Title: Auto Insert does not work Last modified: August 15, 2022 --- # Auto Insert does not work * Resolved [Fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/) * (@fuego23) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/) * Hi. Auto insert does not work at all with my page. tried a simple text, active with auto insert, no logic. does not show at all (searched the code for it) no matter what Location. Shortcodes are working just fine. * tried wordpress standard theme, tried deactivating all other plugins. does not work. any suggestions? * Thanks Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Plugin Author [Mircea Sandu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) * (@gripgrip) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15919447) * Hi [@fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/), * Can you please give a specific example of settings you used that is not working for you? * What code type, which location and which theme you tried. * I can’t think of any reason none of the locations would work unless there’s something not working when trying to activate the snippet. * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15925554) * [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) I am having the exact same issue with Astra. I haven’t quite figured it out but none of the following combinations work ever. * HTML/Site Wide Header/No Smart Logic HTML/Site Wide Header/With Smart Logic HTML/Site Wide Body/No Smart Logic HTML/Site Wide Body/With Smart Logic HTML/ Site Wide Footer/No Smart Logic HTML/Site Wide Footer/With Smart Logic HTML/Insert Before Post/No Smart Logic HTML/Insert Before Post/With Smart Logic * Universal/Site Wide Header/No Smart Logic Universal/Site Wide Header/With Smart Logic Universal/Site Wide Body/No Smart Logic Universal/Site Wide Body/With Smart Logic Universal/Site Wide Footer/No Smart Logic Universal/Site Wide Footer/With Smart Logic Universal/Insert Before Post/No Smart Logic Universal/Insert Before Post/With Smart Logic * It must be that there’s something with the hooks for the plugin that WordPress is not respecting. I’ll keep digging and let you know what I find. * I am using WordPress 6.0.1. FWIW, shortcodes work just fine. - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15925559) * [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) I think I found the culprit. It looks like the cache entry in my database is wrong? * Looking through the code I can see that the plugin tries to cache the snippets in a serialized array with the option_name of wpcode_snippets. * Here’s what my wp_options table looks like for the wpcode_snippets entry: * `a:0:{}` * That’s obviously not right. There should be something in that array but there isn’t. How do I recreate the cache? - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15925585) * I see that `cache_all_loaded_snippets()` is being called on Bulk Operations and when saving an individual snippet. However, neither operation actually fills the cache for me. It’s still an empty array in the db? - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15925704) * [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) and [@fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/) I figured it out! * Through much debugging I found the issue. In the file `includes/class-wpcode- auto-insert-type.php` there is a line like this: (NOTE: this is line 210 for me but I did a ton of debugging so [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) I’m not sure if that’s the line in production) * `$term_id = $location_term->term_id;` * In some debug printing I was doing I realized that `$location_term->term_id` is the incorrect property to grab. Instead, that line should be: * `$term_id = $location_term->term_taxonomy_id;` * Hope this helps! * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15925711) * Argh, the code formatting here leaves a bit to be desired. [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) here’s that line in the broader context of where it’s used. This is in the `load_all_snippets_for_type()` method. * ``` // Get the terms that are defined and then assign found snippets to their respective taxonomies // so that they can be picked up by id later without having to query again. $location_terms = $this->get_location_terms(); foreach ( $location_terms as $location_key => $location_term ) { $term_id = $location_term->term_taxonomy_id; $this->snippets[ $location_key ] = array(); // Until we update to PHP 5.3 this is the easiest way to do this. foreach ( $snippets as $snippet ) { if ( isset( $snippet->term_taxonomy_id ) && absint( $snippet->term_taxonomy_id ) === $term_id ) { $this->snippets[ $location_key ][] = new WPCode_Snippet( $snippet ); } } } ``` * Plugin Author [Mircea Sandu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) * (@gripgrip) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15926848) * Hi [@mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/), * Thank you for digging into this and sharing your findings. I can’t see a way to replicate this issue with a site running WP now but I suspect it can happen if you have been running WP since before terms were unique per taxonomy and the ids got mismatched. * We’ll address this in the next release after running more tests. * Thanks! * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15929839) * That must be it [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) . When I looked at my taxonomies I had multiple entries for terms that wpcode wanted to use. My blog has been in place for over 3 years, so that must be it. * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15929854) * After digging through and debugging this, I can’t shake the idea that everything would be more performant and resilient if WPCode created its own tables instead of overloading `wp_posts`, `wp_terms`, `wp_term_taxonomy`, etc. * Granted, I’m only taking a look under the hood now so I understand if you want to keep using it how it’s currently designed. - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15929857) * Oh and if you or any other developers would like SQL dumps of my tables just let me know. I don’t think I can upload them here, but I’d be happy to share them for your dev efforts. * Plugin Author [Mircea Sandu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) * (@gripgrip) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15930598) * Hi [@mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/), * Thank you for the update. * If it’s just 3 years the issue is definitely not the one I suspected as the structure for terms has been changed in 2015 so it’s unlikely you were running such an old version at the time. * Are you using any plugin that changes the way taxonomies are stored or extend taxonomies in any way? If you don’t mind sending us a message using the form at [https://wpcode.com/suggestions/](https://wpcode.com/suggestions/) any other details (that you don’t want in a public forum) you can share about your setup will definitely help. * Thanks * Thread Starter [Fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/) * (@fuego23) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15931355) * Thank you so much [@mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) ! * Changing to `$term_id = $location_term->term_taxonomy_id;` * did the trick. Everything works fine now. * Thanks again! * [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) * (@mikeytag) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/#post-15933336) * [@gripgrip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) I’m not sure if there’s any of my plugins that are messing with taxonomies. I haven’t exactly dug into every one of them. Here’s the list of plugins on my site. Maybe [@fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/) and I have one or more of these in common? * Ad Inserter Ads.txt Manager Akismet Anti-Spam Application Passwords Comment Whitelist Contextual Related Posts GTranslate Jetpack My Custom Functions Post Words Count Send Images to RSS Site Kit by Google Smush Pro WP AutoTerms WP Categories Widget WP Native Articles Premium WP Rocket WP Rollback WPCode – Insert Headers, Footers, and Code Snippets WPMU DEV Dashboard Yoast SEO - This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/). * Plugin Author [Mircea Sandu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gripgrip/) * (@gripgrip) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-does-not-work/page/2/#post-15937518) * Hi [@mikeytag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeytag/) and [@fuego23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuego23/), * Thank you for reporting this issue, the latest release (2.0.2) includes a fix for this issue so after updating you don’t have to make any edits to the plugin. 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