Title: severe error on settings
Last modified: July 1, 2026

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# severe error on settings

 *  [Merlin Silk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlinsilk/)
 * (@merlinsilk)
 * [4 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-error-on-settings/)
 * Hi,
 * On my quest to find a way to deal with unwanted URL parameters, I was steered
   towards ‘redirection’/ I installed and activated the plugin, but on entering 
   the ‘Settings’ I get a severe site error. The email I received shows the following
   error:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 62 of the file /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/redirection/models/importer/quick-redirects.php. Error message: Uncaught TypeError: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, string given in /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/redirection/models/importer/quick-redirects.php:62 Stack trace: #0 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/redirection/models/importer/base.php(33): Red_QuickRedirect_Importer->get_data() #1 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/redirection/redirection-admin.php(518): Red_Plugin_Importer::get_plugins() #2 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/redirection/redirection-admin.php(359): Redirection_Admin->get_preload_data() #3 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(341): Redirection_Admin->redirection_head() #4 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(365): WP_Hook->apply_filters() #5 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(522): WP_Hook->do_action() #6 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php(242): do_action() #7 /home/bbnj/domains/merlinsilk.com/public_html/wp-admin/tools.php(40): require_once('...') #8 {main} thrown
       ```
   
 * This would hint on an attempt to import data. I did have another redirect plugin
   installed in the past but don’t remember which one that was.
 * I really look forward to get this resolved as I eagerly want to handle URL parameter
   in the form of ?y=123456789 which a hack of my site was able to offer to Google.
 * Cheers,
   Merlin
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsevere-error-on-settings%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [3 days, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-error-on-settings/#post-18953947)
 * It’s caused by Quick Redirects data, which seems to have left data behind. I 
   will look into why this might happen, possibly something has changed format. 
   For now if you delete `quickppr_redirects` from your `wp_options` table then 
   it will remove the data causing the error.
 *  Thread Starter [Merlin Silk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlinsilk/)
 * (@merlinsilk)
 * [2 days, 23 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/severe-error-on-settings/#post-18954815)
 * Perfect, John!
 * Got it all to work, now the hackers example.com?y=5678 becomes example.com/5678
   and that is a 404 just as I like it.
 * Cheers,
   Merlin

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 * Last reply from: [Merlin Silk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlinsilk/)
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