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Phil McKerracher

@phil-mckerracher London joined Oct 2015

mckerracher.net

    Bio

    Professional engineer originally from Australia, now living in London. Self employed IT consultant with experience in telecommunications and Linux servers. Married, plays violin, does theatre technicals.

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    May 2026
    May 29 Fri · 18:22
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Now does more harm than good, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I've used this plugin for a few years but development …
    October 2024
    Oct 14 Mon · 00:11
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Can’t add new maps, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    For the last few weeks I have been unable to add maps …
    June 2024
    Jun 04 Tue · 16:50
    Forums med
    Created a topic, Incorrect alert, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Every so often I get alerts like these from WordFence …
    August 2023
    Aug 08 Tue · 21:04
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [Booster for WooCommerce] Booster has a security vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Good point, WordFence is hyperventilating a bit when calling it a "critical" vulnerability (not for…
    Aug 08 Tue · 00:04
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Booster has a security vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm guessing they don't even monitor this forum, only support tickets from paying customers.
    Aug 07 Mon · 20:12
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    Posted a reply to Booster has a security vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Quite a few other vulnerabilities already reported (and fixed) https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/woocommerce-jetpack
    Aug 05 Sat · 15:47
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    Posted a reply to [Booster for WooCommerce] Booster has a security vulnerability, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'm guessing this vulnerability was reported by WordFence a month ago (because I'm seeing it…
    April 2023
    Apr 30 Sun · 00:20
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Seems to be broken again, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Update: It seems the error message and the broken functionality were unrelated. The functionality wasn't…
    Apr 29 Sat · 13:42
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    Created a topic, Seems to be broken again, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This plugin seems to have stopped working fairly recen…
    Apr 04 Tue · 14:52
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    Created a topic, Didn’t work for me, abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I tried it on a site that has five WooCommerce product…