Title: Plugin fails
Last modified: June 29, 2018

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# Plugin fails

 *  [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renaissancedesign/)
 * (@renaissancedesign)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fails-2/)
 * I tried to scrape a list of URLs, it failed silently. I tried to scrape a single
   URL and the preview showed my WP dashboard with errors instead of the URL I was
   trying to scrape.
 * I tried to browse the plugin’s wp.org Support forum for a solution and the author
   spams every topic with a request to email them instead, making the support forum
   completely useless to anyone trying to look up an error. If I could rate this
   plugin 0 stars I would, but unfortunately I’m forced to give it a star it doesn’t
   deserve.
 * Initial error appears to be on line 70 of simple_html_dom.php where an offset
   of -1 is given to pass to `file_get_contents()` on line 75. Offsets are not supported
   for remote files as per `http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.
   php`
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renaissancedesign/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renaissancedesign/).
      Reason: Disambiguation
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renaissancedesign/).
      Reason: Fixed tenses

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fails-2/#post-10448298)
 * > I try to use the plugin’s wp.org Support forum
 * Where is the topic you raised in the forums?
 * If you need support then per the forum guidelines please start your own topic.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#post-in-the-best-place](https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#post-in-the-best-place)
 * You can do so here.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-scraper/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-scraper/#new-post)
 *  Thread Starter [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renaissancedesign/)
 * (@renaissancedesign)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-fails-2/#post-10448406)
 * Sorry, my wording was ambiguous and I’ve rephrased it. I’m not going to post 
   to [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-scraper/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-scraper/#new-post)
   because (as my review states) the plugin author responds to _literally every 
   thread_ with a request to email him instead. I didn’t have time for that. What
   I did have time to do was come back and provide the solution to the first error
   I encountered above, which is more than the author has ever done. My review stands.

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