Title: Settings not saving
Last modified: August 12, 2026

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# Settings not saving

 *  Resolved [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/)
 * (@jhmonroe)
 * [5 days, 4 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-not-saving-77/)
 * this is a gorgeous simple plugin! with the kinks worked out it could be amazing
   for people who don’t want to bother with the big ones
    - installed this plugin, checked all the default settings
    - checked some other boxes like mailto links, changed the retention to 365
    - click save
    - navigate out of the plugin to another area of wp-admin
    - go back to zenmarkup analytics settings
    - all the settings are unchecked, retention is set to 7 days again etc
 * Conclusion: this plugin is not saving the settings
 * PS: This behavior seems to occur when I turn on email reports, click save, this
   action seems to be what is clearing out ALL the other settings!
    -  This topic was modified 5 days, 4 hours ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/).

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 *  Plugin Author [anthonyzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyzen/)
 * (@anthonyzen)
 * [4 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-not-saving-77/#post-18992072)
 * Thanks for the detailed report. I’ll look into this and check what’s causing 
   the settings to reset, especially when Email Reports are enabled.
 * I’ll update this thread once I have more information.
 *  Plugin Author [anthonyzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyzen/)
 * (@anthonyzen)
 * [4 days, 15 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-not-saving-77/#post-18992165)
 * Hi James,
 * Thank you again for the incredibly detailed report and the exact steps to reproduce
   the issue!
 * You were absolutely right. The issue was caused by how WordPress processes settings
   across different tabs. Because all settings were grouped together, saving options
   on one tab (like Email Reports) would inadvertently clear out the settings on
   the other tabs because their fields weren’t present on the screen at that moment.
 * I’ve just released version **1.2.6** which fixes this bug completely. Each tab
   now saves independently, so your retention settings and checkboxes will stay 
   exactly as you left them.
 * Thanks for helping make the plugin better! Please let me know if you run into
   any other issues.

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 * Last activity: [4 days, 15 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-not-saving-77/#post-18992165)
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