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# gilgongo

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Over a million xmlrpc calls and counting?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/over-a-million-xmlrpc-calls-and-counting/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/over-a-million-xmlrpc-calls-and-counting/#post-18053367)
 * Ah, thanks! Will try disabling that and monitor the logs for a couple of days.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Over a million xmlrpc calls and counting?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/over-a-million-xmlrpc-calls-and-counting/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/over-a-million-xmlrpc-calls-and-counting/#post-18053270)
 * Thanks – will try that. It seems to be more than one installation doing it, but
   they are owned by the same person so maybe they’ve installed something.
 * Edit: The active plugins for the sites making the most local xml-rpc calls are
   below (125,559 requests this week compared to about 30 for some other sites).
   Their active theme is twenty-fourteen. I’ve toggled each of the plugins off but
   it doesn’t seem to make any difference.
 *     ```wp-block-code
       +---------------------------------------------+----------+--------+----------+| name                                        | status   | update | version  |+---------------------------------------------+----------+--------+----------+| akismet                                     | active   | none   | 5.3.3    || better-search-replace                       | active   | none   | 1.4.7    || wp-db-backup                                | active   | none   | 2.5.2    || ip-geo-block                                | active   | none   | 3.0.17.4 || jetpack                                     | active   | none   | 13.9     || post-type-switcher                          | active   | none   | 3.3.1    || woocommerce                                 | active   | none   | 9.3.3    || woocommerce-gateway-paypal-express-checkout | active   | none   | 2.1.3    || woocommerce-services                        | active   | none   | 2.8.2    || woocommerce-square                          | active   | none   | 4.8.1    |+---------------------------------------------+----------+--------+----------+
       ```
   
 * The requests come in waves though and right now it’s quiet. I’ll try and see 
   if there’s any pattern but right now I’m suspecting that wp-db-backup perhaps.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years ago by [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/).
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [[Inspiro] White space](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-space-54/)
 *  [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-space-54/#post-17781660)
 * Thanks for this – I had the same problem and after about a full day of trying
   and failing to work it out, saw this solution. I wish WordPress theme customisation
   wasn’t so incredibly difficult!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Images sized correctly in editor are too small on live?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-sized-correctly-in-editor-are-too-small-on-live/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-sized-correctly-in-editor-are-too-small-on-live/#post-17732030)
 * Oh OK (not that I know how to hack the CSS in WP but I guess I can work it out).
 * Out of interest, why is that happening in the first place though? Is it something
   I did, or is WP just like this?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Images sized correctly in editor are too small on live?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-sized-correctly-in-editor-are-too-small-on-live/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-sized-correctly-in-editor-are-too-small-on-live/#post-17729671)
 * Thanks – I tried changing the theme but it made no difference: the same images
   were affected (I have also tried viewing in Chrome vs FF vs Edge – all show the
   same thing).
 * I am running no plugins (this is just a test site).
 * [https://oddjob.bakerbates.com/](https://oddjob.bakerbates.com/)
 * Looking at the front end, it appears that the dimensions I’m setting in the editor
   on some of the images further down the page just aren’t being respected when 
   the page is rendered.
 * It’s not essential that I do this in WP. I’m not that experienced with it, and
   don’t intend to modify the content. I may just try laying out the page in simple
   HTML/CSS by hand unless you can suggest and easy fix. This feels like some bug
   to me.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/).
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [wp_update_https_detection_errors issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_update_https_detection_errors-issue/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_update_https_detection_errors-issue/#post-17208179)
 * OK I think I fixed it by rolling back to a previous version, then upgrading plugins,
   themes and then wp core. No idea what was causing the error though. WordPress
   is weird and strange. Thanks for your help though!
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [wp_update_https_detection_errors issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_update_https_detection_errors-issue/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_update_https_detection_errors-issue/#post-17207013)
 * Thanks! But renaming deprecated.php just gives this error:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Failed opening required '/home/gilgongo/html/nickyo/wp-includes/deprecated.php
       ```
   
 * I could roll back, but that wouldn’t necessarily tell me what’s up. 
   Interestingly,
   when I try commenting out the `wp_update_https_detection_errors` function in 
   deprecated.php, I get a different “Cannot redeclare” error.
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Cannot redeclare _wp_theme_json_webfonts_handler() (previously declared in /home/gilgongo/html/nickyo/wp-includes/deprecated.php:5407)
       ```
   
 * So maybe it’s some other issue?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[AVH Extended Categories Widgets] Can the author Peter van der Does please update this great plugin?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-the-author-peter-van-der-does-please-update-this-great-plugin/)
 *  [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-the-author-peter-van-der-does-please-update-this-great-plugin/#post-12169003)
 * Given the plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress(
   I think that’s more than a year now at least), I think it’s very likely that 
   it’s dead.
 * Unless anyone else takes over the code (again, unlikely) I think the only option
   we have is to find a substitute.
 * Has anyone found a similar plugin that we can use?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form Email] DB error: Unknown column ‘rep_days’ in ‘field list’](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/db-error-unknown-column-rep_days-in-field-list/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/db-error-unknown-column-rep_days-in-field-list/#post-11619799)
 * Thanks for getting back, but the error is still there after applying the settings.
   Will open a ticket.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Siteurl change strips “http://” prefix?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/siteurl-change-strips-http-prefix/)
 *  Thread Starter [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/siteurl-change-strips-http-prefix/#post-11486257)
 * Thanks, but I’m afraid that doesn’t work either. The site name IS being changed,
   but when the site loads, the links to any posts lack the initial “[https://&#8221](https://&#8221);
   part.
 * I note that links to CSS files and other things are OK though (or else the site
   wouldn’t load properly).
 * I suspect some issue with the post URL generation in some way – but what?
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress 2.9: your attempt to edit this post has failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-your-attempt-to-edit-this-post-has-failed/)
 *  [gilgongo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilgongo/)
 * (@gilgongo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-29-your-attempt-to-edit-this-post-has-failed/page/5/#post-1314551)
 * I’m using PHP5 under Debian 5.0 and I’ve upgraded WP within a week for each new
   version coming out. I don’t have Twitter tools, and the commenting out of auto-
   save doesn’t work.
 * As a workaround, for the past six months I’ve been writing my posts in a text
   editor, then pasting it into a blank post in WP, saving the draft, getting the
   error, going back to my list of posts in my Admin screen, clicking “edit” to 
   get back to the edit screen, then pasting in the post again (unless it auto-saved
   before I hit save). It’ll usually work OK after that.
 * I would try disabling plugins, and reverting to default themes, but I think that’s
   a bit pointless since I have plugins and themes for a reason. I dunno – it’s 
   an incredibly annoying bug, but I’m willing to wait it out for however many years
   it takes for it to get fixed. I’ve been living with it almost daily for over 
   a year now, so I guess I can last a few years longer…

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