wooferdog

Hmm… well I added it, but nothing appears to have changed. I added the define before, no change. So I added it in-between (as suggested by the WP link you posted), but nothing happened there either?

Also, do I replace or add to?

current:

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) )
define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’);

Hi @bcworkz, do you know if the wp-config file is independent of the database?

Thanks for your help! ??

I think I may have fixed this. There’s gotta be a bug in the plugin somewhere, cuz wow.

What I ended up doing, was authenticate repeatedly (with several page refreshes) until the plugin finally accepted the token code. Ridiculous solution, but it seems to have worked. I can’t believe I jumped through all those hoops for nothing.

I’ve tried a few other things, none of them worked:

1) remove Updraft permissions from Dropbox
2) attempt with different web browser
3) remove UpdraftPlus.com folder from Dropbox ‘Apps’

I am the admin, and assuming I’m looking in the right place (the Bluehost cPanel Error Log), I’m not seeing any errors…

https://imgbox.com/07neiORD

Also worth mentioning, this is a brand new website. Haven’t even made any posts/pages.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by wooferdog.

Hi, it seems the error has cleared for now. Might have been the recent WP 5.1.1 update that fixed it.

Okay I restored my database from before using Search and Replace. I will contact that developer and see what I can do.

I may post here again if I run into any more questions.

Yeah I thought that was kind of weird too. I may need to explain something after all.

I came from WordPress.com which had a private mode. It was super easy to set, but it was such a limited experience and my mind was exploding with ideas. Ever since I moved to my own website, I’ve been trying to replicate a private mode that not only prevents access to the site, but also access to the files on it. This website is basically a journal.

That’s where this ‘private’ folder comes in. I’m using a plugin called Private Uploads. This plugin prevents access to said files. My webhost uses Apache, and so I was required to edit the .htaccess file with the appropriate script found in the installation instructions:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Block unauthenticated user access to the /private/ uploads folder
RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(private)/(.*)$ /?pucd-folder=$1&pucd-file=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

It works really well too!

Unfortunately, moving my files over to it has been kind of messy, as you might be able to tell. And I really need some guidance on how to get myself back up and running, because I just feel so lost right now lol. ??

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by wooferdog.
• This reply was modified 6 years ago by Jan Dembowski.

Yeah I disabled dry-run once for the ‘SQL file’, and again to ‘Save changes to the database’.

The url of one file looks like this:
https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/private/2019/02/1946856221..jpeg

Hmm I wonder if I messed up earlier by performing two non-dry runs? What exactly is the difference between ‘Export SQL file with changes’ and ‘Save changes to the database’? Did I perform two different operations by running each of them?

The files exist and the URLs look right, but there’s no preview thumbnails. The WordPress app refreshes but nothing shows up.

Okay, so my files are in the private folder, I’ve updated the database, and removed the extra ‘private’ subdirectory from your plugin.

My media files still aren’t showing up in the online Media Library, or in the WordPress app. Is there one last thing I have to do? https://imgbox.com/EdXwg6lk

I made a backup and performed the operation, but I have more questions.

First, I selected all tables, unchecked dry run, then selected ‘Export SQL file with changes’. This didn’t appear to do anything except give me a SQL file? It told me that “13 tables were processed, 336 cells need to be updated”. I don’t know what that means.

So I went through it a second time, this time choosing ‘Save changes to database’ and got the following message: “The following changes were made to the database: 13 tables were processed. 337 cells need to be updated”.

Am I done here?

Afterwards I checked on your plugin, and for some reason my link has been changed to:

https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/private/private

Did I do something wrong? I only entered one ‘private’ folder, not two…

Hi @rvola,

Just to confirm, I want to change the URL from the standard:

(Search)
https://example.com/wp-content/uploads

to

(Replace)
https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/private

This will be okay without a forward slash at the end?

Thanks! I appreciate your response :]