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We've been writing about site management since 2012. Lately we've covered the Joomla 6 technical requirements, hidden files lurking on your server, and how our AI malware analysis spots threats across all your sites. Whether you manage five sites or five hundred, there's probably something useful in here.

The Hidden Files Lurking on Your Site That You Don't Know About

Your web server probably has hidden dot-files you've never seen. Some are harmless, some were left by hackers years ago. Here's how to find them all in seconds.

mySites.guru Raycast Extension for Mac

Free Raycast extension for mySites.guru on macOS. Search and jump to any of your managed sites, open management pages, and copy URLs without leaving the keyboard.

mySites.guru supports login with Passkeys

mySites.guru supports login with passkeys — Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello, or any FIDO2 device. Faster than passwords, impossible to phish.

AI-Powered Malware Analysis Now Available in mySites.guru

mySites.guru now lets you send flagged suspect files to Claude or GPT for instant malware analysis, with crowdsourced cached results shared across all subscribers.

Joomla 6 Technical Requirements — PHP, MySQL & MariaDB Versions You Need (2026)

mySites.guru's Joomla 6 compatibility checker identifies which of your connected sites meet the PHP 8.3, MySQL 8 and MariaDB 10.4 requirements for Joomla 6.

What Users Really Think of mySites.guru

What agencies and site owners actually say about managing their Joomla and WordPress sites with mySites.guru. Named reviewers only, no anonymous testimonials.

WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Alerting

mySites.guru cross-references every WordPress plugin on your sites against Wordfence, CVE and custom threat databases, flagging vulnerable plugins instantly.

69,000 WordPress, and Joomla Sites In One Place

mySites.guru hits 69,000 active sites, letting subscribers manage Joomla, WordPress and any PHP site from a single dashboard at one flat monthly price.

74,000+ Sites Managed in One Dashboard

70,000 WordPress, Joomla and PHP sites in a single secure dashboard. Manage, secure, monitor and improve your WordPress & Joomla sites with full integration with major backup plugins and uptime monitoing and apply best practice.

67,000+ Sites Trust Us for Updates

Celebrating 67,000 active Joomla and WordPress sites managed in mySites.guru, growing by 500 new sites every month.

Add unlimited Joomla and WordPress sites to mySites.guru

Step-by-step guide to connecting your first Joomla or WordPress site to mySites.guru — supports unlimited sites for one flat monthly fee.

Automatic Updates for Any Joomla Extension

Enable automatic updates for any Joomla extension that uses a Joomla update site — set per-site or across all connected sites with two clicks.

Backup 1000s of Sites from One Dashboard

Schedule and manage Akeeba Backup across thousands of Joomla and WordPress sites from a single mySites.guru dashboard.

Backup All Your Sites With One Click

The one-click Backup All Sites button is back in mySites.guru, now with a per-site default backup profile to power the bulk backup queue.

Check your site's security headers

mySites.guru checks eight HTTP security headers on every snapshot — CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options and more — to help you harden against XSS and clickjacking.

Web Server disk space monitoring

mySites.guru monitors your server's real disk partition usage twice daily and alerts you before it fills up — even if your hosting quota looks fine.

White-Label Client Reports for Your Sites

The mySites.guru Custom Report Designer lets you build unlimited branded report templates, assign them to scheduled reports, and send white-label updates directly to clients.

End-of-Life Version Support in mySites.guru

mySites.guru monitors end-of-life Joomla and WordPress versions from 1.5 to 6, alerting you when sites run unsupported software that puts them at risk.

Quick Snapshot of All Your Sites

The mySites.guru snapshot runs 140+ best-practice checks — PHP version, CMS config, security headers, SSL and more — twice a day on every connected site.

Get Expert Help for Your Sites Instantly

mySites.guru subscribers get direct access to Phil Taylor for fast expert help with any Joomla or WordPress problem — set fees, no ticket queues.

Real-Time Alerts for File Changes & Logins

Get real-time email alerts when files change, admins log in, or SSL certificates near expiry across all your Joomla and WordPress sites with mySites.guru.

How to audit your Local Sites with mySites.guru, or behind firewalls!

How to connect and audit local development sites or sites behind firewalls to mySites.guru using the built-in tunnel and proxy support.

Remove Fluff Files After Joomla Updates

mySites.guru can automatically delete leftover installation folders, readme files and other fluff left behind after Joomla core updates.

Disable "Send Copy to Submitter" in Joomla

Use mySites.guru to bulk-disable the Joomla Send Copy to Submitter contact form setting across all your sites to stop it being abused for spam.

Find hacks and backdoors in Joomla and WordPress sites

The mySites.guru suspect content tool - One of the many unique tools within the mySites.guru audit and Ultimate Toolset for WordPress/Joomla, is the Suspect Content Tool. This is our most popular unique tool, let's discuss it today.

How to Fix a Hacked Joomla or WordPress Site

Step-by-step guide to finding and cleaning hacked files on Joomla or WordPress using mySites.guru's suspect content audit and file comparison tools.

Fix Joomla 3 Security Issues in One Click

Patch every known Joomla 3 security vulnerability across all your sites with a single toggle in mySites.guru — no manual file edits, no eLTS subscription.

How to get mySites.guru for free - for a whole month!

Sign up for any mySites.guru subscription and cancel before the end of your first month to use the full service completely free for 30 days.

How to Hide Joomla Post Installation Messages

Dismiss Joomla post-installation messages on every connected site at once using the mySites.guru bulk action — no need to log into each site individually.

How to impersonate your mySites.guru team members

Account owners can impersonate any team member inside mySites.guru to review their view and permissions without needing to share passwords.

Install Extensions to Multiple Joomla Sites

Push a Joomla extension install to hundreds of sites simultaneously from the mySites.guru dashboard, with full success and failure notifications per site.

How to Manage and Monitor Any PHP Application with mySites.guru

mySites.guru works with any PHP-based web application, not just Joomla and WordPress — connect generic PHP sites to get audits, snapshots and alerts.

How to Manage Multiple WordPress Sites Like a Pro

Practical tips for managing multiple WordPress sites efficiently, covering centralised dashboards, backup strategies, security hardening and team workflows.

Upgrade 100s of Sites from One Dashboard

Run core and extension updates across hundreds of Joomla and WordPress sites simultaneously from the mySites.guru dashboard, with per-site success notifications.

Test Site Performance With Lighthouse

Run Google Lighthouse performance audits against any of your connected Joomla or WordPress sites directly from within the mySites.guru dashboard.

Auto-Upgrade 1000s of Plugins & Extensions

Update Joomla extensions, WordPress plugins, and CMS cores across all your sites from one mySites.guru dashboard. Select all, click upgrade, done.

Install Extensions to 1000+ Sites at Once

Install any Joomla extension or WordPress plugin across 1,000 sites in one go using the mySites.guru bulk install tool — no SSH or FTP needed.

Integrate mySites.guru to Alfred Workflow on Mac

How to integrate mySites.guru with Alfred on macOS so you can jump straight to any connected site's management page from your keyboard.

Joomla 5 Technical Requirements — PHP, MySQL & MariaDB Versions You Need (2026)

Check if your server meets Joomla 5's minimum requirements: PHP 8.1+, MySQL 8.0.13+, or MariaDB 10.4+. See the full compatibility matrix and scan all your sites at once.

Track SSL Certificate Expirations Easily

mySites.guru checks every connected site's SSL certificate issuer, expiry date and full chain validity on every snapshot, alerting you before certificates expire.

Learn best practice for Joomla and WordPress sites

Every mySites.guru snapshot and audit check comes with a detailed Learn More page explaining the best practice recommendation, the risk and how to fix it.

Manage all your Joomla Sites Extensions with mySites.guru

View, search and update every Joomla extension across all your connected sites from a single page in mySites.guru — tracking over four million extension relationships.

Manage Multiple Sites With Your Whole Team

Add unlimited team members to your mySites.guru account with per-site and per-feature permissions. No per-seat fees.

How To Manage Multiple WordPress Sites From One Dashboard

Centralise updates, backups, security audits and one-click logins across all your WordPress sites. One dashboard, unlimited sites, £19.99/month.

Manage Your Joomla 4 Sites with mySites.guru

mySites.guru fully supports Joomla 4, offering the same complete audit, backup, update and monitoring toolset for all your Joomla 4 sites.

Migrating to Modern Joomla When Using mySites.guru

How to keep your sites connected to mySites.guru when migrating from Joomla 3 to Joomla 4, 5, or 6. Step-by-step connector swap process.

Monitor site uptime with mySites.guru

mySites.guru replaced UptimeRobot with its own custom node.js uptime monitoring engine, delivering per-minute checks and instant downtime alerts at no extra cost.

mySites.guru connected to over 64,000 Joomla and WordPress Sites

mySites.guru celebrates 74,000+ actively connected Joomla, WordPress and PHP sites — all managed from a single dashboard invested into daily by its founder.

mySites.guru powers through 60,000 Joomla and WordPress Sites Managed

mySites.guru surpasses 60,000 actively connected Joomla and WordPress sites, driven by unique audit, update and monitoring tools not found in competing services.

mySites.guru surpasses 64,000 connected Joomla and WordPress Sites

mySites.guru hits 64,000 connected Joomla and WordPress sites, powered by daily code deployments, real-time hack detection and a founder who works on it full time.

One-Click Admin Login to Any Site

Skip the login page entirely. One click from mySites.guru logs you straight into any Joomla or WordPress admin console — no passwords stored, fully encrypted.

mySites.guru is the new name for rebranded myJoomla.com

myJoomla.com has been rebranded as mySites.guru to reflect full support for Joomla, WordPress and any PHP-based website in one platform.

The mySites.guru Command Palette Navigation

Press Cmd+K anywhere in mySites.guru to open the command palette and instantly navigate to any site, tool or account setting without touching the mouse.

Over 74,000 Joomla and WordPress Sites trust mySites.guru service

mySites.guru celebrates 75,000+ connected sites — with 500 new Joomla and WordPress sites added monthly and daily code deployments improving the platform.

How to Find Hacked Files in WordPress & Joomla — Deep Security Audit

Surface-level scanners miss hidden malware. Learn how a file-level audit checks every line of code against 20,000+ patterns and 14,000+ known hack signatures to find backdoors other tools miss.

Schedule Audits, Updates & Backups

Configure time-based and action-based schedules for security audits, snapshots, updates and Akeeba backups across all your mySites.guru connected sites.

The Agency Dashboard for All Your Sites

The mySites.guru main dashboard surfaces SSL status, update counts, audit alerts, uptime and more for every connected Joomla or WordPress site at a glance.

Site Management Is More Than Just Updates

Real site management means security audits, best practice checks, and hack detection — not just bulk updates, backups, and uptime pings.

Tools for Managing Multiple Sites

The mySites.guru Snapshot All button refreshes version data, security checks and best practice results across every connected site in one click.

The Best Multi-Site Management Dashboard

Manage unlimited WordPress, Joomla and PHP sites from one secure dashboard. Security audits, backups, uptime monitoring and more for GBP 19.99/month.

The Joomla 3.10.999 Project

Phil Taylor's Joomla 3.10.999 project backported critical security patches to end-of-life Joomla 3 sites. Here's what it was, why it existed, and what you should do now.

Anonymize Data Before Taking Screenshots

Append ?anon=1 to any mySites.guru URL to instantly replace site names, URLs and user data with randomised values so you can share screenshots safely.

Top 50 Joomla Extensions in 2024

Real-time ranking of the top 50 most-installed Joomla extensions, pulled live from the mySites.guru database of 75,000+ connected sites.

WordPress Debug Constants Explained — WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG & More

A quick guide to every WordPress debug constant in wp-config.php. Learn what WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY do, plus a common WP_DEBUG_LOG mistake that exposes your error logs publicly.

Universal User Management Across Sites

Universal User Management for Joomla and WordPress with mySites.guru

Unlimited Backup Schedules - powered by cron syntax

41.37% backup monthly 49.47% backup weekly 9.16% backup daily

mySites.guru No longer provides UptimeRobot.com Status pages

mySites.guru no longer integrates UptimeRobot — it now runs its own custom uptime monitoring engine, replacing the third-party service that tried to raise fees by 352%.

mySites.guru Social Media Links

All the social media channels, mailing lists and community links where you can follow mySites.guru news, feature announcements and updates.

White-Label Activity Reports for Clients

mySites.guru generates automated, white-label site activity reports emailed to your clients on any schedule, covering updates, backups, audits and uptime.

WP Mayor's Five-Star Review of mySites.guru for WordPress

WP Mayor gave mySites.guru a five-star rating after a month of hands-on testing. Here's what reviewer Kevin Wood found.

Emails from AuditMailerTest@myjoomla.io

Explains why you may receive test emails from AuditMailerTest@myjoomla.io and what they mean for your mySites.guru audit notifications.