Troubleshooting
10 articles tagged Troubleshooting, newest first.
Check Your Joomla and WordPress Sites Can Send Email
Tick up to 20 Joomla or WordPress sites, each sends a real email through its own mail settings, and you see if it arrived and passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
home.pl Refuses to Unblock mySites.guru, the First Host to Turn Us Down
home.pl drops both of mySites.guru's published IPs across its network and on 2 November 2026 would not lift it, the first host to turn down our direct request.
SiteGround Is Blocking mySites.guru Again, and Its Support Can't Agree Why
SiteGround's Anti-Bot AI blocked mySites.guru's published IP from 21 October, with contradictory support answers, until a network-wide whitelist on 28 October.
How to add exception for mySites.guru in Admin Tools
Admin Tools' .htaccess Maker gives mySites.guru a 403 on Joomla until plugins/system/bfnetwork is in the right exception list. Which one, and why backups fail.
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.
Joomla Update Error 999: a Dead Extension Redirecting to LinkedIn
The Joomla 'Invalid status code 999' update error is an abandoned extension whose update site redirects to LinkedIn. Here is the fix.
How to Verify Your Joomla Site's Email Configuration Actually Works
Joomla and WordPress contact forms can fail with no warning. Check SMTP settings, test mail delivery, and catch email misconfigurations across all your sites.
Why you're getting downtime alerts (and why they matter)
How uptime monitoring works, what triggers downtime alerts when your site seems fine, and how to monitor hundreds of sites from a single dashboard.
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mySites.guru subscribers get direct access to Phil Taylor for fast expert help with any Joomla or WordPress problem - set fees, no ticket queues.
Emails from mailer-test@mysites.guru
Why your Joomla or WordPress site emails mailer-test@mysites.guru at the start of every mySites.guru audit, and why it used to be AuditMailerTest@myjoomla.io.