Title: Some glitches
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Some glitches

 *  [rockbeare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockbeare/)
 * (@rockbeare)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-glitches/)
 * I’ve run my Worpress based website for about four years now. It’s very basic 
   in intent and expression. I don’t go into editors and I don’t do code.
 * The site is [http://www.rockbeareguitars.com](http://www.rockbeareguitars.com).
   It’s served me pretty well but the functionality is pretty awful on mobiles and
   tablets. Specifically :
 * – Clicking on items in the menu bar makes pages jump around and doesn’t usually
   lead to the page or enable clicking on submenu items. It’s also impossible to
   scroll down to even see menu items which are below the fold.
 * – I have the glass image magnifier widget installed, and I’ve checked it’s activated,
   but it doesn’t work on mobiles/tablets
 * – When I click on gallery thumbnails, it should take me to the full image but
   does nothing.
 * As more and more of my users turn to mobile devices, this is disappointing and
   frustrating. I tried installing a mobile optimiser (WP Touch Mobile Plugin) but
   didn’t like the way it rendered the site and menus on mobiles much at all.
 * WordPress and all plugins are fully up to date.
 * I’d really appreciate it if someone out there could have a quick walk round the
   site on some mobile devices, confirm these observations and give me some advice
   as to how to sort this out.
 * In closing, I would reiterate that my knowledge of Worpress is elementary and
   that I cannot code at all.
 * Thanks for listening and I’ll hope for some incoming I can a) understand and 
   b) use!

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 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-glitches/#post-6118521)
 * Really I think it’s time to update your theme to a device-responsive one, even
   a newer WP-default theme. TwentyTen was a fine theme, but its age is starting
   to show in how it gets handled by different devices. I’d do that before I spent
   gobs of time trying to sort out the individual issues that are bugging you.
 * > WordPress and all plugins are fully up to date.
 * You didn’t mention which version of WP, but at least one plugin (Glass) is more
   than 2 years since an update, and your 2 plugins for disabling right-clicks haven’t
   been updated for a year and a half. Those are all falling behind and may be contributing
   to your site’s performance issues. A lot has changed in the last couple years
   for WP, and plugins that don’t get support get to be liabilities for you and 
   I as site admins.
 *  Thread Starter [rockbeare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockbeare/)
 * (@rockbeare)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-glitches/#post-6118570)
 * Thanks, Bill, very helpful – and I understood every word!
 * I thought that themes were updated but I understand that may be true for some
   but not all. I go into my site admin at least once a week and always update everything
   that is notified.
 * Trouble is, I love the Twenty Ten theme, even if it is used my so many people.
   It’s just so clear and I fussy – it really lends itself to my needs and I haven’t
   seen anything that works as well. From your greater experience, have you come
   across a similarly-clear theme that is also more up to date and mobile-friendly?
 * I also use Twenty Ten for my much smaller personal website, which is much more
   stable. I use far fewer plugins on that, so before taking more drastic steps,
   I may deactivate and delete any surplus widgets and see if it helps stabilise
   things.
 * Any more thoughts very welcome, but thanks once again for your response, appreciated.
 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-glitches/#post-6118671)
 * I believe Twenty Ten did get an update a few weeks ago. But as a five year old
   theme, it predates the big push for mobile-responsive layouts and thus has need
   for a plugin like WP Touch.
 * I also liked the clean layout of that theme. It may be worth trying out Twenty
   Fifteen (or even Twenty Thirteen) to see how it suits you. It too is clean and
   readable, but with the benefit of being responsive on smaller devices. In addition,
   as a WP default theme, no doubt it will be kept up to date for some time to come
   at least in terms of security issues.
 * Lastly, it would be a good idea to try disabling your plugins to see if your 
   issues from the original post above change at all. If it turns out to be one 
   or two plugins causing the trouble, replacing them may buy you an extension with
   your current theme. Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [rockbeare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockbeare/)
 * (@rockbeare)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-glitches/#post-6118673)
 * Thanks again, Bill. I deactivated most of my plugins and functionality improved
   a bit, but strangely the site continues to render and the glass magnifier works
   on my iPhone but not iPad. And it’s fine on a laptop.
 * I have also edited the site so that there is another way of navigating via jump
   pages when the secondary drop down menus don’t appear, so for now the site works
   for all comers even if it’s not optimal.
 * I also had a good look at alternative themes – not much success but while doing
   so I noticed that Twenty Ten is still the number one WordPress theme. This doesn’t
   surprise me as all the others I look at are too dark, cluttered. folksy whereas
   Twenty Ten is uniquely clean and straightforward.
 * Best wishes / ‘Rockbeare’

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