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# Kat Hagan

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Database metakey: _wpas_done_all, what is it?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-metakey-_wpas_done_all-what-is-it/)
 *  [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-metakey-_wpas_done_all-what-is-it/#post-5113874)
 * These keys are used by Jetpack’s Publicize module to track whether a post has
   been published to social networks, and if so, which ones. There shouldn’t be 
   any negative side effects to removing them, except that you would then be able
   to re-publicize previously-published posts.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Please wait 5 mins to check mail again](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-wait-5-mins-to-check-mail-again/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-wait-5-mins-to-check-mail-again/#post-4672759)
 * Hi there,
 * Can you try connecting to your mail server (using telnet) from whatever server
   your WP site is running on? Sometimes hosting providers block the port numbers
   that are used to check mail, which can result in this kind of error.
 * [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187785](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187785)
 * You can also enable WP_DEBUG and see if there are any error messages displayed.
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/WP_DEBUG](https://codex.wordpress.org/WP_DEBUG)
 * Let me know if you still have problems!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Basic Email Format](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-email-format/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-email-format/#post-4788960)
 * Great! That was going to be my first suggestion. There are some issues with Outlook
   right now that will hopefully be fixed in the next update.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Is this plugin being supported?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-this-plugin-being-supported/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-this-plugin-being-supported/#post-4783971)
 * Hi there,
 * It is actively supported, though only in my free time, so I can’t always answer
   requests right away. 🙂 It shouldn’t take too much technical expertise to set
   up — there’s a lot of information in the Readme, and I’m always open to hearing
   what could be added/improved about the documentation.
 * When you say “post with a special tag”, do you just mean adding a tag to the 
   post? The plugin already supports that functionality — you just include a “shortcode”
   in your email. For example: [tag cool-stuff] will tag the post with the tag “
   cool-stuff”.
 * Does that answer your question?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Create Cronjob](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-cronjob/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-cronjob/#post-4733130)
 * Hi,
 * wp-mail.php is deprecated. To set up sync in a cronjob, you’ll want to create
   a new PHP file that triggers the ‘wp-mail.php’ action:
 * `do_action( 'wp-mail.php' );`
 * The file will also have to load WP, of course, otherwise you won’t have access
   to do_action(). So try something like this:
 * `<?php
    require_once("/path/to/wordpress/wp-load.php"); do_action( 'wp-mail.php');
 * Let me know if that works, I haven’t actually tried it myself. 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Email / Email account not accessible – Network errors etc…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-email-account-not-accessible-network-errors-etc/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-email-account-not-accessible-network-errors-etc/#post-4734597)
 * Really good write-up! Hope this helps someone else.
 * No worries on going with Postie — it’s a great plugin! We’re not really in competition,
   we tackle the same feature in very different ways. 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] When you include an image, short code doesn't trigger and copy not displayed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/#post-4692865)
 * I would LOVE pull requests if you’ve got time. It’s a huge help when others with
   tech knowledge can fix things, especially since the nature of this plugin makes
   it very hard to test on all possible configurations. So let me know if you decide
   you would like to do some hacking and I’d be happy to help with any questions.
   The GitHub repo is here: [https://github.com/codebykat/wp-post-by-email](https://github.com/codebykat/wp-post-by-email)
 * That being said, I’ve done some work trying to track down the image embed thing,
   and I think it’s a bug with the underlying library (Horde), and the fix is to
   switch to using PHP’s included IMAP functions, when they’re available. So it’s
   a fairly major bug. The HTML formatting might be something more straightforward.
 * Thanks for the kind words, and I apologize if I sort of snapped at you. I do 
   try to at least reply to the requests here, but it can be hard to stay on top
   of and that gets frustrating. 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] When you include an image, short code doesn't trigger and copy not displayed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/#post-4692863)
 * (Also, this plugin is not my full-time job, nor even my job at all. I am the 
   only person working on it and maintain it entirely in my free time. So please
   have patience when making support requests. Cheers.)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] When you include an image, short code doesn't trigger and copy not displayed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-you-include-an-image-short-code-doesnt-trigger-and-copy-not-displayed/#post-4692862)
 * Can you provide me with more information? It works for me in my testing. What
   email client are you using? What version of WP and PHP?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Change post font color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/#post-4674973)
 * I will certainly try to fix it. 🙂 I don’t use Outlook myself so it’s a bit hit-
   or-miss.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Cannot Connect to . an Error has occured](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-an-error-has-occured/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-an-error-has-occured/#post-4715073)
 * This is a great walkthrough — thanks for writing it up! Bookmarking it to link
   to if others have issues.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Change post font color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/#post-4674969)
 * Thanks for the extra info! That’s a big help — I’m trying to improve the way 
   HTML tags are filtered. Aside from using plain text mode, you might have some
   luck trying from a different mail client, as well — Outlook can insert some weird
   stuff sometimes.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Change post font color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/#post-4674962)
 * That’s weird. Can you post an example of the formatting you had to edit out? 
   What mail client are you using?
 * You could also try sending your emails as plain text — that should prevent them
   from arriving with any formatting at all.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Text comes in full of junk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-comes-in-full-of-junk/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-comes-in-full-of-junk/#post-4692707)
 * What is a “junk tag”? If you mean HTML, it’s probably being sent by your email
   client — the plugin attempts to retain all the formatting from the original email,
   but doesn’t always succeed. You could try using a different client, or sending
   your email as plain text.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Post By Email] Change post font color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kat Hagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codebykat/)
 * (@codebykat)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-post-font-color/#post-4674932)
 * Hi, have you tried setting the font colors in your email? It should use those
   same settings for the post.

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