Title: Conflict with Lightspeed Cache
Last modified: October 3, 2024

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# Conflict with Lightspeed Cache

 *  Resolved [wookieejeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wookieejeremy/)
 * (@wookieejeremy)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       [03-Oct-2024 10:28:03 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string, array given in *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php:201Stack trace: 0 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php(201): json_decode() 1 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php(70): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache->setLiteSpeedCacheJsExcludesState() 2 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvAbstract.php(25): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache->doAdjust() 3 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnvironmentHandler.php(47): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvAbstract->run() 4 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/inc/cleantalk-updater.php(1290): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnvironmentHandler->handle() 5 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/inc/cleantalk-updater.php(72): apbct_update_to_6_42_0() 6 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/cleantalk.php(3302): apbct_run_update_actions() 7 *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/cleantalk.php(239): apbct_update_actions() 8 *****/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(2387): include_once('…') 9 *****/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(673): plugin_sandbox_scrape() 10 *****/wp-admin/plugins.php(60): activate_plugin() 11 {main}thrown in *****/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php on line 201
       ```
   
 * My Fix
 *     ```wp-block-code
       private function setLiteSpeedCacheJsExcludesState($state){$state = (bool)$state;if (!(    apbct_is_plugin_active('litespeed-cache/litespeed-cache.php') &&    get_option('litespeed.conf.optm-js_exc'))) {    return;}$current_js_exc = get_option('litespeed.conf.optm-js_exc');// Check if the current JS exclusion list is already an arrayif (!is_array($current_js_exc)) {    $current_js_exc_array = json_decode($current_js_exc, true);  // Decode as associative array} else {    $current_js_exc_array = $current_js_exc;}if (!isset($this->info[static::class]) || !key_exists('original_config_js_exc', $this->info[static::class]) ) {    $this->info[static::class]['original_config_js_exc'] = $current_js_exc;}try {    if ($state === false) {        // Add 'apbct-public-bundle.min.js' to the exclusion list        $current_js_exc_array[] = 'apbct-public-bundle.min.js';    } else {        // Remove 'apbct-public-bundle.min.js' from the exclusion list        $current_js_exc_array = array_filter($current_js_exc_array, function ($value) {            return $value !== 'apbct-public-bundle.min.js';        });    }    // Encode back to JSON and update the option if it was originally a JSON string    if (!is_array($current_js_exc)) {        update_option('litespeed.conf.optm-js_exc', json_encode($current_js_exc_array));    } else {        update_option('litespeed.conf.optm-js_exc', $current_js_exc_array);    }    if (class_exists('\LiteSpeed\Purge')) {        Purge::purge_all();    }} catch (\Exception $e) {    error_log('Antispam by CleanTalk error: ' . __METHOD__ . ' ' . $e->getMessage());}}
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by [wookieejeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wookieejeremy/).

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 *  Plugin Support [amagsumov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amagsumov/)
 * (@amagsumov)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18051954)
 * Hello [@wookieejeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wookieejeremy/),
 * We have fixed the problem. All the changes will be included in the next stable
   release.
 * Please, reinstall the plugin. ( Download link: [https://github.com/CleanTalk/wordpress-antispam/releases/download/dev-version/cleantalk-spam-protect.zip](https://github.com/CleanTalk/wordpress-antispam/releases/download/dev-version/cleantalk-spam-protect.zip))
 * Here is a guide for you:
    1. Go to WordPress Administrator Panel —> Plugins.
    2. Find the plugin “Anti-Spam by CleanTalk” —> Deactivate.
    3. After the automatic page refreshing find the plugin again “Anti-Spam by CleanTalk”—
       > Delete. Confirm “Yes, delete these files”.
    4. Download the plugin archive from the link above.
    5. Go to Plugins —> Add New —> Upload Plugin.
    6. Choose the downloaded archive and press “Install Now”.
 * Does it help?
 *  [philbusey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbusey/)
 * (@philbusey)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18052820)
 * Fix saved three websites that shut me out of WP Admin.
 * Fortunately, hosting company Hostinger has a WordPress “Overview” panel that 
   allowed me to turn off Litespeed, which allowed me to manage Cleantalk plugin
   as directed.
 * Now I am nervous about both Anti-Spam by CleanTalk as well as Litespeed Cache
   so I have them both either deleted or deactivated. Also, I wonder if the problem
   started with an automatic plugin update.
 *  Thread Starter [wookieejeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wookieejeremy/)
 * (@wookieejeremy)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18052869)
 * [@philbusey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbusey/) My issue came from
   an auto update of Litespeed in the middle of the night. 
   I have used both plugins
   for sometime without any issue. Its not uncommon for things like these to come
   up though. I always suggest to run updates in a staging environment to test before
   allowing them live, instead of auto-update for this exact reason. This server
   in particular does bi-daily backups and uptime monitoring alerts which is the
   only reason I leave everything auto-update (back ups are invaluable). In short,
   I wouldn’t stress too bad, just turn off auto update and reactivate them; both
   are necessary plugins that are important to site performance in my opinion.
 *  Plugin Support [dimitrycleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimitrycleantalk/)
 * (@dimitrycleantalk)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18053098)
 * Hello [@philbusey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbusey/),
 * We are glad to know that the fixed version helped you. We also released a new
   version that contains these changes.
 *  [philbusey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbusey/)
 * (@philbusey)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18055685)
 * Thanks wookieejeremy for the recommendations to not autoupdate and not uninstall
   necessary plugins.
 * I am weighing carefully your first recommendation because websites are a part-
   time hobby and I have little knowledge and only so much time in the day.
 * On your second recommendation, not to uninstall necessary plugins, I found out
   the hard way. After I uninstalled LiteSpeed Cache, on one out of three websites
   the page header disappeared and menu items were disarrayed across the page. The
   dashboard warned, Can NOT find LSCWP path for object cache initialization in /
   home/xxxxxxx/domains/xxx_domainname_xxx/public_html/wp-content/object-cache.php’
 * The explanation went back to my mistaken uninstallation, “This error happens 
   when you have deleted LightSpeed Cache before removing object-cache.php and advanced-
   cache.php files. These files created when you have installed LightSpeed Cache(
   LSCWP) plugin.” The webpage [https://pcboy.medium.com/wordpress-fix-can-not-find-lscwp-path-for-object-cache-initialization-98857e298b2c](https://pcboy.medium.com/wordpress-fix-can-not-find-lscwp-path-for-object-cache-initialization-98857e298b2c)
   instructed how to properly delete the orphaned Litespeed files, but I just reinstalled
   Litespeed and all appears well.
 * This is fundamentally not an Anti-spam Cleantalk problem, but a Litespeed problem,
   so this sounds off-topic. But it started with a Cleantalk problem. And it illustrates
   overriding wordpress issues: plugin conflicts, backups, staging environments,
   and not to panic when things go badly.
 *  Plugin Support [eugenecleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eugenecleantalk/)
 * (@eugenecleantalk)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-lightspeed-cache/#post-18055690)
 * [@philbusey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbusey/), thank you for sharing
   your experience.
 * If you have any questions, we are always ready to help.

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