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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Backup Migration] Debug Code: BMI-eGCTMUUx-59636I think it was a false positive, the backup file was there. I was migrating multiple sites and I think I may have also generated a package a second time for that particular site. Everything migrated over very well.
Just a comment, I watched the migration video how about how to install the backup package and thought, geesh, this is a bit more work than I thought. And then I saw the import button and just pressed that (I already put the backup files where they were supposed to be on the new site’s wordpress install), and presto, everything was done.
The embed link was set to open in “browser”. This worked at the old host, not at the new host. The site that holds the PDF refuses to connect. Not sure why.
I changed the link to open in “google” and it works. It’s a weird thing but I will leave it at that for now.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Loggedin - Limit Concurrent Sessions] Admin is locked out of siteI did get in, had to deactivate the plugin by changing the plugin’s folder name via FTP, then logged in and reactivated it. Thanks for the code.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Loggedin - Limit Concurrent Sessions] Admin is locked out of siteNever mind, I just deactivated the plugin via FTP.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Loggedin - Limit Concurrent Sessions] i can not login as admin anymoreNever mind, I just deactivated the plugin via FTP.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Loggedin - Limit Concurrent Sessions] i can not login as admin anymoreI just found myself in this situation, can you share what you did to get back in?
I got Advanced Database Cleaner PRO which allowed me to see what was going on as I could see all the database tables, etc. You will see all kinds of duplicate wp files with weird prefixes, these are the files created by wp reset pro. I don’t remember if deleting the snapshot in wp reset pro clears them or not, but if not, you will definitely see them with the Database Cleaner Pro and then you can clear them out. My database shrunk enormously after I did this.
It actually did what it was supposed to do flawlessly. Problem was me – not well enough versed in tech stuff, know just enough to be dangerous, and I keep learning things about WordPress as I stumble along.
If I read the pertinent documentation (I didn’t) I’d have seen this:
snapshots are stored as custom database tables; one snapshot table for each original table
naming template for snapshot tables is {6_char_random_hex}_{table_prefix_for_your_site}_{original_table_name}With so many plugin updates happening all the time, and each snapshot capturing the state of the database the moment any plugin gets updated, and storing that snap in the database for easy rollback if needed, well, those MB turn into GB pretty fast. I should have had them go directly to the cloud for storage and kept up on it as the snapshots accumulated. I was oblivious and not paying attention.
I have to say WP Reset Pro is nice security to have if an update screws something up. Working through this I can at least say I know a lot more about how it works and a whole lot more about WP database tables too.
Thanks Jose for responding to my query here.
Fuzzy was funny.
Trial and error and yep it was definitely a plug in. WP Reset Pro. It was taking a snapshot of each table of the database and adding the prefix as a copy every time a WP plugin was updated. If the update screwed up something it could easily be reset, which is a good thing.
But since plugin updates happen all the time, the files kept growing. I thought the plugin was set to store snapshots on the plugin’s cloud server. Turns out they were in the mysql database and that is what I was seeing and I had no idea that is what it was. Argh.
That will teach me to dig deeper into plugins before I install and use them.
I created the new site fresh through Softaculous and then installed the plugins it did not port over in the install process.
When I create a staging site or a clone of the ones in question, the same issue exists.
Now this is really weird, when I cloned one of the problematical sites, I looked at the size of the mysql database and it was 87mb. I thought wow, cloning it must have fixed it. I went to lunch and to do some other things, looked at the database size again and it was at 1.8GB.
Maybe the initial size of 87MB was wrong and it took some time for cPanel to catch up and 1.8GB is what it always was. I am clueless.
These are the plugins on one site:
Astra Bulk Edit, Astra Pro, Autoptimize, Beaver Builder, Cache Enabler, Ecwid Shopping Cart, Optimole, Rank Math SEO, Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder, WP Crontrol, WP Reset ProThe other site has the above sans Ecwid shopping cart and Rank Math and Optimole, but has Gumlet (a different photo opimizer), Embed Any Document, SmartVideo, Yoast Duplicate Post, and 5 eLearnCommerce plugins.
Between the two I have found no common denominator.
I am baffled for sure.