Title: Cannot Edit/ Update some Fields
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot Edit/ Update some Fields

 *  Resolved [gld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gld/)
 * (@gld)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/)
 * Hi Roland,
 * The strangest thing: suddenly the last 5 fields of my database cannot be edited.
   It’s as though they have gone ‘read only’. I checked and of course they look 
   fine. But I still cannot change the record data in those fields.
 * I finally deactivated and deleted PDB before re-installing. Now even with the
   vanilla database structure and editing a new record in the admin panel, it refuses
   to permit any changes to the ‘Mailing List’ checkbox field.
 * What could possibly have gone wrong? Is it a file permission issue somewhere 
   on the site?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870442)
 * This sounds like a javascript conflict. Did you install a new plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [gld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gld/)
 * (@gld)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870444)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [gld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gld/)
 * (@gld)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870452)
 * 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 …?
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870479)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [gld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gld/)
 * (@gld)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870495)
 * 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 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870497)
 * That particular filter is active in the admin…most of them are not. Glad you 
   got it sorted.

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 * Last reply from: [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-update-some-fields/#post-4870497)
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