Hello @martinw2
Thank you very much for providing the detailed information regarding the issue with the filterable gallery block on your existing posts. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience you’re experiencing.
At this time, we have not been able to reproduce the issue in our local environment, which makes it challenging to diagnose the problem without further insight. We truly appreciate your cooperation in helping us resolve this matter.
To better assist you, could you please reach out to us here? Providing additional details—such as the specific example block you mentioned or any further context—will help us investigate the issue more thoroughly and work towards a prompt resolution.
Once again, I apologize for the disruption this has caused and appreciate your understanding. We are committed to ensuring that you have a smooth experience with our product, and your collaboration is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Best regards,
OK, I will investigate the Block details and get back to you via the link provided. However, for me it sounds like a problem with existing blocks which cannot be read by the new methods anymore. If that’s the case, others will be affected as well and will need a solution also. So once resolved, we should update information here as well.
Hi MartinW2,
I hope you are doing well.
I am glad to inform you that this Filterable Gallery block issue that you mentioned before is now resolved in our Dev version of the Essential Blocks plugin. Please download the Dev version of the Essential Blocks plugin from here: https://d.pr/f/sF6oM9 and, install it on your website.
Hope this will resolve your issue. 😊
To keep improving our service, would you be willing to spare 30 seconds to leave a review? Your feedback is invaluable to us.
Link to review – https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/essential-blocks/reviews/#new-post
We will be eagerly waiting for your great feedback. This will help us to boost our energy and provide better support. And also, help us to grow more.
Please feel free to contact our support anytime you need help, we are always here to assist you.
Thank you in advance!
Have a good day! 😊
I have now installed the provided dev version on the website. Gallery pictures are displayed now, but still not in a proper way (no border, no proper alignment).
However, the affected posts can now be edited again, which is a good step forward.
When looking at these posts in the editor, then they report that filterable blocks are inconsistent. Triggering a repair is resolving the issue, for both editing and the display on the website.
Nonetheless I have many many posts with filterable gallery inside, and all of them are affected. It is not a good way to touch them all, repair them, and store them back.
Would you please let me know waht made these blocks inconsistent and what can be done to repair them in an automated way?
Now that I can edit the posts again, I can also see that several posts, which also contain Accordion Blocks, have inconsistencies as well in these Blocks. Unfortunately, these Blocks can NOT be repaired, as triggering a repair does not resolve the inconsistency. Funny though, the accordions are still displayed properly on the website (despite being inconsistent). They just cannot be changed anymore. It might be this is a different topic, and should be adressed seperately. However, it seems there was an update which brought many problems with it…
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Screenshot of Editor: https://spuren-sichtbar-machen.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-10-212309.jpg
Affected post example (gallery already repaired, but accordion defect): https://spuren-sichtbar-machen.de/2024/05/judenfeindliche-kirchenfenster-ecclesia-synagoga-roem-kath-kirche-st-johannes-coesfeld-lette/
Affected post example (gallery not yet repaired, accordion OK): https://spuren-sichtbar-machen.de/2024/03/reproduktion-judenfeindlicher-mythen-in-kreuzwegreliefs-st-kilian-bueren-brenken/
Hi MartinW2,
Thank you for getting back to us and providing the details. It appears to be an unusual issue, and we are conducting a thorough investigation. I will keep you informed of the progress once the issue has been thoroughly examined.
Thank you for your patience.
Hi @amitbarai013 ,
In the meantime, I was able to touch all affected filterable galleries and repair them in the editor. However, I was not able to detect the reason why most (not all) of them were defect.
I was, however, able to investigate on the Accordion block issue, where several Accordion blocks were defect after the Upgrade. Remember, these Accordion blocks were shown as defect in the editor WITHOUT a chance to edit or repair them. They remained defect, although they were displayed correctly on the site.
The reason was not easy to find, but is rather simple: All defect Accordions had a tabindex="0" missing in div.eb-accordion-title-wrapper-eb-accordion-abcdefg
I had to edit each affected post in the database, changing e.g.
<div class="eb-accordion-title-wrapper eb-accordion-title-wrapper-eb-accordion-abcdefg">
to
<div class="eb-accordion-title-wrapper eb-accordion-title-wrapper-eb-accordion-abcdefg" tabindex="0">
So, this little extension made a big difference, and made the Accordion block editable again.
EITHER during upgrade of Essential Blocks Plugin, all Accordions blocks should have been checked for this extension and added if necessary OR the code should be flexible enough to not expect this flag for existing Accordions blocks.
I am afraid this support topic is not the right place, so I may open up another one with subject “Existing Accordion Blocks broken after upgrade to 5.2.3” – what do you think?
Hi MartinW2,
Thank you so much for providing the details. Our Development team is actively working on resolving this issue. I will keep you updated on our progress as soon as we complete a thorough investigation.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Hi MartinW2,
Hope you are doing well.
We have tested with the different versions of the plugins on our end but unfortunately sorry to say that we can’t reproduce the issue. It is working properly on our environment with the Dev version of the plugin. I request you to download the plugin from here: https://d.pr/f/1B4Oe7 , and install it on your website.
I hope this will resolve your issue. If that doesn’t work, then will you please provide us the page content so that we can investigate the issue deeply and assist you? You just need to go to the editor page and the copy the content and paste it to the doc and send it. Also, it would be great if you could provide us the URL of the page also where you are facing this issue.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
Hi Amit,
as described excatly in my post above https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filterable-gallery-editing-still-broken-on-5-2-3-for-old-posts/#post-18300173 , I could not afford to wait for a solution and had to manually repair all galleries. This already happened 3 weeks ago. So there is no longer a gallery on my page which you could investigate.
I assume it was/is a similar error as found for the accordion items, where simply a ‘tabindex=0’ was missing in old posts, so that they could not even be edited anymore (described as well, including solution, in the post above).
For my page, there is no more action necessary, however for future upgrades/changes to the software, please consider existing blocks and their settings, so that sites do not break. This is all that can and should be done in the future, thank you!
My post above gives a good hint on what might be missing in such situations. If the dev team is aware, this thread can be closed from my perspective.
Best regards,
Martin
Hi MartinW2,
Thank you for your comprehensive update. We sincerely appreciate the dedication and effort you have devoted to manually repairing your galleries. We are so glad to hear that everything is working smoothly on your site now.
Your feedback is significant importance, and we will certainly consider it for forthcoming updates to ensure the preservation of existing blocks and settings during plugin upgrades. I empathize with the frustration this issue may have caused, and we are committed to minimizing such disruptions in the future.
If new issues arise, or if you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. At this time, I will proceed to resolve this topic as per your suggestion.
Once again, thank you for your understanding and valuable insights.
Have a great day! 😊
