Title: Simon's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Simon [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 51 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Disable and Remove Google Fonts | GDPR & DSGVO friendly] Passionate Pro theme refuses to cooperate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passionate-pro-theme-refuses-to-cooperate/) * Thread Starter [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passionate-pro-theme-refuses-to-cooperate/#post-15391051) * Thanks [@dannycooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannycooper/), * I’ve tried disabling all plugins except “Disable/Remove Google Fonts” and “Mega Menu Plugin for WordPress” (theme uses it) and set the “Site Title” font family in the Passionate Pro customizer. * It loaded any font I select from fonts.gstatic.com… * P.S. I’m fine with my workaround, as we’re not using Roboto anymore on the live site and everything is working as expected. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Accordion Blocks] Fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3707/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3707/#post-13760229) * How to update to the fixed version 1.2.1 (because WP is hard down): 1. Log into webserver and delete `wp-content/plugins/accordion-blocks` folder 2. Log into WP admin 3. Reinstall Accordion Blocks plugin * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan] wp-cerber-RANDOM_HASH folders in wp-content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cerber-random_hash-folders-in-wp-content/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cerber-random_hash-folders-in-wp-content/#post-10651982) * Check your webserver log, as there might be some errors logged. * In my case, the directories were created with 644 permissions (missing ‘x’) and then creating the .htaccess file failed during `fopen()` and the temp directories were not cleaned up. * Setting the correct default ACL for the uploads directory (owned by the webserver’s user) solved the issue for me: * ``` setfacl -R -d u::rwx uploads setfacl -R -d g::rwx uploads ``` * Now, the temp directories are created with 754 permissions, which allows the malware scanner to complete. - This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] The plugin passes spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/page/3/#post-8712152) * So far, my updated custom patterns have kept out almost all spam. Also, since 4 days, the spam waves seem to have gone down. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] The plugin passes spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/page/2/#post-8666879) * Hm.. Indeed all Spam comments feature mail.ru and gmail.com addresses. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] The plugin passes spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-passes-spam/#post-8659082) * According to the dashboard widget, some spam is detected, but since over a week, I get quite some comments that go undetected and are clearly spam. (WP 4.7.1, latest ASB) - This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] New spam type – 100 comments per month](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-spam-type-100-comments-per-month/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-spam-type-100-comments-per-month/#post-6519946) * Hi Chris, * The “BBCode is spam” option in Antispam Bee should have marked those comments as spam, because the links are created with BBCode url tags (as used in forums, but no WP comment forms, which is probably why WP doesn’t mark it as spam on its own). * Did you have “BBCode is spam” deactivated or did the feature miss those and 100 + similar comments? Then that’d be a bug. * Also, you can enable the “Use regular expressions” which has already predefined hooks may catch similar spams (not exactly those posted with ‘.co.uk’ domain and ‘gmail’ address, but detects ‘.com’ + ‘gmail’). * Greetings, ./Simon * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] New spam type – 100 comments per month](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-spam-type-100-comments-per-month/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-spam-type-100-comments-per-month/#post-6519929) * Hi Chris, * Could you post some samples of spam to pastebin (linked by Jan)? Maybe the using [a RegEx pattern hook](https://github.com/sdellenb/twentyfifteen-rubenesque-child/blob/master/functions.php#L15) might be a solution? * Greetings, ./Simon * 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] Email going to spam on hotmail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-going-to-spam-on-hotmail/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-going-to-spam-on-hotmail/#post-6330722) * Can you post the headers of one of the mails from Hotmail’s spambox (and put it it code tags)? Then maybe someone can start helping you. The reason for it being considered SPAM is often listed in there. * What I heard about in the past few weeks is that Hotmail is picky about rDNS ( IP -> Domain Name) entries not matching the mail server’s settings. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[qTranslate X] Language flags break https in the admin page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-flags-break-https-in-the-admin-page/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-flags-break-https-in-the-admin-page/#post-6212792) * Proposal to fix this issue in [PR#193](https://github.com/qTranslate-Team/qtranslate-x/pull/193). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Antispam Bee] Explaination of settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/explaination-of-settings/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/explaination-of-settings/#post-5980364) * > Disclaimer: This option shouldn’t be activated on sites within the EU as complete > IP addresses will be sent unencrypted. However, that’s somewhat inevitable > as spammer databases themselves work with full, unencrypted IP addresses. * I just tried something manually: ASB could (maybe optionally) connect to **https**:// www.stopforumspam.com/api?ip=91.186.18.61 (an example from the SFS page) instead of _http_://www.stopforumspam.com/api?ip=91.186.18.61. * At least that would take care of the ‘unencrypted IP adresses’ part. * **Update**: On the regular expression part, I recommend a function hook as described in this gist: [https://gist.github.com/sergejmueller/4242142](https://gist.github.com/sergejmueller/4242142). I’ve been using this sucessfully for over a year now (specific to the kind of spam my wife’s blog gets): * ``` function antispam_bee_add_custom_patterns($patterns) { // Pattern for phony author names. // Fun Fact: The last one is 'Prada' in Japanese. $patterns[] = array( 'author' => 'moncler|north face|vuitton|handbag|burberry|outlet|dress|maillot|oakley|ralph lauren|ray ban|iphone|プラダ' ); // Pattern for phony web pages. $patterns[] = array( 'host' => '^(www\.)?fkbook\.co\.uk$|^(www\.)?nsru\.net$|^(www\.)?goo\.gl$|^(www\.)?bit\.ly$' ); // Pattern for text containing strings like 'targetted visitors'. $patterns[] = array( 'body' => 'target[t]?ed (visitors|traffic)' ); return $patterns; } ``` * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[qTranslate X] Language flags break https in the admin page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-flags-break-https-in-the-admin-page/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/language-flags-break-https-in-the-admin-page/#post-6212647) * The problem is that in `qtranxf_front_header_css_default`, it calls `qtranxf_flag_location`, which uses `WP_CONTENT_URL` to generate the URL. As that is the setting (Settings > General > WordPress Address (URL)) usually set for the non-HTTPS version, the flags are referenced with http:// and loaded over an unsecured connection. * The solution I found was replacing `WP_CONTENT_URL` with `content_url()` (qtranslate_core. php, line 522), which accounts for the protocol used to show the page. * **Update:** I just noticed I get the same mixed-content error in the admin section from the flags on the top right. The above fix also takes care of those. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[qTranslate X] Single language post issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/) * Thread Starter [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/#post-6208431) * Thanks for your response, Gunu. * Unfortunately, I have the same behavior with **beta 3.3.8**: Whenever I save an article again, the (empty) English version gets empty paragraphs (copied from the text editor). * ```

 

 

``` * Steps I just tried: 1. Open single-language post in editor & save without changing anything – adds empty p to English 2. Switch to English tab and remove the above paragraphs 3. Switch back to German tab & save (everything is well here) 4. Click save button again with out doing anything – creates a new revision and adds the two empty paragraphs to the English version * I think WordPress might also be adding paragraphs, but I can’t seem to find the setting for that.. * **Update:** I found the culprit: It’s _TinyMCE Advanced_‘s option * > `Stop removing the

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tags when saving and show them in the Text > editor` * When I uncheck that option, the empty English part will stay empty. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[NewStatPress] ip2nation.sql inside includes/includes directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip2nationsql-inside-includesincludes-directory/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip2nationsql-inside-includesincludes-directory/#post-6069048) * This file was created on my server when I downloaded the IP2nation database ( NewStatPress > Tools > IP2nation). * As long as this file is present in that directory, NewStatPress shows it as ‘ Last version installed: 18/02/2015’ with an ‘Update’ button. When I delete the sql file, it shows ‘Last version installed: none’ with the ‘Download’ button. * I’m not sure how this file is used, all I can tell is that it didn’t create the two tables mentioned in the SQL file in my WordPress database.. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[NextCellent Gallery - NextGEN Legacy] Replace Photo, but same ID?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-photo-but-same-id/) * [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/) * (@sdellenb) * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-photo-but-same-id/#post-5838828) * I export my pictures from Lightroom via SFTP and once had the case (2 years or so ago) where a newly uploaded picture had the same name as an existing one and all of a sudden, an old post showed a new picture. 🙂 * To clean up, I - re-uploaded the original picture to the same folder, overwriting the new one again - imported the metadata of the mixed up image - recreate the thumbnail - (not sure about this) delete the NGG cache to clear mixed up dynamic images - changed my file naming pattern to include the original name and the date, so this would never happen again. * Also when I’m uploading new pictures and before adding it to an article, I notice that for example it looks too dark, I just upload the same picture again (SFTP) and recreate the thubmnail. Works fine. * Not sure about the gallery upload UI, I never use that. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 51 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)