * Looking forward to getting this working for you as quickly as possible. I will temporarily mark this ticket as resolved for now, assuming you may reach out via email, but please feel free to reopen it by replying here. * Best regards, * Brandon * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Payment Page | Payment Form for Stripe] More free templates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-free-templates/) * Plugin Author [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-free-templates/#post-15755405) * [@archicoders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/archicoders/) thanks for the question! We already provide 3 free templates, but we have been considering giving away more in the free version. We will go ahead and do so soon in a future release! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Limb Gallery | Create Beautiful Image & Video Galleries] Error activating limb gallery on WP6.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-limb-gallery-on-wp6-0/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-limb-gallery-on-wp6-0/#post-15727279) * Hello [@twain47](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twain47/) thanks for reaching out and bringing this issue to our attention. * Our lead developer is on the task, which will also require some updates for compatibility with PHP 8.0. * Please expect an update which should handle the fixes in the next 1-2 weeks at most, and likely sooner. * I greatly appreciate your patience in the meantime. This is one of our top priorities, and we want to ensure adequate testing is done before releasing the update publicly. * I will mark this ticket as resolved for now, as the next update will handle it. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[China Payments Plugin | Accept WeChat Pay, Alipay & UnionPay | Chinese Checkout Optimization] can not be used after update to premium](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-not-be-used-after-update-to-premium/) * Plugin Author [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-not-be-used-after-update-to-premium/#post-15687689) * I will mark this ticket as resolved as the issue has been dealt with in our premium support tier. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Limb Gallery | Create Beautiful Image & Video Galleries] Lost galleries after update – error message](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-galleries-after-update-error-message/) * [Brandon Ernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/) * (@brandonfire) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-galleries-after-update-error-message/#post-15489649) * [@rockytt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockytt/) update for the fix released 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 71 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandonfire/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)