diff --git a/lib/general b/lib/general
index 8fb4beb..b9ae66c 100644
--- a/lib/general
+++ b/lib/general
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ wp_dbdata() {
 	wp_dbport=$(echo "$wp_dbhost" | cut -f 2 -d ':' -s)
 	wp_dbpref=$( grep -F "table_prefix" $wpconfpath | cut -f 2 -d "'" -s)
 	
-	if [[ -n $external_db ]]; then
+	if [[ -z $external_db && -n $wp_dbhost && $wp_dbhost != "localhost" ]]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "${gre}External DB found in${blu} $domain ${gre}(Press 'Enter' key twice to skip and not delete)"
+		read -p "${blu}External DB root username [root]: " wp_uroot
+		wp_uroot=${wp_uroot:-root}
+		read -p "External DB root password: " wp_proot
+	elif [[ -n $external_db ]]; then
 		dbdata=${external_db:1:-1}
 		wp_uroot=$(echo "${dbdata}" | cut -d',' -f 1 -s)
 		wp_proot=$(echo "${dbdata}" | cut -d',' -f 2 -s)
@@ -156,9 +162,6 @@ wp_dbdata() {
 			echo "${red}[ERROR] Invalid data for External Database!${end}" >&2
 			exit 1
 		fi
-	elif [[ -z $external_db && -n $wp_dbhost && $wp_dbhost != "localhost" ]]; then
-		echo "${red}[ERROR] External Database found, please use the '-external-db=[user,password]' option!${end}" >&2
-		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/sites b/lib/sites
index 8ec4621..df9d46f 100644
--- a/lib/sites
+++ b/lib/sites
@@ -351,8 +351,13 @@ wpinstall() {
 			# DB Creation
 			if [[ "$setupmysql" == [yY]  ]] ; then
 				if [[ $dbhost == "localhost" ]]; then
-					local dbsetup="CREATE DATABASE $dbname;GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $dbname.* TO $dbuser@$dbhost IDENTIFIED BY '$dbpass';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
-					sudo mysql --connect-timeout=10 --user=root -p$ROOT_PASS -e "$dbsetup"
+					# Starting with MySQL 8 you no longer can (implicitly) create a user using the GRANT command.
+					sudo mysql --connect-timeout=10 --user=root -p$ROOT_PASS <<_EOF_
+CREATE DATABASE $dbname;
+CREATE USER '${dbuser}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${dbpass}';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${dbname}.* TO ${dbuser}@${dbhost} IDENTIFIED BY '${dbpass}';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+_EOF_
 					if [ $? != "0" ]; then
 						done="0"
 						echo "${red}============================================"
@@ -468,13 +473,6 @@ db_delete() {
 				echo "${gre}Database of your site ${blu}${domain}${subfolder}${gre} has been successfully deleted! ${end}"
 			fi
 		else
-			if [[ -z $wp_uroot || -z $wp_proot ]]; then
-				echo ""
-				echo "${gre}External DB found in${blu} $domain ${gre}(Press 'Enter' key twice to skip and not delete)"
-				read -p "${blu}External DB root username [root]: " wp_uroot
-				wp_uroot=${wp_uroot:-root}
-				read -p "External DB root password: " wp_proot
-			fi
 			if [[ $wp_uroot == "root" && -z $wp_proot ]]; then
 				echo "${red}Action aborted, database not deleted!"
 				continue 1;
@@ -633,7 +631,7 @@ createsite() {
 	fi
 		
 	# Activate FastCgi cache
-	if [[ ( -n $cache || $cache == "on" ) && $type == [123] ]]; then
+	if [[ $cache == "on" && $type == [123] ]]; then
 		sudo sed -i '/php.conf/c \	include common/wpfc.conf;' /etc/nginx/sites-available/$domain
 		wp_cache_plugins
 	fi
diff --git a/plugins/site b/plugins/site
index 36f656b..ac3b3a2 100644
--- a/plugins/site
+++ b/plugins/site
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ elif [[ -n $parked && -n $domain ]]; then
 	sudo cat /etc/nginx/sites-available/$mapto > /etc/nginx/sites-available/$domain
 	
 	# Prevent if SSL is enabled in main site and ssl data is copied to parked site causing an error.
-	sudo site $domain -ssl=off -revoke=off > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+	sudo site $domain -ssl=off -revoke=off > /dev/null 2>&1
 	
 	sudo sed -i "/server_name/c \	$sername" /etc/nginx/sites-available/$domain
 	sudo sed -i "s/$mapto/$domain/g"  /etc/nginx/sites-available/$domain