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  • Microsoft 365 IMAP account doesn’t accept the password

    Microsoft Office 365 email account configured via IMAP (with basic authentication) no longer works. It keeps asking for a password and doesn’t accept it. This behaviour is expected. As of 2024, Microsoft 365 no longer accepts basic authentication for IMAP (it can still be enabled for SMTP). To resolve the issue either use a native…

  • Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-admin……php.ini (+94 more)

    Issue WordFence for WordPress scan reports the following “high” level security warnings: Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-admin/css/colors/light/php.ini (+ 94 more).This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed with this version of WordPress. This scan often includes files left over from a previous WordPress version, but it may also find files…

  • Migrate from GoDaddy Office 365 to Microsoft 365

    Migrating from Godaddy’s Office 365 email subscription to Microsoft 365 is a bit more complicated than a normal email system migration. This is because both systems are hosted by Microsoft and you can’t do certain things you would normally do during the migration, i.e. setting up the same domains on the Microsoft 365 account while…

  • Clone WordPress website for development or testing purposes

    Sometimes I need to create a WordPress website clone for testing purposes. This normally goes onto a subdomain, i.e. if the main website is mysite.com, the temporary test version will be dev.mysite.com. If you simply restore the website, including the SQL database from a backup, as soon as you try to navigate to dev.mysite.com, you…

  • Can’t import SQL dump from Plesk backup – Unexpected character near…

    Issue Cannot import SQL database extracted from Plesk web server backup. The following error is displayed in phpMyAdmin: Static analysis:…errors were found during analysis.Unexpected character. (near “” at position…)

  • Denon AVR-X2800H – only analogue RCA inputs accessable in Zone 2

    Denon AVR-X2800H is a 2-zone AVR. This allows you to independently play and control sound in two different rooms/zones. Unfortunately, this feature has some limitations.

  • Apple Watch – Swipe between watch faces gone in watchOS10

    Apple in watchOS10 removed the ability to quickly swipe between watch faces on the home screen. For some, it’s an improvement (as it was very easy to accidentally change faces), for others it’s a massive issue (if you were intentionally swapping between watch faces all the time, i.e. to access different complications). You can still…

  • Find Microsoft 365 Users MFA Status

    To quickly find whether individual users have MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) configured:

  • Re-enable Clutter functionality in Microsoft Office 365 Mailbox

    I was under the impression that Microsoft killed “Clutter” and replaced it with “Focused Inbox” a long time ago, but it appears that it is still possible to re-enable it. “Clutter” has an advantage over “Focused Inbox” in that it is not tied to Outlook and works within all email clients. To enable “Cutter” run:…

  • Disable individual WordPress plugin updates (WPBakery)

    I manage a few WordPress websites and one of them comes with a theme that uses the WPBakery Page Builder plugin. The theme is well supported and developers regularly release updates, however, there inevitably is a delay between WPBakery updates and the theme developer updates. Until developers run their tests and release a theme update,…

  • Website fails Google Search Console Mobile Usability Tests (Page isn’t usable on mobile)

    Joomla website is failing Google Search Console’s Mobile Usability checks with multiple pages marked as “Page isn’t usable on mobile“. Specifically, the errors are “Clickable elements too close together” and “Text too small to read“. Visually I couldn’t identify any issues with website rendering on a mobile device. Doing a Live Test on one of…

  • Microsoft 365 Reports: Questionable URLs detected in message

    A user is unexpectedly getting a lot of email reports from Microsoft Office 365 starting: # Questionable URLs detected in message: After this follows the headings of the reported email. These emails look like they were sent by various people within the same organisation, but obviously, they were not sent manually. The issue was caused…