Protected __clone() method causes fatal error with Avada Fusion Builder

Hi,

I’m experiencing a PHP fatal error caused by a conflict between Yay Currency and Avada’s Fusion Builder plugin.

Fusion Builder scans all registered widgets during AJAX requests and attempts to clone them. Yay Currency’s widget class (Yay_Currency\Engine\Appearance\Widget) declares its __clone() method as protected, which causes a fatal error when cloned from outside the class:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to protected 
Yay_Currency\Engine\Appearance\Widget::__clone() from global scope 
in fusion-builder/inc/helpers.php:2623

This crashes any AJAX operation on the site. While Avada’s approach of cloning all widgets is aggressive (and I’ve submitted a bug report to them as well), the fix on Yay Currency’s side would be straightforward — either make __clone() public, or remove the visibility restriction if the singleton pattern isn’t strictly needed for the widget class.

Environment:

• WordPress 6.9.x
• Yay Currency (latest)
• PHP 8.3
• Conflicting plugin: Avada / Fusion Builder

Thanks for looking into this.