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PHP2Shell ModSecurity Fix Blocking WordPress and Joomla Saves on cPanel
The cPanel ModSecurity fix for PHP2Shell turns on body inspection server-wide, so old rules block WordPress, Elementor and Joomla saves. How to check and fix.
PHP Is Not Out of the Woods Yet After PHP2Shell
A researcher claims six more unpatched PHP flaws after PHP2Shell. Unconfirmed, and nothing to do today, but PHP is not out of the woods. What to prepare now.
SiteGround Is Blocking mySites.guru Again, and Its Support Can't Agree Why
SiteGround's Anti-Bot AI is serving a noindex captcha to mySites.guru's published worker IP. Its support contradicts itself. Here is how to get it lifted.
The PHP Project Advises Turning Off Session Upload Progress Until the Next Release
PHP has posted an informational advisory on session upload progress and CVE-2026-115560. Who needs to act, the one-line fix, and how to find sites with it on.
How mySites.guru Helps Agencies Firefight PHP2Shell at Scale
How agencies with client sites spread across many hosts and servers see which still run vulnerable PHP, chase the right host, and handle back-ported builds.
PHP's Critical Security Release and Your Joomla or WordPress Site
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two unauthenticated RCE flaws. Your host applies the update to your Joomla or WordPress site; 8.1 and older get none.
What Is MariaDB and Why You Have Probably Never Heard of It - but Use It
MariaDB runs 68% of the Joomla and WordPress sites we monitor, and half run a database release that is now end of life. Measured on live servers.
Slower on purpose: the new Update Queue, and why it is off by default
Firing every update at once is what takes a shared server down. mySites.guru's new Update Queue runs one update at a time per server, off by default.
Why PHP 8.5.7 Shows Amber When PHP 8.4.24 Shows Green
PHP 8.5.7 shows amber while 8.4.24 shows green because the badge checks whether you are on the newest patch in your branch, not which branch you picked.
SiteGround's Captcha Is Blocking mySites.guru - again
SiteGround's Anti-Bot AI serves mySites.guru's worker a 202 captcha challenge instead of your site. Here's how to spot it and get our IP whitelisted.
OVH Flagged Our Plugin as Malware. It Is Not, and Here Is the Proof.
OVH's scanner flagged our legitimate bfRestore.php file as malware and cut outgoing connections and email across whole hosting plans. Here is why it is safe.
WordPress 7 Technical Requirements Check: Is Your Hosting Ready?
WordPress 7 requires PHP 7.4+ and still accepts MySQL 5.5.5+. Run a hosting check across every site to find old PHP and end-of-life database servers.
How to Check Your Sites for WordPress 7.0 Compatibility
WordPress 7.0 requires PHP 7.4+, dropping PHP 7.2 and 7.3, while the MySQL and MariaDB minimum stays at 5.5.5. Check every site's PHP and database at once.
Joomla 6 Technical Requirements (2026)
Joomla 6 requires PHP 8.3+, MySQL 8.0.13+, or MariaDB 10.4+. Check if your server is ready in 30 seconds with our free bulk compatibility scanner.
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.