Title: Plugin settings corrupt Last modified: August 28, 2023 --- # Plugin settings corrupt * Resolved [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/) * Hi, suddently all my ads disappeared and when I open the plugin page I see this message: “Error: plugin settings corrupt”. * How can I fix it? Thanks Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17007682) * Inside my wordpress error log file I can see these lines: * `PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home/*****/public_html/ wp-content/plugins/ad-inserter/includes/dst/dst.php' (include_path='.:/opt/alt/ php74/usr/share/pear') in /home/*****/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ad-inserter/ ad-inserter.php on line 12238` * `PHP Warning: include_once(): Failed opening '/home/*****/public_html/wp-content/ plugins/ad-inserter/ad-inserter.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/opt/alt/ php74/usr/share/pear') in /home/*****/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 462` * Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/) * (@spacetime) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17008234) * Hello, * it seems you have issues with the installation/server. Try to reinstall the plugin. * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17008492) * I uninstalled and then reinstalled the plugin but the error persist. I don’t have any issues with other plugins * [wpress1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpress1/) * (@wpress1) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17008592) * I’m having the same issue, please help! * Edit: I managed to fix it. I deactivated and uninstalled the plugin, that didn’t work. Then I reinstalled and reset all settings, that fixed it. - This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [wpress1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpress1/). * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17008625) * Thanks for your feedback…I’d like to avoid to reset my settings, since I’ve many ads configured with specific conditions and it would be hard to reconfigure everything back again…however, since you experienced my same issue, it seems to be a plugin bug * Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/) * (@spacetime) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17008880) * There is no known bug in the plugin. The errors you posted indicate issues on the web server – some files can’t be opened. I would suggest contacting your hosting provider. * Ad Inserter settings are stored in the `ad_inserter` option in the `wp_options` table in the database. To copy/restore complete Ad Inserter settings you need to copy this option – in the case you will restore them from some backup. * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17009063) * I copied the value of `ad_inserter` option, then I reset the settings and saved some new values. The new values are saved correctly, but when I try to restore the backup value inside the table, I’m getting the error again on the frontpage. * Apparently the old value has been corrupted and can’t be used anymore. Is there an option to decrypt `ad_inserter` option value to verify its content? * Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/) * (@spacetime) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17011538) * Post the option to [pastebin](https://pastebin.com/). * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17013572) * [https://pastebin.com/NEf6UBxd](https://pastebin.com/NEf6UBxd) * Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/) * (@spacetime) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17013997) * > This page is no longer available. It has either expired, been removed by its > creator, or removed by one of the Pastebin staff. * Thread Starter [oscargi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscargi/) * (@oscargi) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17014182) * Pastebin automatically deletes the code I’m trying to post. I used this alternative: [https://pastes.io/of0olvr4ka](https://pastes.io/of0olvr4ka) * Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/) * (@spacetime) * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17014849) * I’m sorry I could not recover the settings. There is an error in the structure of the data. Something happened to the server that corrupted the settings when they were saved. * [Kan J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onlineshop32344/) * (@onlineshop32344) * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17194577) * is this a bug from plugin developer? * [jonwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonwood/) * (@jonwood) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-settings-corrupt/#post-17524176) * I am having the same issue. Nothing unusual happened, i wake up, all of my ads are gone, plugin settings corrupt. I will just use some other method, I dont have the patience for this. every other plugin works fine. 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