This sounds like a javascript conflict. Did you install a new plugin?
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gld
(@gld)
Yes I un-installed and re-installed it through the WP interface. I confirmed the plug-in folder was gone after uninstall. I wondered about JS so I tried it on a different machine but had the same result.
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gld
(@gld)
Oh sorry, misunderstood the question: Active Plugins are:
Akismet 3,0
BackupBuddy 4.2.15.6
Contact Form 7 3.8
Insert PHP 1.2
Limit Login Attempts 1.7.1
Login With Ajax 3.1.2
Participants Database 1.5.4.7
User Access Manager 1.2.5.0
WP Better Emails 0.2.6.5
Two events did occur around about the time of the symptoms arising:
1. I did trip the limit login which required me a 30 minute time-out
2. I did install and activate WP Better Emails 0.2.6.5
I have deactivated WP Better Emails 0.2.6.5 (which I now suspect) but the symptoms are still there. Should I Delete the suspect plugin or …?
Well, I can’t say which plugin might be suspect, the usual approach is to disable all but the one, see if it works then. If it doesn’t the problem is with the plugin, theme or website configuration. If it works, then start adding plugins until it breaks. You can start with the ones that do stuff in the backend.
You can also take a look at the javascript console, sometimes errors will show up there.
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gld
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My fault. I had a hook for ‘pdb-before_submit_update’ and the associated filter didn’t pass all the parameters. They were therefore absent when the record was committed resulting in the data not being updated to the fields of the missing parameters. Problem solved now. I didn’t realize the filter was going to trigger even form the main admin panel. All good now 🙂
That particular filter is active in the admin…most of them are not. Glad you got it sorted.
